Throughout the four years being in this field, I have only taught the Nursery class. Based on the curriculum that I have carried out, I personally think that the Math lessons that were planned for the children are very minimum.
The aspects that are covered for the four year olds are,
Number recognition
Rote counting
Counting and understand the quantity of ten
Straight lines and curve lines
Yes, concrete materials are used to introduce this concepts to the children, but I think at the age of four, these children should learn and be exposed to more concepts.
Based on the textbook, children may learn to write numbers by letting them trace on dotted lines. Perhaps, this will allow children to practise their "number writings", but I do not think this is a great idea as children may trace blindly without understanding how the number should be written correctly.
We, use number cards to introduce numbers to children. Sometimes, in order to let the children practise their "number writing", we provide threading materials to let them explore the correct way to write.
Very useful information for my practicum..thank you!
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