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Title Statement | Let's talk about math: the LittleCounters approach to building early math skills / by Donna Kotsopoulos, Ph.D., and Joanne Lee, Ph.D, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. |
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Author | Kotsopoulos, Donna |
Additional Contributors | Lee, Joanne,1970- |
Publication | Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.,[2014]Ã2014 |
Extent of Item | Xii, 133 pages |
ISBN | 9781598575897 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1598575899 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Contents | Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Mathematical Brains of Young Children (Birth to 5 Years) -- Sensitivity to Quantity/Numerosity -- Linking Numerosity to Number Words -- Counting -- Subitizing -- Ordinality, Ordering Numbers, and Ordinal Numbers -- Arithmetic -- Chapter Summary -- ch. 2 Purposeful Play -- Mathematics Made Playful and Mathematizing Elements of Play -- Adults' Role in Play -- Free Play -- Play-Based Learning -- Purposeful Play -- Assessing Learning Through Play -- Chapter Summary -- ch. 3 Counting with Your LittleCounters -- Symbolic Representations of Numbers -- LittleCounters -- Developmentally Appropriate Countable Sets -- Forward Counting First -- Using Fingers and Gestures to Count -- Name It, Show It (and Say It), Touch It (and Say It), Move It (and Say It), Say It -- Count Everything and Anything -- Chapter Summary -- ch. 4 Let's Talk About Numbers! -- What Is Mathematical Talk? -- What Do Parents Talk About with Their Young Children?Contents note continued: Talking and Learning About Numbers -- Chapter Summary -- ch. 5 Other Mathematical Thinking -- Visual Spatial Reasoning -- Visual Spatial Development -- Navigating Space -- Shapes -- Block Play -- Measurement -- Comparison -- Adding and Subtracting -- Patterning and Early Algebra -- Estimation -- Proportional Reasoning -- Problem Solving -- Ordinal Numbers -- Chapter Summary -- ch. 6 Mathematics in Everyday Routines and Activities -- Meals -- Preparing Food -- Setting the Table -- Eating -- Cleaning Up the Kitchen -- Bedtime -- Reading Stories -- Saying Good Night -- Chores and Helping -- Tidy Up! -- Laundry -- Gardening -- Grooming -- Dressing -- Hand Washing -- Hair Brushing -- Bathing -- Toothbrushing -- Organization and Time -- Lists -- Waiting -- Telling Time -- First This, Second That -- Chapter Summary -- ch. 7 Mathematics Education During Formal Schooling -- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics -- Readiness for Schooling.Contents note continued: Narrowing the Gap -- Gender and Mathematics -- The Role of Parents -- Teachers and Teacher Knowledge -- Chapter and Book Summary. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | Math cannot wait. Children who can count with ease before kindergarten have a better shot at future mathematics success--and with this book, it's simple and fun to weave counting and other math concepts into everyday activities. Drawn from the authors' playful and popular LittleCountersª workshops, this guidebook shows early educators, caregivers, and parents how to use purposeful play with children from birth to 5 to promote mathematical thinking and get them ready for formal math instruction. Packed with easy, no-fear strategies any adult can use--even if you're math-phobic!--this book will help all the teachers in a child's life foster critical early math knowledge and school readiness. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Mathematics--Study and teaching (Early childhood)--Activity programs |
Early childhood education--Activity programs | |
Numeracy--Study and teaching (Early childhood)--Activity programs | |
Child development | |
Group guidance in education |