Teaching Kindergarten Mathematics 10th Creating a World-Class Education Conference Manila, The Philippines
Teaching kindergarten Mathematics Yeap Ban Har National Institute of Education Nanyang Technological University Singapore [email_address] Slides are available on www.mathz4kidz.com
edu cation Bina Bangsa School, Bandung, Indonesia mathematics Ministry of Education Singapore 2006 an excellent vehicle for the development and improvement of a person’s intellectual competence “ ”
big ideas in early mathematics in kindergartens through grade one PART 2 Photo: PCF Telok Blangah Kindergarten
Number Bonds is emphasized prior to the learning of addition. Children are given, say, 5 unifix cubes and guided to see that 1 and 4 make 5, for example. Others may say that 3 and 2 make 5 or 4 and 1 make 5. Yet others may say that 5 and 0 make 5. Kindergarten Textbook N um b e r B o n ds
Number Bonds continues to receive attention in Grade 1.
Addition Facts are given emphasis in the first six months of grade one. The children learn it in stages as the textbooks distinguished between Numbers to 10 and Numbers to 20. Count On and Count All are used in Numbers to 10. A ddi t i o n F a ct s
Photo: PCF Tanjong Pagar Kindergarten While Count On and Count All are used in Numbers to 10, Make Ten is given emphasis in Numbers to 20. A ddi t i o n F a ct s & Num b e r S e n se
Photo: PCF Tanjong Pagar Kindergarten A ddi t i o n F a ct s & Num b e r S e n se
Looking for Patterns is introduced through exploration with Shapes. Subsequently, this is done using numbers – in a more abstract context. C onne c t i o n s Princess Elizabeth Primary School M ak e C onne c t i o n s t o Ge n e r a l i z e
Articulating one’s thoughts orally, at first, and in written forms using words, pictures, diagrams and symbols is important. C ommu n i c a t i o n Maris Stella High (Primary) School
C onne c t i o n s Princess Elizabeth Primary School
Visualization is, among other things, the ability to manipulate visual images without the benefit of concrete objects. V isua l i z a t i o n Photo: mathz4kidz Learning Centre Penang Malaysia Photo: Catholic High School (Primary)
In the learning of Numbers to 10, children use square tiles to form patterns of 3 and patterns of 4, for instance. Illustrations in textbooks were also carefully varied to develop this competency. V isua l i z a t i o n
in using concrete materials teacher training and pictorial representations National Institute of Education, Singapore
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learning theories in developing lessons for kindergartens PART 2 Photo: PCF Telok Blangah Kindergarten
Educa tion Edgewood Elementary School, New York, USA … over 80% of the fastest-growing jobs require a knowledge base in mathematics and science … Obama 2007
The Philippines Keys Grade School, The Philippines an emphasis on mathematics education will ensure that we have an increasingly competitive workforce to meet the challenges of the 21 st century Ministry of Education Singapore 2001 “ ” to