Overarching Principles These principles should be kept in mind at all times when thinking about preschool curriculum and working with young children. 1. All children are capable of learning 2. Children show individual differences in development 3. Knowledge of child growth and development is essential for program development and implementation 4. Children’s language skills are the best indicators of academic success 5. Developmental domains are highly interrelated 6. Young children learn by doing 7. Families are the primary caregivers and educators of their young children

Overview of the Math Preschool Learning Experiences  Number Sense  Patterns and Relations  Shapes and Spatial Sense  Measurement  Data Collection and Analysis Review the Overview of Math document before continuing this module.

Number Sense 1 Children need to learn to say numbers and connect them to the appropriate quantities.. 1. Listen to and say the names of numbers in meaningful contexts. Video clip: Five Little Monkeys Video Five Little Monkeys Video Image courtesy of Kathy Cassidy ( b78bcb2dd_o.png) (2009) Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC- SA 2.0) b78bcb2dd_o.png

Number Sense 2 2. Connect many kinds/quantities of concrete objects and actions to numbers. Image courtesy of Klean Kanteen ( content/uploads/2008/01/orange-pear-apple.jpg) Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License) content/uploads/2008/01/orange-pear-apple.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License

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Number Sense 3 3. Use positional language and ordinal numbers (first, second, third) in everyday activities.

Number Sense 4 4. Use concrete objects to solve simple addition and subtraction problems using comparative language (more than, fewer than, same number of). Image courtesy of Ricardo G. Silveria ( d_o.jpg) Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) d_o.jpg

Number Sense 5 5. Observe and manipulate concrete examples of whole and half. Image courtesy of Gage Batubara ( c7a26af.jpg?v=0) (2008) Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) c7a26af.jpg?v=0 Image courtesy of FreeFioto.com ( /09_18_2---Pizza_web.jpg?&k=Pizza) Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Licensehttp:// /09_18_2---Pizza_web.jpg?&k=Pizza Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License

Number Sense 5 Here are two books that can be used to talk about whole and half fractions. These books provide connections to literacy standards as well.  Pallotta, Jerry. (2002) Apple Fractions. New York, New York: Scholastic. Illustrated by Rob Bolster  Murphy, Stuart. (1996) Give Me Half! New York: Harper Collins. Illustrated by G. Brian Karas

Number Sense 6 6. Examine, manipulate, and identify familiar U.S. coins (penny, nickel, dime, quarter) in play activities.

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Patterns and Relations 7 7. Explore and describe a wide variety of concrete objects by their attributes. Image courtesy of Chris ( thumb.jpg) Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) thumb.jpg

Patterns and Relations 8 8. Sort, categorize, or classify objects by more than one attribute. Click the link to watch the a child creating a pattern: PatternsPatterns

Patterns and Relations 9 9. Recognize, describe, reproduce, extend, create, and compare repeating patterns of concrete materials. Bag and Tag Video

Shapes and Spatial Sense Investigate and identify materials of various shapes, using appropriate language. In this video, children learn about shapes in their environment: Shapes videoShapes video

Shapes and Spatial Sense Explore and identify space, direction, movement, relative position, and size using body movement and concrete objects.  On  In  Under  Behind  Over  In front of  Above  Below  High-low  Over-under  In-out  Near-far  Big-small Puzzle Video

Shapes and Spatial Sense Listen to and use comparative words to describe the relationships of objects to one another.

Measurement Use estimation in meaningful ways and follow up by verifying the accuracy of estimations. NameGuess Sarah50 John8 Lei25 Michelle16 Ryan12 Alana3 Joanna42 ACTUAL33 Image courtesy of Flickr ( d907f3dc2.jpg) Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) d907f3dc2.jpg

Measurement Use nonstandard units to measure length, weight, and amount of content in familiar objects. Measurement video

Data Collection and Analysis Organize and draw conclusions from facts they have collected. Watch this video on graphing with blocks: Blocks videoBlocks video

Next Steps  Go to Blackboard and read the three (3) articles provided for the math module.Blackboard  Review the Scope and Sequence checklist.  Take the quiz to check your understanding of the standards.  Complete the assignment for the math module and turn it in via Blackboard. Congratulations! You have completed the math module.