Comments on: Giant Chain Links https://earlymathcounts.org/giant-chain-links/ Laying the foundation for a lifetime of achievement Mon, 10 Jul 2017 21:57:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jen https://earlymathcounts.org/giant-chain-links/#comment-256 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 17:05:29 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=578#comment-256 In reply to patty miller.

Hi Patty- Do you love the post or Monica\’s response to the post? Just curious?

]]> By: Jen https://earlymathcounts.org/giant-chain-links/#comment-255 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 17:04:36 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=578#comment-255 In reply to Monica Becerra.

I too, think \”the earlier, the better\” as long as it stays within the context of developmentally appropriate practice and a nurturing relationships. My guess is that you would listen to just about anything your mom said when you were an infant because she was your whole world. Her interactions with you were loving and nurturing first, counting and instructive second.

]]> By: patty miller https://earlymathcounts.org/giant-chain-links/#comment-254 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:41:57 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=578#comment-254 I love it.

]]> By: Monica Becerra https://earlymathcounts.org/giant-chain-links/#comment-253 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 01:31:06 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=578#comment-253 I believe and agree with this blog. I believe that during a child\’s infancy years it is important that children are exposed to all these different types of manipulates. These manipulates can help the child develop their skill sin math. Being that I am new to the field of education and have three years in counting of experience I feel that the earlier we teach children the better. Often times I have found that some of my colleagues will say \” I\’ll hold off on teaching the children (certain things) their to young they wouldn\’t understand. I tend to disagree with this a lot of the times because I believe that as long as the lesson is developmentally appropriate for the child\’s age exposing them to this will benefit them greatly. As a child growing up my mother has told me that at a very young age I began to count things around the house, my food and even cars that I would see pass by when we would go for a family drive. This all began in my mothers opinion because she would buy me manipulates like the toy chains and connectors. My mother would count whatever objects were on it and though I would just stare at my mother. I feel that this helped me develop my math skills which is why I began to count at a early age. This is something that in the future I hope to be able to do with my students and make the one subject that many people may find boring more fun. Its important that we as teachers find ways to be educational with children but also fun. I enjoyed this blog a lot and hope that other teachers will enjoy it as much as I did.

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