Understand how to create an environment which supports children’s emergent mathematical development.
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An environment that promotes mathematical development would definitely have which three of the following?
Numbers visible around the room
Good tables and chairs
Objects of different shapes and sizes for children to explore
Technological equipment
Objects to sort and count
In an activity using bricks as a stimulus, which of the following would directly support children’s mathematical development? Select the correct four answers.
How to stir cement
How to put them in wheelbarrows
Sorting by size
Making patterns
Calculating total number of bricks
Measuring height and length
Drag and drop the words into the correct gaps.
Adults in the setting should seek to informally the mathematical children have already had in life situations. These might include , laying the table, sorting the washing, having a bath. It is to provide a environment as well as indoors, in which children are provided with interesting materials to sort, count, talk about, , use for making models and so on...everyday objects and materials that will interest children.
It is important that practitioners understand how to bring mathematics into everyday activities. Is this statement true or false?
TRUE
FALSE
Meal times are one of the times in the setting day where the children cannot learn mathematics. Is this statement true or false?
FALSE
TRUE
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