Creating Early Math Games that Work!
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The document discusses creating early math games for children. It notes that early math skills are highly predictive of later academic success. Games are an effective way to teach early math concepts to young children rather than worksheets. The document discusses different types of math games that develop skills like number sense, spatial reasoning, and linear thinking. These include board games, subitizing games, and block/shape puzzles. It encourages educators to create their own math games using basic materials tailored to their curriculum and students' interests.
Creating Early Math Games that Work!
- 1. EC STEM Institute Creating Early Math Games That Work! Teresa Gonczy Friday, Sept 5th, 10:30am © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 2. Math Games Let's get in the playing mode! :-) © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 3. Math Games Think about... * what specific math skills are being developed? * what non-math skills are being developed? * how could you create this game in your classroom with basic materials? © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 4. Why Math in ECE? 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). © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 5. Why Early Math Games? Early math isn't about worksheets or flashcards. Games are fun and effective! © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 6. Why Early Math Games? Researchers found that the more board games children played, the better they performed on various early math tasks. 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 © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 7. Why Early Math Games? Researchers found that the more board games children played, the better they performed on various early math tasks. 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 © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 8. What Type of Math Games? Moving from logarithmic thinking to linear thinking 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 © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 9. What Type of Math Games? Moving from logarithmic thinking to linear thinking 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 © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 10. What Type of Math Games? Moving from logarithmic thinking to linear thinking - The Great Race Game 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 © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 11. What Type of Math Games? Moving from logarithmic thinking to linear thinking - The Great Race Game Specifics... * not color based * 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. © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 12. What Type of Math Games? Moving from logarithmic thinking to linear thinking - The Great Race Game More Specifics... How you count matters! 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 © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 13. What Type of Math Games? Moving from logarithmic thinking to linear thinking - The Great Race Game You can create in your classroom - Individualize for each student and their interests 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 © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 14. What Type of Math Games? 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 © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 15. What Type of Math Games? 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 © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 16. What Type of Math Games? Subitizing & the Approximate Number System - * saying how many after 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 © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 17. What Type of Math Games? 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 © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 18. What Type of Math Games? Spatial Training - Blocks & Tangram Shapes 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 © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 19. What Type of Math Games? Spatial Training - Blocks & 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 © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 20. What Type of Math Games? 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 © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 21. Let's Create! We don't need to buy games! We can create our own games with basic materials, and then we can customize the games to our curriculum topics and our students' interests. © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 22. 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!) © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 23. Let's Create! Presentation of Games © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 24. Conclusion * I used to think... Now I think... * What new idea or activity are you going to take into your classroom next week? © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA
- 25. Contact Teresa Gonczy teresaeg@gmail.com Twitter @earlymath Slides will be available on my blog at www.teresaeg.com/blog © Teresa Gonczy 2014 – Region IX Head Start Association Early Childhood STEM Institute, San Diego, CA