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 Students make
decisions on how to solve a problem by choosing appropriate materials
and thinking about strategies. Children are encouraged to talk about
their thinking process and explain their approaches in dialog with a
teacher or in discussion with another student. We acknowledge that
there are many creative ways of figuring out any specific problem.
In instructing mathematics, teachers are cognizant of various learning
styles and attempt to incorporate multi-sensory techniques and
approaches. Students may explore math kinesthetically (hop scotch,
skywriting); through tactile means (Sandpaper Numbers and a variety
of objects for counting); auditorily (through songs with number
sequences, chants, clapping); and visually (various art materials,
painting). We also link literature to math by introducing books with
stories employing patterns and number sequences. Teachers are familiar
with a variety of rhymes, poems and finger plays which support a
mathematical awareness.
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