Math is about thinking

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Rather than debating whether “discovery learning” or “the basics” are most important for children, more attention is needed to support the development of children’s thinking about quantities and space.

A considerable amount of research now shows that children’s success in school depends on the extent to which parents and educators encourage them to think mathematically in the years before they enter Grade 1.

Read all about it: HERE

Dyscalculia caused by our human GPS

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A quite different take on what could cause dyscalculia in our link for today.

The writer claims it all has to do with a faulty human GPS (proprioceptive & vestibular systems). Dyscalculia is mentioned in a long list of other things that could affect you and it can all be helped with finding a better balance. Long read but worth it.

Read all about it: HERE

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Careful with screen time for the toddler

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In this cohort study of early childhood development in 2441 mothers and children, higher levels of screen time in children aged 24 and 36 months were associated with poor performance on a screening measure assessing children’s achievement of development milestones at 36 and 60 months, respectively. The obverse association (ie, poor developmental performance to increased screen time) was not observed.

Read all about it: HERE

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IQ is just the beginning

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Elsbeth Stern wrote a paper making the point:

Intelligence can be understood as a start-up resource of
information processing which has to be invested in knowledge in order to enable competencies in
a domain.

Read all about it: HERE

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