The Young Child and Mathematics, Third Edition
About the Book
Everything a child does has mathematical value鈥攖hese words are at the heart of this completely revised and updated third edition of The Young Child and Mathematics. Grounded in current research, this classic book focuses on how teachers working with children ages 3 to 6 can find and build on the math inherent in children鈥檚 ideas in ways that are playful and intentional.
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This resource
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- Illustrates through detailed vignettes how math concepts can be explored in planned learning experiences as well as informal spaces
- Highlights in-the-moment instructional decision-making and child鈥搕eacher interactions that meaningfully and dynamically support children in making math connections
- Provides an overview of what children know about counting and operations, spatial relations, measurement and data, and patterns and algebra
- Offers examples of informal documentation and assessment approaches that are embedded within classroom practice
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Deepen your understanding of how math is an integral part of your classroom all day, every day.
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Includes online video!
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
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Preface听
- About this Edition听
- Our Theory of Learning听
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Introduction听
- Everything a Child Does Has Mathematical Value听
- Finding and Building on the Mathematical Value听
- An Overview of this Book听
- Engaging with this Book
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Chapter 1:听Counting and Operations听
- Instructional Activity: Counting Collections听
- Exploring Children鈥檚 Thinking: Counting听
- Exploring Children鈥檚 Thinking: Operations听
- Assessing Children鈥檚 Understanding听
- Counting and Operations in Informal Spaces听
- Conclusion
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Chapter 2:听Spatial Relations听
- Instructional Activity: Describe-Draw-Describe听
- Exploring Children鈥檚 Thinking: Describing Spatial Relations听
- Exploring Children鈥檚 Thinking: Representing Spatial Relations听
- Assessing Children鈥檚 Understanding听
- Spatial Relations in Informal Spaces听
- Conclusion
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Chapter 3:听Measurement and Data听
- Measurement and Data in Informal Spaces听
- Instructional Activity: What Do You Notice?听
- Exploring Children鈥檚 Thinking: Measurement听
- Exploring Children鈥檚 Thinking: Data听
- Assessing Children鈥檚 Understanding听
- Conclusion
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Chapter 4:听Patterns and Algebra听
- Exploring Children鈥檚 Thinking: Creating and Extending Patterns听
- Assessing Children鈥檚 Understanding: Tea Party Patterns听
- Exploring Children鈥檚 Thinking: Patterns in Counting听
- Assessing Children鈥檚 Understanding: How High Can Christopher Count?听
- Exploring Children鈥檚 Thinking: Patterns and Algebra in Storybooks听
- Assessing Children鈥檚 Understanding: Storybook Patterns听
- Conclusion
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Appendix A:听A Research Overview of What Young Children Know听
- What Young Children Know: Counting and Operations听
- What Young Children Know: Spatial Relations听
- What Young Children Know: Measurement and Data听
- What Young Children Know: Patterns and Algebra听
- Situating What a Child Knows
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Appendix B:听Using this Book to Support Professional Learning听
- Bringing an Instructional Activity into Your Classroom听
- Making Connections Across Math Content听
- Exploring Informal Spaces听
- Creating Classroom Spaces that Support Participation听
- Connecting Classroom Practice to Research听
- Connecting Theory to Practice听
- Connecting to Policy and Standards Documents听
- References听
- Index听
- Acknowledgments听
- About the Authors
Book Details
Book Details
Product Code:听1157
ISBN:听978-1-938113-93-2
Publish Date: 2021
ISBN:听978-1-938113-93-2
Publish Date: 2021
Citation (in Chicago 17th ed. style):听
Turrou, A.C., N.C. Johnson, & M.L. Franke. 2021. The Young Child and Mathematics. 3rd ed. Washington, DC: 51吃瓜网.听
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Reviews
The Young Child and Mathematics is an important resource that extends our view of both learning and teaching mathematics. Grounded in research, guided by concerns for equity, built from practical experiences, and permeated with the principle that children鈥檚 mathematical thinking is paramount, this is the resource that will enrich mathematical experiences for teachers and children.
鈥�Douglas H. Clements, Distinguished University Professor, Kennedy Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Learning, and Executive Director of the Marsico Institute, University of Denver
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To read this book is to be invited into a world of rich interactions among young children and teachers where children鈥檚 mathematical ideas, experiences, and identities are affirmed and allowed to flourish. With exquisite detail, you鈥檒l develop a fresh perspective to see the mathematical value in children鈥檚 playful and joyful interactions and discover how to build on them together with your colleagues.
鈥�Elham Kazemi, Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Washington
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Love it! This book is full of everyday and universal examples of how children make sense of their world and the math found around them. It is a timely resource that I can use to remind me of the why and how of engaging young children鈥攏ot just in math experiences, but across the range of experiences they encounter throughout the day. I find a new 鈥渁ha!鈥� with each turn of the page. This is a welcome addition to my resource shelf and a must-have for anyone who wants to be responsive and connect to children鈥檚 lives while helping them develop and nurture their math thinking.
鈥�Tammy D. Dunn, Head Kindergarten Teacher, Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School
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The Young Child and Mathematics, Third Edition, focuses on finding, encouraging, and supporting math thinking throughout the day. Math learning opportunities are highlighted both inside and outside of spaces typically thought of as 鈥渕ath time.鈥� Rather than a detailed account of what is involved in early childhood mathematics, this book focuses on a smaller number of math ideas and dives deeply into them with real-world vignettes from the classroom as anchors. The authors explore and describe children鈥檚 thinking and teachers鈥� practice within each story, returning to these examples throughout the chapter to illustrate a mathematical point or emphasize an aspect of math teaching, learning, or development. It does a great job of translating research-based recommendations into practical tips for teachers, like how to extend mathematical problem solving with follow-up questions. Readers will discover the math all around them鈥攁nd also how to find it, how to assess it in authentic ways, and how to raise up children鈥檚 math ideas equitably.
鈥�Alissa A. Lange, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education and Director of Early Childhood STEM Lab, East Tennessee State University
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This book is a valuable resource that helps educators intentionally design joyful, creative learning spaces and activities that empower children as they play with math. In addition to illuminating vignettes, a strong conceptual framework encourages readers to delve more deeply into their own personal understandings of how young children develop mathematical competency and confidence. A must-read for any educator interested in encouraging a love of math in children!
鈥�Deanna Pecaski McLennan, Kindergarten Educator and Author of Embracing Math
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This new edition is the perfect resource for early childhood educators. It serves as a professional research-based math education textbook as well as an engaging can鈥檛-put-it-down resource with classroom examples and photos that any educator of young children will learn from and love!
鈥�DeAnn Jones, Professor of Early Childhood Education, Purdue University Global and North Seattle College, and Owner and Teacher, Discovery Place Preschool
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The Young Child and Mathematics听puts children鈥攖heir sensemaking, competencies, languages, and cultures鈥攁t the center of math teaching and learning. Well informed by research on effective teaching, the book vividly describes how teachers can build on young children鈥檚 math understandings through developmentally appropriate and playful activities.
鈥�Deborah Stipek, Professor, Stanford University
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The third edition of听The Young Child and Mathematics听is clear, readable, and beautifully grounded in real classrooms. The authors鈥� deep respect for young children, early childhood educators, and important mathematical ideas shines through on every page!
鈥�Tracy Johnston Zager, Math Coach and Author of Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You鈥檇 Had
