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Does anyone have any good ideas how to incorporate these math standards into a daily pre kindergarten program?
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e.i.p.blues
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model, model, model
Four and five year olds are such "doers". They have to touch it, manipulate it, try it, and often taste it! I have frequently sprawled on the floor with a few kids to "play" with quisinere (sp?) rods to build things. As I am building I verbalize decisions that I am making to solve problems. "This 4 is not long enough to reach the other side...I may need a five or six to make it work. What do you think Mike?" As I model this problem solving strategy, it is literally moments until I hear kids starting to use the same kind of thinking out loud.
I also use brainstorming alot! I keep tear sheets handy, so that any time we run across a dilema, we can brainstorm ideas. I use simple illustrations along with words to help them "read" the possible solutions.
Four and five year olds are such "doers". They have to touch it, manipulate it, try it, and often taste it! I have frequently sprawled on the floor with a few kids to "play" with quisinere (sp?) rods to build things. As I am building I verbalize decisions that I am making to solve problems. "This 4 is not long enough to reach the other side...I may need a five or six to make it work. What do you think Mike?" As I model this problem solving strategy, it is literally moments until I hear kids starting to use the same kind of thinking out loud.
I also use brainstorming alot! I keep tear sheets handy, so that any time we run across a dilema, we can brainstorm ideas. I use simple illustrations along with words to help them "read" the possible solutions.