30 Track Games for Young Children

Autor/inn/en	Bell, Garry; Henderson, Colleen
Titel	30 Track Games for Young Children
Quelle	In: Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 9 (2004) 2, S.19-24 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1326-0286
Schlagwörter	Number Systems; Young Children; Arithmetic; Mathematics Instruction; Mathematics Teachers; Teaching Methods; Primary Education; Foreign Countries; Manipulative Materials; Mathematical Models; Visual Aids; Mathematics Activities; Educational Games; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Number system; Zahlensystem; Frühe Kindheit; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Primarbereich; Ausland; Hilfsmittel; Mathematical model; Mathematisches Modell; Anschauungsmaterial; Educational game; Lernspiel; Australien
Abstract	Whenever teachers of young children get together there will be differences of opinion about how far children should be taught to count. Some will argue that the focus should be on small numbers to 9, building up the notion of what, say, the name 5 means, what it looks like, and how it can be represented. Others argue that with ice blocks retailing at $1.35 each, it is more important for children to be exposed to two and three-digit numbers so that they can figure out how these bigger numbers operate. Development of number knowledge is further inhibited by the absence of the 1 and 2-cent coins that used to be countable items. Everybody knows that for many children, counting forms the basis for early numerical problem solving, but there is perhaps a need for balanced, simultaneous development of one and two-digit numbers, so that children learn small numerosity at the same time as beginning to appreciate how the larger number system works. In this article, the authors explain how the 30 Track, a metre-long device with 30 blocks that rotate to reveal the corresponding numerals, has the potential to facilitate the learning of number and counting skills in young children. (Contains 1 figure.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10