math for pre schooler

What do you mean by top and bottom position? are you referring to the top perfomer and bottom performer in a class? are you a teacher?

What does your preschooler know already? There are lots of available online tools that are free. I would be happy to send you some useful links if you give me an idea of what level your preschooler is already at. If you are just getting started, blocks are great. "If you have on block and I have on block and I give you my block, you will have 2 blocks." That sort of hands on things works great for children. You can do that throughout the day with different activities. "Mommy puts one cup of laundry detergent in the washing machine and one cup of fabric softner. One squirt of dish soap. You have 2 socks......" You get the idea.

For the most part,if you have any teachers stores around your area they have workbooks and many other things there that can help you prepare your preschooler with math, reading and much more. Ther are also places like Walmart that have in the kids toy area where the books are, ther are workbooks that have been approved for working with your children on learning math, reading, spelling and much more. Will your child just be starting preschool or will they be going into kindergarten?

Excellent tool to use - Brain Quest Flash cards. These are flash cards that are a game. The best part about these cards is that they start off at preschool age and additional sets can be purchased to further enhance your child skills all the way through ninth grade. Each grade level teaches base on curriculum for the grade level. In the low ages, there are different sets - reading mat. For older kids the cards are all one set and include art history and geography. The cards can be purchased through Barnes and Noble (I am sure other store carry them, but Barnes & Noble definitely does). Other tools: Leap Frog offers games and books. Refrigerator magnets; purchase a set with letters and numbers and review them with your child. As your child begins to learn the concepts you can introduce adding and subtracting. (Using the fridge magnets you can also review colors)