The aim of this book for teachers of 3-6 year olds is to provide opportunities for early years children to develop mathematical knowledge and skills through play and games. The games are grouped by main mathematical content area which include: colours, handling data, shapes, space, number, patterns, measures, calculators. Instructions are given for what is needed and how to play each game, as well as ways to vary the games and ideas for following up or expanding the initial activity.

 

This book is part of a book series called Bright Ideas For Early Years .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 1992 by Scholastic .

This book has the following chapters: Colours; handling data - sorting, tallying; shapes - plane shapes, solid shapes; space - position vocabulary; number - one-to-one correspondence; more and less; cardinal numbers - numbers 0-5, numbers 6-10; conservation of numbers to 10; addition to 10; subtraction of numbers to 10; patterns; measures - length, time, money, capacity; calculators; photocopiable material.