I responded to the comment above with some examples of the kind of thing I'm hoping for. I don't think a deep philosophical discussion about math is necessary. Just reinforce the idea that math is a symbol system for dealing with questions of shape, quantity, and logic, and give multiple examples of applications of the same concept. Also convert between symbols and diagrams/drawings frequently (for example, I'm willing to bet an absurd number of Americans can't understand how a virus spreads exponentially; if you draw a pyramid of infected people, I bet they'd get it immediately; but instead we use curves and lines that don't connect with people).
