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Math concepts that adults understand may be very confusing to a young child, but pre-math activities are used in the LEARNING CENTERS, MUSIC, and GAMES.
MATH VOCABULARY Big & Little Long & Short High & Low Wide & Narrow First & Last Few & Many Highest & Lowest Bunch Once - Twice Pair
EARLY MATH PROGRAMS: l Should be HANDS ON l Filled with PLAY l Include EXPLORATION
SERIATION l SIZE Relationships l Putting things in size from Largest to Smallest Tallest to Shortest Lightest to Heaviest
SERIATION (cont.) l ACTIVITY: Take one piece of Shoe String Licorice and break into 4 pieces of different sizes. Put in order of Shortest to Longest Have 4 students come to the front of the room. Group them according to body height and then hair length. l What else is an example of SERIATION?
PATTERNS l Putting items in a certain, organized way. l Repeating specific group.
PATTERNS (cont.) l ACTIVITY - Pass out Fruit Loops on a paper plate for every couple of students. Put FRUIT LOOPS on a plate. Students are to make a pattern on a very small (coffee/hot chocolate) using 10 fruit loops. Put a small marshmallow on each end. You have just created an EDIBLE ABACUS l What else can be put in a PATTERN?
SEQUENCING l The order of how things happen. l What will happen first, middle and last.
SEQUENCING (cont.) l Activity: l Everyone stand up. Count off = Stand at attention 2 = Arms straight out to side 3 = Clap hands above head 4 = Hands on waist Count and have every group do their movement - Do faster. Do all 4 actions together. l What else can you put in a SEQUENCE?
CLASSIFICATION- SORTING & MATCHING l Putting things that are alike together. l Graphing various qualities of an object.
CLASSIFICATION- SORTING & MATCHING l Activity: Graph types of shoes that the students are wearing (tie, slip ons, sandals/flip flops,other) M & M Math - give each “pair” of students one small package of M & Ms. “Split” that package between the pair. Color an M&M graph. Graph the correct square for the number of each color. l What else can you SORT or MATCH?
MATH in BOOKS l Math concepts are taught in a variety of books. l Math concepts include: counting, shapes, sizes, weight, one-to-one correspondence, etc. l Complete 2 Book Synopsis from books that have math concepts.
MATH in SONGS & FINGERPLAYS l What are some songs & fingerplays that deal with MATH concepts. l 5 Little Monkeys - 5 Little Ducks 5 Little Speckled Frogs
MATH in EVERY DAY LIFE l What are some examples of MATH concepts that are used in everyday life? l Math calculations Addition - Subtraction - Multiplication - Division. Cooking - Time - Money - Square Footage - Fractions - Percents - etc.
ASSESSING MATH ABILITY Math skills can be assessed by OBSERVING the child and by watching the child SOLVE PROBLEMS.
MATH MANIPULATIVES l A MATH MANIPULATIVE is anything you can use as a counter. l What can be used as a Math Manipulative? l Leaves - sea shells - toothpicks - rocks - buttons - macaroni - M & Ms - golf tees - peanuts - cotton balls - stickers … ANYTHING!
MATH SUN - Make math FUN! l Using crayons or markers, trace the number and do the following: l 1 = Red l 2 = Blue l 3 = Green l 4 = Orange l 5 = Yellow l 6 = Purple l 7 = Pink l 8 = Brown l 9 = Black l 10 = Your Favorite Color
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