Description
Students will develop instructional strategies and techniques for teaching math appropriate for use in an early childhood education setting with children from 3 to 5 years of age. Consideration will be given to classroom strategies that (1) build on children’s experience and individual approaches to learning, (2) base teaching practices on knowledge of children’s development, (3) base teaching practices on strengthening children’s problem- solving and reasoning processes, (4) integrate mathematics with other activities, (5) actively introduce mathematical concepts, methods, and language through appropriate experiences. Particular emphasis will be given to the following important parts of mathematical learning in preschool: numbers, geometry and spatial relations, measurement, patterns and geometry, and analyzing data.