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Ivy Waters International Standards · EY-M-03

Positional Language & Real-World Geometry

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EY-M-03Ages 3–5 · Early Years · Math

Positional Language & Real-World Geometry

Mathematics & Early Quantitative Reasoning

Your child understands and uses words that describe where things are in space (under, on top of, inside, next to, behind) and can spot basic shapes in nature.

In real life

You ask your child to find their shoes, and they look under the bed, saying, "They are under here!" They point to a square window or a round slice of orange and recognize the shape pattern.

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