Children know math instinctively ?

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A new study published by Frontiers upsets assumptions about what needs to be taught in math class. Most of us think that skills like multiplication and division are learned, but a growing body of evidence suggests that some math skills are inherent. 

The study findings indicate that even division is something children can do before formal education begins. This clearly has implications in how math may be taught in the future.   

The foundation of the research is the approximate number system (ANS), a theory which states that humans and other primates have the ability to approximate large sets of objects without language or other symbolic interpretation. 

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Math at home

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We hear often how important it is to show children that math is not something you only do in math class but math is everywhere around you.

The chalkbeat blog has taken this seriously and provides a wonderful page with examples for parents, including pictures from the house with clickable dots that provide examples. Great site.

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Use brain science when teaching

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We can learn from brain science how to teach best. In our link for today Erik Ofgang shares five tips teacher can use when teaching children in class.

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Summle

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Not scrabble, not wordle but this time summle, a nice game to find out how to make the target number in as few steps as possible. Maybe a nice game for your child to experiment and get more experience in how numbers can be composed by a combination of various operations.

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How do we learn?

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Another very useful contribution that EfraFurst makes about how we learn. Three different models are presented. Great site to explore

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