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HelpingPLAYYoung ChildrenSee Math inCapitalize on opportunities for mathematicalconcepts to emerge in common preschool contexts,such as doll corners and block centers.
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pointing to each one and saying, “One, two,three, four, fve.”Despite the paraprofessional’s move to directBrian toward counting, importantopportunities for broader mathematical learning were overlooked—in both these playtimeepisodes.
For example, decomposition is necessary to
recognize that a 6 can be a 4 and a 2 as well asa 5 and a 1.
Composing and decomposing are
also important for the understanding of th...
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