TEACHING MATH TO YOUNG CHILDREN

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TEACHING MATH TO YOUNG CHILDREN
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To start.

• have a positive attitude

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TEACHING MATH

• MATH CONCEPTS SHOULD BE CONCRETE MANIPULATIVE
• CONSIDER PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
• CONSIDER CHILDRENS INTERESTS
• HELP CHILDREN WITH NEW VOCABULARY
• SOCIAL INTERACTION IS IMPORTANT TOO!

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CONCEPTS

• What are numbers?
• Rote counting
• Identify symbols
• Count objects
• Tell how many

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Counting

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd then have them reverse it
• Big, bigger, biggest

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Measure up

• Measurement comparisons
• Measuring units inch, pound, quart

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Getting Around

• Spatial relations
• Maps
• Follow directions

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Patterning

• Repeat growing patterns
• Logical reasoning
• Eliminate ones that are different

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Seriating

• Size relationships
• From tall to short

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Classification

• Sort boys/girls
• Sort children by hair color
• Sort different types of animals

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Sequencing

• Sequence the order of pictures in a story

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Symmetry

• Fold and color lines of symmetry
• Use mirror to draw

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Shapes

• 2 3 dimension
• Shape identification
• Spheres, cubes, rectangular, prisms, cylinder
  (use correct names)

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Shapes continued

• Pictures of shapes need name written on it
  (language development)
• Play game move of spaces of the of sides
  (circle0)

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Money

• Children can start to identify coins
• Playing store helps children gain a sense of the
  cost of things

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Time

• Children can start to read a clock
• Time concepts must relate to their world
• The length of their favorite TV show

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Statistics Probability

• Graph types of bugs found, growth of plants, etc.
• Predict how many flowers will bloom from seeds
  planted.

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WHAT ABOUT CALCULATORS COMPUTERS

• Children should be allowed to explore
  calculators.
• But solving the problem should be the focus

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Time to Play!

• Go to the various stations and play with the
  different math activities.
• Write down what the activity is at the station
  and how you could use it in a preschool lesson
• (possible themes, how could you change the
  activity, what will the child learn?)