Do Young Children Explore Part-Whole Relationships Essay

Mathematics Study Guide- Chapter 5 (11 points)

1. How do young children explore part-whole relationships? (2 points)

By putting things together (composing) and taking things apart (decomposing).

2. As they create and rearrange sets of things, they discover that a whole can be divided into two or more subsets (_¬parts__) and that these subsets can be recombined to make a large set (_the whole_____). (2 points)

3. True/False Understanding part-whole relationships builds a foundation for learning multiplication. (1 point) TRUE

4. What age do most children show an understanding of parts of whole numbers up to five? (1 point) 3 - 4 years

5. Explain what it means that smaller numbers are “hiding” inside larger numbers. (2 points)

A smaller

Analyzing and describing: the children begin to analyze shapes and their properties (sides, edges, angles, etc.).

3. Overall understanding and differences: the last stage is when children begin to have an overall understanding of what shapes are and their properties. Children may also begin to name some two-dimensional shapes.

6. True/False Typically, children will not accurately name, describe, and compare shapes until Kindergarten. (1 point) FALSE

7. Give two examples of how you could provide shapes for children to see and touch, into your Early Childhood classroom. (2 points)

1. Provide sturdy materials such as puzzles, shape boxes, carboard, Styrofoam, etc. to allow children to explore two and three-dimensional shapes.

2. Provide images of shapes and sculptures for children to look at so they can draw and explore the properties of shapes.

8. Give two examples of how you could encourage children to create and transform shapes and observe and describe the results. (2 points)

1. Identify and label shapes throughout the environment. Example: do a shape hunt in the classroom.

2. Label, describe, and discuss shape attributes. Example: describe how a circle has no points and is round, and a triangle has 3 points and is not