Disadvantaged children are at risk for entering kindergarten with fewer school readiness skills than their more advantaged peers.

Early math skills are the strongest predictor of both later math and reading skills. However, many parents spend little time promoting their children’s math skills at home. Interventions to support parents’ promotion of their children’s math skills in the home environment may help build math and reading skills and narrow this gap. Unfortunately, few home-based interventions for low-income parents emphasize children’s early math learning, and even fewer have been rigorously evaluated.