Creating Early Math Games That Work - for Penn Foster PD Fair
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The document discusses the importance of early math games in developing math skills for preschoolers, emphasizing that early math skills can predict later academic success. It highlights different types of math games, such as linear number board games and subitizing, which enhance children's numerical understanding and spatial reasoning. The document also encourages educators to incorporate engaging math games into their classrooms and share ideas on how to adapt these activities to students' interests.
Creating Early Math Games That Work - for Penn Foster PD Fair
- 1. Creating Early Math Games That Work! Teresa Gonczy Wednesday, Oct 22nd 9-10am Eastern
- 2. Who are you? * Teacher, Admin, Student What ages do you work with? * Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Kindergarten
- 3. What early math games do you already use in your classroom?
- 4. Image and activities from http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/6415/early-math-activities-2.
- 5. Image and activities from http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/6415/early-math-activities-2.
- 6. Think about... * what specific math skills are being developed? * what non-math skills are being developed?
- 7. Math Skills
- 8. Math Skills
- 9. Research shows that early math skills are just as predictive, and possibly more predictive, of later academic success than early literacy skills. And yet most preschool classrooms devote much more time to literacy than to math. Duncan, G.J., Dowsett, C.J., Claessens, A., Magnuson, K., Huston, A.C., Klebanov, P., Pagani, L.S., Feinstein, L., Engel, M., Brooks-Gunn, J., Sexton, H., Duckworth, K., and Japel, C. (2007). School readiness and later achievement. Developmental Psychology, 43(6).
- 10. Why early math games? Early math isn't about worksheets or flashcards. Games are effective and fun!
- 11. Researchers found that the more board games children played, the better they performed on various early math tasks. What types of math games? Ramani GB and Siegler RS. 2008. Promoting broad and stable improvements in low-income children’s numerical knowledge through playing with number board games. Child Development 79(2):375-394 - See more at: http://www.parentingscience.com/preschool-board-game-math. html#sthash.xvbOeAdk.dpuf
- 12. Moving from logarithmic to linear thinking.
- 13. Moving from logarithmic to linear thinking. 0 10 A B C D
- 14. Moving from logarithmic to linear thinking. The Great Race Game
- 15. Moving from logarithmic to linear thinking. The Great Race Game Picture from the research article - http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~siegler/RamaniSiegHitti-12JEP.pdf.
- 16. Moving from logarithmic to linear thinking. The Great Race Game Specifics... * number, not color based * straight, not circular track Siegler, R. S. & Ramani, G. B. (2009). Playing linear number board games - but not circular ones - improves low-income preschoolers’ numerical understanding. Journal of Educational Psychology, 101, 545-560.
- 17. Moving from logarithmic to linear thinking. The Great Race Game More Specifics... * How you count matters. * Make sure to 'count on' Laski EV and Siegler RS. 2014. Learning from number board games: You learn what you encode. Dev Psychol. 50(3):853-64. - See more at: http://www.parentingscience.com/preschool-math-games. html#sthash.G1eVH9KD.dpuf
- 18. Moving from logarithmic to linear thinking. The Great Race Game You can create in your classroom - * Individualize for each student and their interests * Choose topic based on curriculum theme Laski EV and Siegler RS. 2014. Learning from number board games: You learn what you encode. Dev Psychol. 50(3):853-64. - See more at: http://www.parentingscience.com/preschool-math-games. html#sthash.G1eVH9KD.dpuf
- 19. Subitizing & the Approximate Number System Daniel C. Hyde, Saeeda Khanum, Elizabeth S. Spelke. Brief non-symbolic, approximate number practice enhances subsequent exact symbolic arithmetic in children. Cognition, 2014; 131 (1): 92 DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.12.007
- 20. Subitizing & the Approximate Number System Daniel C. Hyde, Saeeda Khanum, Elizabeth S. Spelke. Brief non-symbolic, approximate number practice enhances subsequent exact symbolic arithmetic in children. Cognition, 2014; 131 (1): 92 DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.12.007
- 21. Subitizing & the Approximate Number System * saying how many after a quick showing * comparing two quantities (Without Counting!) Daniel C. Hyde, Saeeda Khanum, Elizabeth S. Spelke. Brief non-symbolic, approximate number practice enhances subsequent exact symbolic arithmetic in children. Cognition, 2014; 131 (1): 92 DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.12.007
- 22. Subitizing & the Approximate Number System In the classroom... * dots on paper plates * objects hidden by cloth Try it yourself... http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/20 08/09/15/science/20080915_NUMBE R_SENSE_GRAPHIC.html
- 23. Spatial Training Yi Ling Cheng, Kelly S. Mix. Spatial Training Improves Children's Mathematics Ability. Journal of Cognition and Development, 2012; 120919075341007 DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2012.725186
- 24. Spatial Training Blocks and Tangram Shapes Pictures from and online tangram game available at http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/ tanagram-game/
- 25. Spatial Training Blocks and Tangram Shapes * Mental rotation * Fitting blocks into shapes * Playing with puzzles Yi Ling Cheng, Kelly S. Mix. Spatial Training Improves Children's Mathematics Ability. Journal of Cognition and Development, 2012; 120919075341007 DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2012.725186
- 26. Spatial Training Using spatial language (in, on, above, etc) is also very important! Pruden SM, Levine SC and Huttenlocher J. 2011. Children's spatial thinking: Does talk about the aptial world matter? Developmental Science (14): 1417-1430. - See more at: http://www.parentingscience.com/spatial-intelligence.html#sthash.8R3JvZfG.dpuf
- 27. Let's Create! How can you use these ideas in your classroom this week? How can kids bring the games home to play with parents?
- 28. Let's Create! * Think about a theme (curriculum topic, student interest, etc) * Choose a type of game (linear race game, subitizing & ANS, spatial training, or your own idea!)
- 29. Let's Create! * Share your ideas! :-)
- 30. Conclusion * I used to think... Now I think... * What new idea or activity are you going to use in your classroom next week?
- 31. More Resources * PBS Kids - http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/math/games/preschool-* Math at Play - http://blog.mathatplay.org/tag/board-game/ * NCTM Math Games Book - http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?ID=14615
- 32. Contact: Teresa Gonczy teresaeg@gmail.com Twitter @earlymath Slides will be available on my blog at www.teresaeg.com/blog