What's the BIG Idea | Activity kit 12

MATH & SCIENCE LITERACY CONNECTIONS

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This kit is part of the What's The BIG Idea? series and contains:

- one set of Mother Goose Programs Linking Cubes

- instructional manual

- How Do You Count a Dozen Ducklings? by Seon Chae

What do young children learn when they explore numbers and part-part-whole?

They recognize and name written numerals.
They recognize "how many" in sets of objects.
They learn about numbers by composing and decomposing them.
They use quantitative language such as more than, less than and the same as.
The begin to make number sentences (equations).

The goal of this What’s the BIG Idea? kit:

To provide a general, basic understanding of numbers,number sentences and part-part-whole while reading books, making observations and doing hands-on investigations.

$36.99

Exploring part-part-whole stimulates children's interest in the skills and concepts that are essential to understanding both science and mathematics. Composing and decomposing numbers increases children’s understanding of whole numbers. As children explore part-part-whole they are practicing important math and science skills.

Reading picture books and doing hands-on activities strengthen children’s math concepts and skills as you ask open-ended questions, encourage children to explain what they’re doing and provide many experiences with the same number or operation, such as doing many different activities using one number or making and counting sets with a variety of manipulative materials.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0514746. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.