Open AccessJoyful Number Talks in Kindergarten
Author(s) -
Deanna Marie Pecaski McLennan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1911-8279
pISSN - 1492-1154
DOI - 10.22329/jtl.v13i2.5684
Subject(s) - mathematics education , dance , pedagogy , psychology , visual arts , art
This article discusses the use of number talks to engage kindergarten children in regular joyful math opportunities in the classroom. As an educator of four- and five-year-old students in a full day kindergarten (FDK) program in Ontario, Canada, I embrace inquiry-based learning to guide children’s activities. Inspired by the childcare centres in Reggio Emilia, Italy, I continually support and scaffold the expressed interests of children in the form of projects. This means that children are engaged in and discover answers to self-directed questions on a regular basis. I have always compared kindergarten to a dance; sometimes I lead and other times I follow.