Think back over your childhood. What informal, (outside of school), literacy and math experiences did you have while growing up?

Think back over your childhood. What informal, (outside of school), literacy and math experiences did you have while growing up? Based on what you've learned, how do you think those experiences contributed to your academic progress after you started school? Which concepts and/or strategies, from the lesson, did you use in school? Which strategy you could use now? How?