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Teaching Kindergartenand Preschool Math

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•  Teaching kindergarten and preschool

math concepts requires much more thanhanding children math workbooks orworksheets.

•  Children need to have math

experiences that incorporate their senses,that require them to experiment andmake observations, and that allow themtime to investigate a topic further.

•  Children learn at their own rate andfrequently return to former tasks and trysolving them in new ways.

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Kindergarten andpreschool math:

How do young childrenlearn math?

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1. Concrete materials

Children need:

•  concrete object such as real stu!,

manipulatives " materials, blocks,counters, popsicle sticks#$ in order tomake sense of new math concepts orabstract ideas.•

  Teaching with manipulatives for easysteps on how to do this. %nly afterchildren have ample opportunities tolearn to a new concepts with real things

are they ready to connect their learning to

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2.Time

Children need plenty of time toplay with math materials beforethey use them for teacher guided

math activities.

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3. Meaning!ul "oca#ulary

Children need to link math to theireveryday experiences. ath gamesand activities are goodopportunities to build mathvocabulary. They need vocabularyto express their mathematicalexperiences. -or more information

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T$CH$% T&P '

•  0hen teaching kindergarten and preschool

math start with shorter periods of structuredactivities and increase when the group is ready.•  Change groups frequently as children learnfrom and gather ideas and vocabulary fromeach other. 0hen children lose interest, changethe materials and tasks slightly.•  1mall groups of ten children work well forkindergarten math structured activities. Theother children can be doing unstructured free

exploration with other math equipment at thistime.•  2ou will need to train kindergarten andpreschool children to care for classroom

materials during the 3rst month of school andwith each new set of objects you add to the