Let's Talk About Math

Let's Talk About Math

The LittleCounters® Approach to Building Early Math Skills

Authors: Donna Kotsopoulos, Ph.D., Joanne Lee, Ph.D.

Early Childhood

Drawn from the authors' popular LittleCounters® workshops, this guidebook shows early educators, caregivers, and parents how to use purposeful play with children from birth to 5 to promote mathematical thinking and get them ready for formal math instruction.
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STOCK NUMBER ISBN
75897 978-1-59857-589-7
COPYRIGHT PAGES
2014 152
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Math can't wait. Children who can count with ease before kindergarten have a better shot at future mathematics success—and with this book, it's simple and fun to weave counting and other math concepts into everyday activities. Drawn from the authors’ playful and popular LittleCounters® workshops, this guidebook shows early educators, caregivers, and parents how to use purposeful play with children from birth to 5 to promote mathematical thinking and get them ready for formal math instruction. Packed with easy, no-fear strategies any adult can use—even if you're math-phobic!—this book will help all the teachers in a child's life foster critical early math knowledge and school readiness.

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PRACTICAL MATERIALS: Examples and vignettes; sample activities and scripts of adult-child dialogue; recommended counting books and songs; and a detailed introduction to interactive LittleCounters® workshops, where parents and kids learn and have fun together.

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Reviews

Teaching Children Mathematics - May 1, 2016

"This is a wonderful resource for those in the education field ... in addition to a substantial amount of relevant research, it includes detailed techniques that easily could be incorporated into a child's everyday life."

Herbert Ginsburg, Jacob H. Schiff Foundation Professor of Psychology and Education, Department of Human Development, Teachers College Columbia University - April 1, 2014

“An up-to-date and accessible review of contemporary research on the development of young children's mathematical thinking … also offers workshops that provide adults with insight into LittleCounters’ remarkable learning and with practical and sensitive methods for stimulating their interesting minds.”

Jo-Anne LeFevre, Director, Institute of Cognitive Science, Carleton University - March 28, 2014

“An excellent book … I agree with the authors that parents (and others) want to know 'what to do' to help their children be prepared for math learning. This book will tell them what they need to know and help them do it.”

Dr. Francis (Skip) Fennell, McDaniel College, Project Director Elementary Mathematics Specialists and Teacher Leaders Project, Past-President National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - March 24, 2014

“A carefully organized and sequenced guide to appropriate learning opportunities in mathematics at the early childhood level. ANYONE guiding such learning opportunities will use this book—regularly.”

Authors

Donna Kotsopoulos Ph.D., Joanne Lee Ph.D.

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