tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post1664899360334924918..comments2024-03-26T07:07:14.304-07:00Comments on Teacher Tom: A Number Approaching InfinityTeacher Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606781724784785338noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-4125668477111394192010-10-10T12:36:29.016-07:002010-10-10T12:36:29.016-07:00Great post, Tom. My wife is a high school math tea...Great post, Tom. My wife is a high school math teacher and she would agree with these observations about math and young children. One of her new passions is helping early childhood teachers realize what foundational math looks like (and it has nothing to do with symbolic numerals!).Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397525011462974857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-28120838951963322712010-10-10T10:13:17.059-07:002010-10-10T10:13:17.059-07:00High 5 Maths!
What I'd like to add to your p...High 5 Maths! <br /><br />What I'd like to add to your post is the vital role of adults who can express an interest, use a variety of mathematical terms and allow children to make mathematical explorations.<br /><br />My hero is a retired educator called Peter Patilla who helped me see maths in a completely different light in school eg that one can teach 3-12 yrs olds in a group all at once. He always advised me to let children make up their own rules for games. Snakes and ladders is never boring now...!Juliet Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035975039896986525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-5614203942455073312010-10-10T09:47:07.344-07:002010-10-10T09:47:07.344-07:00Hi Tom,
I think that too often, our own lack of un...Hi Tom,<br />I think that too often, our own lack of understanding of what math is or what kinds of activities actually are a mathematical process are not understood. This is a great post of learning how to identify the mathematical processes that are happening all all around us in the preschool classroom.Deborahhttp://www.teachpreschool.orgnoreply@blogger.com