Series: About Early Math
Deborah Stipek: When Learning Numbers Kids Should Be Building Core Concepts
Q&A with Deborah Stipek: Building Early Math Skills
Too Small to Fail Commentaries
"Early math is about understanding basic number and spatial concepts, and identifying patterns. For example, early math includes understanding one-to-one correspondence – that when you are counting objects, you count each object only once. Young children can learn number sequence and to recognize written numerals. These are the building blocks that help children develop later skills used in operations like addition, subtraction, and multiplication."
Go to linkWhat “early math” really means is explored in this Q&A with Deborah J. Stipek, Professor of Education at Stanford University and Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Education.