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Young Children’s Outdoor Play-Based Learning
IntroductionIn this chapter, we consider current thinking about young children’s learning when they engage in outdoor play. The role of the teacher, parent and/or caregiver (hereafter ‘adult’)...
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Numeracy
Basic number concepts and skills (numeracy) generally emerge before school entry. It is important to promote the development of these competencies in young children and to know the best learning...
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Fostering Early Numeracy in Preschool and Kindergarten
IntroductionOver the last six decades, it has become increasingly clear that children’s everyday (informal) mathematical knowledge is an important basis for learning school (formal)...
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Early Numeracy: The Transition from Infancy to Early Childhood
IntroductionBy preschool age, most children exhibit a range of numeracy skills, including verbal skills, such as counting, and nonverbal skills, such as recognizing equivalence of object...
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Early Predictors of Mathematics Achievement and Mathematics Learning Difficulties
IntroductionMathematics difficulties are widespread. Up to 10% of students are diagnosed with a learning disability in mathematics at some point in their school careers.1,2 Many more learners struggle...