Mathematics in early years education /
By: Montague-Smith, Ann [author.].
Contributor(s): Cotton, Tony [author.] | Hansen, Alice [author.] | Price, Alison [author.].
Publisher: London ; Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018Edition: Fourth edition.Description: xii, 274 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781138631922; 9781138631922:; 1138631922; 9781138731127; 1138731129.Subject(s): Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Early childhood) -- Great BritainDDC classification: 372.7049Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 372.7049 MON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0081401 |
Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.
Introduction -- Learning mathematics in early years settings -- Planning, organising, and assessing for mathematics -- Number and counting -- Calculating and problem solving with number -- Pattern -- Shape and space -- Measures : making comparisons -- Sorting, matching, and handling data.
This fourth edition of the best-selling 'Mathematics in Early Years Education' provides an accessible introduction to the teaching of mathematics in the early years. Covering all areas of mathematics - number and counting, calculation, pattern, shape, measures and data handling - it provides a wide range of practical activities and guidance on how to support young children's mathematical development. There is also guidance on managing the transition to KS1 and a strong emphasis throughout on creating home links and working in partnership with parents. This new edition has been fully updated to incorporate the latest research and thinking in this area.