Early Childhood Standards of Quality for ... - State of Michigan

ELE: early Learning in maTHEMATICS4. Early Learning Expectation: Children begin to develop skills ofsorting and organizing information and using information to makepredictions and solve new problems.Children typically:1. Can generate problems that involve predicting, collecting, and analyzinginformation.2. Use simple estimation to make better guesses.Examples of Experiences and Strategies• Children are encouraged to be persistently curious.• Children feel confident to play with ideas, make estimates, predictionsand ask for help when needed.• Natural events are used for predictions, observations and problemsolving; i.e. the weather, seeds.• The classroom is equipped with materials that are interesting and invitingto collect, manipulate and use for investigation.• Adults provide challenging opportunities and help children increase theirability to predict outcomes and experience success.• Adults create experiences that connect children’s learning acrossdomains; i.e., using descriptive math words in literature and art.• Adults allow adequate time for children to problem solve withoutintervening.Questions for Reflection1. What opportunities are provided in all domains of learning for children tomake estimates and reflect on the results?2. How do adults model making predictions and talking through thereasoning behind the prediction?3. How do adults respond to problems?4. Do you hear children and adults expressing enthusiasm, curiosity, andpatience in their conversations around problem solving and while doingobservations?5. To what degree are children involved in solving actual classroomproblems or situations?6. How are real life problems solved and celebrated?Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten 113