NAEYC’s newest book, Where’s the Math? uses five math-related questions children wonder about as a framework to build on their curiosity and observations.
Los niños tienden a imitar las actitudes de los padres sobre la matemática. Cuando juegue a estos juegos, ¡diviértase! Si se divierte, los niños también se divertirán. Trabajar en un desafío es también lo que hace que se disfruten los juegos.
Educators using play-based curricula can inspire conversations about math while engaging children in games and other activities that let them manipulate, count, and add tangible objects.
Explore ways you can make math learning meaningful and fun by building on children's natural curiosity to help them grown into confident problem solvers and investigators of math concepts.
This summer, discover learning activities for the classroom and explore resources to add to your teaching toolbox and enhance your professional development.
NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.
Giving young children lots of meaningful and enriching math experiences, both in school and at home, can build a firm foundation for later math learning.
Research with young learners indicates that a positive attitude about math matters just as much as IQ because it enhances memory and allows children to engage in problem-solving.
Here are some ideas for creating a classroom culture that encourages positive feelings toward math, values hard work, and supports children in tackling challenges head-on.
Using books as inspiration for nurturing children’s early math language and understanding of math concepts is a natural fit for early education settings.
The key to mathematics with toddlers (and infants) is sportscasting—talking aloud using self-talk, parallel talk, and reflective speech—to highlight math concepts.
In this article, we argue that creating engaging early math-learning opportunities is critical, especially for African American boys, and we recommend choosing materials and designing environments to optimize early math learning.
