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Finding the Math

for Infant’s Toddlers and Two’s

Laura Keeley-Saldana, M.Ed and Bonnie MacKenzie, M.Ed

Region IX TTA Network

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• This project was developed in 2016 by CHSA to provide 2 day

trainings for Head Start providers in California.

• The training was intended for Family Engagement Staff and

Education Staff.

• We have modified this training to focus on Infants, Toddlers and

Twos, specifically in Home Settings.

• All of the materials (and there are a lot) are currently available
• n the CHSA website: caheadstart.org/early_math.html
• This project was funded by a grant from the Heising-Simons

Foundation.

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• We will consider
• The Why, What, and How of early math development and

learning and the critical role of adult support

• How Math Talk supports math learning
• Young children’s math knowledge and development in 4

important areas – number and operations – geometry and spatial sense – patterns – measurement

• How Environments play a role in early math development

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• Activity: Everyday Math Bingo
• Math is an important tool, not just

in school but in everyday life.

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Why is Math Important?

• Early Math and School Readiness: Evidence from the ECLS-K
• Math knowledge gap at kindergarten entry for children from

lower SES families (Denton & West, 2002)

• Children’s math knowledge at K-entry predicts 5th grade AND

8th grade achievement in math and reading (Claessens, Duncan, & Engel, 2009; Claessens & Engel, 2013; Duncan et al., 2007)

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Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework 2015: Mathematics Development

• Infant/Toddler Domain: Cognition

Sub-domain Emergent Mathematical Thinking

• Preschool

Domain: Mathematics Development Sub-domain Counting and Cardinality Operations and Algebraic Thinking (includes Patterns) Measurement Geometry and Spatial Sense

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What is Early Mathematics?

What is Early Mathematics?

• Early Math Knowledge includes skills and concepts

related to

• Number and Operations
• Patterns
• Geometry & Spatial Sense
• Measurement and Comparison

Frye et al., 2013; Ginsburg et al., 2008; NAEYC & NCTM, 2002; National Research Council, 2009; Sarama & Clements, 2009

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• Early math knowledge is rooted in children’s everyday

experiences and interactions, beginning in infancy.

• Young children develop math skills and concepts as they

– explore, think and talk about concrete objects and situations; – learn math language and skills from others.

• Early math forms a “concrete” foundation for symbol-based

school math.

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Math Talk and Math Learning

• More “number talk” during parent-toddler interactions

related to better performance on a number task at 46 months (Levine et al., 2010)

• More “spatial talk” during parent-child interactions from 14

to 46 months predicted – the child’s spatial language production and – performance on non-verbal spatial reasoning tasks at 54 months (Pruden, Levine, & Huttenlocher, 2011)

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Examples of Math Talk with Young Children

• Parent number talk to 14- to 30-month-olds (Levine et al., 2010)

– “Five little monkeys wake up in the sun.” – “Let’s count the balloons. Ready? One, two, three, four, five.” – “I’ll start from disc two.”

• Parent spatial talk to 14- to 46-month-olds (Pruden et al., 2011)

– Shape words (circle, triangle, shape) – Dimensions (big, tiny, long) – Spatial features (bent, curvy, side, corner)

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• Math Talk is using words about number (or

quantity), shapes, space, and dimensions

• Some examples
• number words (one, two, three, etc.), many,

few, more than, same number

• circle, square, flat, round, pointy, wide
• in, on, under, up, down, forward, backward
• big, little, taller, heavier, shortest, fastest

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What Kinds of Experiences Support Early Math

Learning?

• Evidence-based Teaching Practices
• Experiences designed for how young children learn

– play, exploration, hands-on – focused math activities and games with concrete objects

• Developmental approach to teaching skills and concepts
• Emphasis on math-related language

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Area one: Number and Operations

Infant and Toddler Beginnings

Toddlers begin to use number and operations when they

• understand and use number-words and other words that

refer to quantity.

• use the word “two” to accurately to label groups of two
• bjects.
• recite strings of counting numbers, like “one-two-three” or

“one-two-four-six.”

• try counting objects—touching or pointing and saying

number-words.

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• Parents and staff support

infants’ and toddlers’ learning by

• providing opportunities for

exploring quantity with

• bjects.
• talking about quantity—

more, less, a lot, a little

• using number words.
• singing songs, reading

books, and playing games.

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written numerals spoken number words

Adapted from Shane, R. (1999). Making connections: A “number curriculum” for

• preschoolers. In J. Copley (Ed.) Mathematics in the early years, (pp. 129-134). Reston, VA:

NCTM.

concrete objects

3 “three”

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Area Two: Patterns What is a pattern?

• A pattern is a regular, predictable arrangement
• f things.
• Objects, numbers, shapes, sounds, actions, or

events can make a pattern.

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• Infants and Toddlers
• experience and respond to

patterns in language, play, daily routines, and interactions.

• delight in repetition
• repeat action sequences
• ver and over again in their

play (put it in, dump it out)

Copley, 2010; Geist et al., 2012

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Infants and Toddlers

infantpatterns

• What do you notice

about this infant and caregiver’s interaction?

• What do you think is this

infant noticing?

• How is the adult

supporting the infant’s learning about patterns?

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Area Three: Geometry and Spatial Sense

• Infants and Toddlers
• explore shape and spatial

relations in their play with

• bjects
• develop spatial sense as

they move their bodies through space

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Parents and staff support infants’ and toddlers’ learning by

• providing opportunities

–to manipulate shapes –to move through space in a variety of ways

• playing games with shapes

and space (rolling a ball back and forth)

• using shape and spatial

vocabulary

“You’re coming down the stairs. Did you go over the bridge – up one side and down the other?”

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Area four: Measurement and Comparison

• For young children, measurement is primarily

about comparing. –They evaluate and compare things based

• n attributes like length or area.

–They tend to use perceptual cues to compare.

• Measurement is about “big”, “little”, “tall”,

“short”, etc. for very young children.

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Adults support infants’ and toddlers’ learning by

• providing opportunities to

explore properties like size and capacity.

• using measurement

words.

• emphasizing measurable

dimensions in playful games and interactions.

“Look, here’s a tiny little mouse and here’s a great big

elephant.”

Rivera, et al., unpublished manuscript

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• Infants and Toddlers
• notice size and other

dimensions.

• explore and learn about

attributes such as size, weight, and capacity in their play.

• begin to understand and

use words like, “Big!”

Sinclair et al., 1989; Sera & Smith, 1987

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Find the Math!

• What is the child doing?
• What math learning might be going on?
• Which areas of math come to mind?

(e.g., number, geometry & spatial sense, measurement & comparison, patterns)

• What might adults say or do to

mathematize the child’s experience—to bring out the math?

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➢ What is the baby doing? ➢ What math is happening here? ➢ What might you do or say support his developing math concepts?

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In the Kitchen

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In the Garden

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In the YARD

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Just Hanging Out

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Finding Math in Children’s Literature

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Math in Children’s books

What Early Math concepts and dimensions come to mind? What other math concepts do you notice? How could you “mathematize” the story to bring

• ut the measurement concepts? (words to use;

questions to ask) Any ideas for “follow-up” experiences?

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How can you share ideas with families about how reading with their child can support math learning?

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Where do children learn Math?

Where Do Children Learn Math? Learning Environments

–At home, at school, and in the community

• during play
• in daily routines
• through interactions

with family members and Head Start staff

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Questions? Thanks for all your hard work today!

http://www.caheadstart.org/Early_Math_Handouts.html