The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is filled with fun, innovative, and skill-based activities for early childhood education professionals, designed for children aged 0 to 5 years. Each activity includes step-by-step guidance, a list of necessary materials, and detailed explanations of the skills children will develop.
This series is creative, straightforward, and highly effective, making it a must-have for any early childhood environment. Developing a secure understanding of numbers in early childhood is crucial for children's confidence with numbers in later learning stages. A variety of conceptual and practical experiences are essential for young learners to develop a deep understanding of numbers.
50 Fantastic Ideas for Exploring Number offers action-focused ideas—designed to excite the senses, stimulate thinking and discussion, encourage questions, and ensure connections are made between number concepts and the real world. The ideas require minimal preparation and can be used by professionals without specialized knowledge in teaching early numbers, as they include easily accessible materials.
All aspects of number sense are covered, from addition and subtraction to number stories and recognition and writing of numbers. Alison Hutchison draws on her extensive experience to present 50 ideas and experiences that make numbers fun and accessible, so that as children explore and investigate, they are fully engaged partners in their learning during this critical early stage of their numerical development.
Pages: 64, Year of Publication: 0107, Dimensions: 17x17cm
