Based on the constructivist Jean Piaget's theories on how children develop logico-mathematical thinking, this text describes and develops a programme for teaching arithmetic to young primary school children. The authors provide a theoretical foundation and an explanation of goals and objectives.
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Constance KamiiLeslie Baker Housman is a classroom teacher at South Shades Crest School in Hoover, Alabama.
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Kamii shows how children think,
By O'MacFarlane (Hayward, California USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Young Children Reinvent Arithmetic: Implications of Piaget's Theory, Second Edition (Early Childhood Education Series) (Paperback)
It's helpful to have at least a passing acquaintance with Jean Piaget's theories before reading this book, but it's not necessary. Kamii shows in so many many ways that the thought life of young children is different from our own. Not only should this be required reading for all Kindergarten through second grade teachers, but also for those politicians and political pundits whose back to basics (and did we ever really leave the basics?) approach to curriculum simply makes life miserable for these poor kids. (because what they think are the basics aren't really the true basics of thought)One interesting aspect of the book is that it was in part co-written with a primary school teacher who tries out some of Kamii's ideas in her own classroom. She is initially skeptical that Kamii knows what she's talking about, but later realizes the truth of it when confronted with the evidence of her own senses. After you read this book, you'll never see a kid do a problem like 5 + 1 or 16 + 7 with the same eyes again.
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Teaching Number Concepts in Young Children,
By Amy (Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Young Children Reinvent Arithmetic: Implications of Piaget's Theory, Second Edition (Early Childhood Education Series) (Paperback)
I am a Kindergarten teacher and would recommend this book to teachers and parents looking for a good resource to teach children number concepts. Kamii not only discusses number concepts and problem solving, she also gives lots of easy to make games to make learning these things fun. Wonderful book!
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Teach First Grade Math With Games Instead of Workbooks,
This review is from: Young Children Reinvent Arithmetic: Implications of Piaget's Theory, Second Edition (Early Childhood Education Series) (Paperback)
If you are looking for a better way to teach children math in the early grades, you must read this book.In Young Children Reinvent Arithmetric, Professor Constance Kamii takes you on a journey of discovery as she works with teacher Georgia DeClark in her first grade classroom. Together they work through the first grade math curriculum finding games and real life situations that will assist students in developing the mathematical thinking skills that underlie the curriculum goals. The book begins with background information on Piaget's Theory of number, demonstrating how children develop logical-mathematical thinking by interacting with the world and each other. In Part Two the goals and objectives of the curriculum are explained. In Part Three the activities used to teach the children are explained in great detail so that teachers will understand how to use them in their own classrooms. In Part 4 The teacher tells her story. Part Five provides the program evaluation with the research and testing that was done. The children in DeClark's classroom are compared to children in a classroom using traditional teaching methods. Constance Kamii has been transforming the Constructivist Theory of the origins of thinking by Jean Piaget into practical activities for teaching for decades. Her work is so important in these days of standardized testing and NCLB. Nancy Illing author of SPARKS Ignite Imagination
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During the past 20 years, I (CK) have been asking educators in audiences all over the United States and abroad how they think children acquire number concepts, such as the idea (not the word) of "eight." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Double War, Math Committee, Piggy Bank, Double Parcheesi, Animal Olympics, Theoretical Foundation Figure, Nine Cards, Santa Claus, Young Children Reinvent Arithmetic, South Africa, Star Wars New!
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During the past 20 years, I (CK) have been asking educators in audiences all over the United States and abroad how they think children acquire number concepts, such as the idea (not the word) of "eight." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Double War, Math Committee, Piggy Bank, Double Parcheesi, Animal Olympics, Theoretical Foundation Figure, Nine Cards, Santa Claus, Young Children Reinvent Arithmetic, South Africa, Star Wars New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Moral Judgment of the Child by Jean Piaget on page 40, page 58, and page 60
- One Gorilla: A Counting Book by Atsuko Morozumi on page 26, and page 135
- Learning From Children by Ed Labinowicz on page 70
- Play and the Social Context of Development in Early Care and Education (Special Issues from the Teachers College Record) by Barbara Scales in Front Matter
- Early Childhood Education (Hodder Arnold Publication) by Tina Bruce in Front Matter
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- Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education by Louise Grinstein on page 42, and page 547
- Math & Science for Young Children, 4E by Rosalind Charlesworth on page 341, and page 345
- Teaching Young Children: An Introduction to the Early Childhood Profession by Puckett on page 269
- Mathematics for Elementary Teachers, Student Resource Handbook: A Contemporary Approach by Gary L. Musser on page 54
- Mathematics Methods for Elementary and Middle School Teachers, Active Learning Edition by Mary M. Hatfield on page 177
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