Making Math Meaningful: Number and Operations for Preschoolers
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- July 7, 2021
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Experience a variety of counting activities and learn developmentally appropriate approaches for teaching addition and subtraction.
Explore the main principles, objectives, and developmental stages of counting, and examine ways to support children's counting in everyday situations.
A collection of number and operations tasks for preschoolers are provided.
Funding for this 2-hour training course was generously provided through a grant by The Boeing Company.
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