number sense

Professional Development Session

Format: Mixed model, 2 hour interactive session; Prior to the session: read selected state publication pages, articles and chapters, PowerPoint and handouts. During the session, discussion and group work.

Number sense refers to children's concept of numbers and their relationships. Children enter preschool with an intuitive understanding of number and operations and with a natural curiousity and eagerness to learn about numbers. All preschool children benefit from opportunities throught the day to count, compare quantities, and solve problems involving numbers. (California Preschool Curriculum Framework, Volume 1). Prior to the session, participants read selections from state publications, access and read the articles, chapters, and handouts, and view the PowerPoint. During the interactive session, participants will discuss the kinds of real-life settings that can be set up in the early learning environment to encourage the development of number sense..

Resources

State Publications

California Preschool Learning Foundations, Volume 1, pp. 148-152 and 160-161
California Preschool Curriculum Framework, Volume 1, pp. 241-258

Articles and chapters

THE DEVELOPMENTAL BASES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD NUMBER AND OPERATIONS STANDARDS (Chapter 7, Engaging Young Children in Mathematics--CPIN Lead resource)

NUMBER AND OPERATIONS (Chapter 4, The Young Child and Mathematics--CPIN Lead resource)

PSSM FROM A CONSTRUCTIVIST PERSPECTIVE (Chapter 8, Engaging Young Children in Mathematics--CPIN Lead resource)

NUMBER AND OPERATIONS (Chapter 2, Focus in Prekindergarten: Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points--CPIN Lead resource)

subitizing: what is it? why teach it? (Douglas Clements)

 

Powerpoints

mathematics foundations: number sense (CPIN)

Handouts

references: number & operations (CPIN)

number & operations handout (Doug Clements, Engaging Young Children in Mathematics)

questions related to number concepts (adapted from Copley, The Young Child and Mathematics)

tips for supporting all learners: number and operations with preschoolers (CPIN)

number and counting games (various resources)

selecting counting books: Mathematical Perspectives (NAEYC, Young Children)

the use of children's books and mathematical thinking (Haekyung Hong, in Mathematics in the Early Years)

math vocabulary (CPIN)

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