Clean the Bathroom or Do Math?

05/08/2017

Clean the Bathroom or Do Math?

Much can be learned in play that will afterwards be of use when the circumstances demand it.
John Amos Comenius, 1592-1670, Czech Pedagogue

"It's a sad truth that many early educators tend to avoid math," writes Patty Born Selly in her book, Teaching STEM Outdoors: Activities for Young Children. "And, if you are one of them, you are not alone! A reported 30 percent of Americans have stated that they would rather clean the bathroom than do a math problem….

"In early childhood, comfort with math and fluency with the subject can be stronger predictors of later academic success than even literacy. Studies show that children who enter kindergarten with a certain comfort with math go on to be high achievers through their middle and high school years…

"Young children have an innate curiosity about math and a natural tendency to 'think math.' As educators, our job is to help support that curiosity through experience and opportunities for them to engage in math learning and playing."

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