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- Keep trying.”
Helping
PLAY
Young Children
See Math in
Capitalize on opportunities for mathematical
concepts to emerge in common preschool contexts,
such as doll corners and block centers.
- He does,
pointing to each one and saying, “One, two,
three, four, fve.”
Despite the paraprofessional’s move to direct
Brian toward counting, important
opportunities for broader mathematical
learning were overlooked—in
both these playtime
episodes.
- For example, decomposition is necessary to
recognize that a 6 can be a 4 and a 2 as well as
a 5 and a 1.
- Composing and decomposing are
also important for the understanding of th...
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