Young Children: Ready for Math! Supporting Early Math Learning in Your Program

Autor/inn/en	Sarama, Julie; Clements, Douglas H.
Titel	Young Children: Ready for Math! Supporting Early Math Learning in Your Program
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Today, 20 (2006) 4, S.15 (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1070-1214
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Infants; Learning Readiness; Preschool Children; Mathematics Instruction; Numbers; Learning Activities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Lernbereitschaft; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Zahlenraum; Lernaktivität
Abstract	There often seems to be confusion as to when young children should be ready to learn basic math concepts. The truth is, children are born ready to do mathematics. They show amazing competencies very early in life. For example, one can show an infant two objects as one moves them behind a screen. Then one more object is added. When the screen is opened and there are only two there, the infant will register surprise! Infants can also locate objects in space--with geometric precision. Does this mean they "know" numbers and geometry? Not the way one wants them to--not yet. However, they certainly are ready to learn. One does not need to "wait" until they are ready. In fact, children from low-resource communities are often disadvantaged when they start school because they were ready and were not provided with mathematical experiences similar to those provided to their more advantaged peers. This paper suggests ways to provide math-learning opportunities on a daily basis for young children. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10