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Greenes, Carole – 1998
What should constitute a preschool mathematics program for children ages 3 and a half to 5 years? What mathematical ideas could youngsters explore? This paper discusses six broad mathematical concepts for investigation by preschoolers: number, space and location, shape, patterns, measurement, and permutations. For each big idea, activities are…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Curriculum
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Direct linkGreenes, Carole; Ginsburg, Herbert P.; Balfanz, Robert – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2004
"Big Math for Little Kids," a comprehensive program for 4- and 5-year-olds, develops and expands on the mathematics that children know and are capable of doing. The program uses activities and stories to develop ideas about number, shape, pattern, logical reasoning, measurement, operations on numbers, and space. The activities introduce the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Young Children, Elementary School Mathematics, Early Childhood Education
