Engaging Young Children in Mathematics Quotes

“The patterns in the number words are complex and do not help children focus on 10”
― Ann-Marie Dibiase, Engaging Young Children in Mathematics: Standards for Early Childhood Mathematics Education

“children should count not only objects but also a variety of other mathematical units”
― Ann-Marie Dibiase, Engaging Young Children in Mathematics: Standards for Early Childhood Mathematics Education

“Mathematical knowledge begins during infancy and undergoes extensive development over the first 5 years of life. It is just as natural for young children to think mathematically as it is for them to use language, because “humans are born with a fundamental sense of quantity” (Geary, 1994, p. 1), as well as spatial sense, a propensity to search for patterns, and so forth.”
― Ann-Marie Dibiase, Engaging Young Children in Mathematics: Standards for Early Childhood Mathematics Education

“Mathematical experiences for very young children should build largely upon their play and the natural relationships between learning and life in their daily activities, interests, and questions,”
― Ann-Marie Dibiase, Engaging Young Children in Mathematics: Standards for Early Childhood Mathematics Education