Supporting Early Mathematical Development : Practical Approaches to Play-Based Learning

Supporting Early Mathematical Development is an essential text, combining theory and practice to enable successful mathematical education for children from birth to 12 years.This text considers how students, academics, parents and professionals can develop their mathematical thinking practice whilst acknowledging there will always be a road yet to travel; we will always be practising the craft of teaching mathematics.Charting the delivery of mathematical development in playgroups, children’s centres, nurseries and primary schools, the book promotes an effective pedagogy for mathematics. This new edition provides a conceptualisation of mathematics and places a fresh emphasis on mathematical literacy to empower children.New chapters include the following:¦ Mediators of Mathematical Thinking¦ Understanding Pattern, Pre-Algebraic and Algebraic Thinking¦ Naming, Renaming and Processing Numbers¦ Statistics, Statistical Diagrams and Probability¦ Measure¦ GeometryThroughout the book, Caroline