Both mathematical and narrative abilities are considered critical dimensions of children’s kindergarten readiness skills and are emphasized in developmental standards and readiness assessments during the prekindergarten period. Yet, despite considerable opportunities available to educators to leverage potential cross-domain associations in their instruction, little is known about how component math skills are associated with narrative skills. The current study extends prior theoretical and empirical work on cross-domain associations by examining the extent to which component math skills, constituting a kindergarten readiness assessment battery, are associated with narrative comprehension skills in children aged 4–6 years. Two geographically distinct samples of children enrolled in a summer kindergarten readiness program in the United States (N = 108) were used to explore how early numeracy skills (e.g., counting, cardinality), math language, and patterning skills individually and together contributed to variance in narrative comprehension skills. Zero-order correlations indicated that math and narrative skills were significantly and moderately correlated, with cardinality and math language skills showing the strongest associations, followed by patterning and counting skills. Furthermore, results from a multiple regression analysis indicated that cardinality and math language each explained a significant and substantial proportion of variance in narrative comprehension skills when controlling for the other math skills. Implications for theoretical models of cross-domain development of children’s cognitive skills are discussed.

数学和叙述能力都被认为是儿童幼儿园准备技能的关键维度，并在学前班时期的发展标准和准备评估中得到强调。然而，尽管教育工作者有相当多的机会在他们的教学中利用潜在的跨领域关联，但人们对组成部分的数学技能如何与叙事技能相关联知之甚少。当前的研究通过检查构成幼儿园准备评估电池的数学技能与 4-6 岁儿童的叙事理解技能的相关程度，扩展了先前关于跨领域关联的理论和实证工作。在美国参加暑期幼儿园准备计划的两个地理上不同的儿童样本（N  = 108) 用于探索早期的算术技能（例如，计数、基数）、数学语言和模式技能如何单独和共同导致叙事理解技能的差异。零阶相关性表明数学和叙事技能显着且中度相关，基数和数学语言技能显示出最强的关联，其次是模式和计数技能。此外，多元回归分析的结果表明，在控制其他数学技能时，基数和数学语言各自解释了叙事理解技能的显着差异。讨论了对儿童认知技能跨领域发展的理论模型的影响。