then opportunity is clear:Millions of young children are in child care or other early education settings where they can have significant early mathematical experiences. Accumulating research on children's capacities and learning in the first six year of life confirms that early experiences have long-lasting outcomes [14'18].Aithough our knowledge is still far from complete we now have a fuller picture of the mathematics young children are able to acquire and the practices to promote their understanding this knowledge however is not yet in the hands of most early childhood teachers in n a from to effectively guide their teaching it is not surprising then that a great many early childhood programs have a considerable distance to go to achieve high-quality mathematics education for children age 3-6.