Infants are constantly exposed to math in the spaces, interactions, and observations that they experience. Caregivers use mathematical phrasing all the time, often without even knowing it!
When a young infant is given a feeding, if he or she finishes the bottle and seems to want more, the caregiver may say “it looks like you want more!
You’re growing so fast. Last week you ate nearly half as much as you did today and you still act hungry!” Words such as more and half are common words in everyday conversation with young infants. These everyday interactions do help build upon very early math skills.
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If a new caregiver is working with an infant for the first time, the infant may not be comfortable with them and may show their feelings by fussing or crying. This is a very common way that young infants express classifying and sorting skills. They identify that this new caregiver is different than the person they are familiar with and will communicate that. This is an important math concept that infants learn at a very young age.
According to Elizabeth Brannon PhD from Duke University, infants are born with the innate ability to understand simple arithmetic concepts such as more or less. Infants obviously do not possess the verbalization or cognitive skills to align these concepts with words or symbols, but are able to identify that a group of 20 cookies is more than a group of 10 just by a simple glimpse. |
Five Little Ducks Finger Play found at http://www.lessons4learners.com/five-little-ducks-finger-play-yi.html
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Video: Baby's Innate Number Sense Predicts Future Math Skill
Source: Duke University
1:25 Minutes
Source: Duke University
1:25 Minutes
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