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

ELE: early Learning in maTHEMATICS7. Early Learning Expectation: Children begin to develop anunderstanding of numbers and explore simple mathematicalprocesses (operations) using concrete materials. [HSCOF-M 3.1.3,3.1.4, 3.1.5, 3.1.6] [GLCE-N.ME.00.01-.10]Children typically:1. Develop an increasing interest and awareness of numbers and countingas a means for determining quantity and solving problems.2. Match, build, compare, and label amounts of objects and events (e.g.,birthdays in the week) in their daily lives.3. Make progress in moving beyond rote counting to an understanding ofconceptual counting (one-to-one correspondence).4. Recognize and match number symbols for small amounts with theappropriate amounts.5. Show progress in linking number concepts, vocabulary, quantities andwritten numerals in meaningful ways.6. Use cardinal (e.g., one, two) and ordinal (e.g., first, second) numbers indaily home and classroom life.7. Understand how numbers can be used to label various aspects of theirlives; e.g., house number, phone number, ages of classmates.8. Develop an increasing ability to count in sequence up to ten and beyond.9. Begin to describe comparative relationships; e.g., more/less/samenumber of objects or quantities.10. Begin to develop the ability to solve problems involving joining,separating, combining, and comparing amounts when using smallquantities of concrete materials.Examples of Experiences and Strategies• Children’s interests are respected and used to increase awareness ofnumbers and counting; e.g., counting dogs, shoes, cars that go by.• Both boys and girls are equally encouraged to solve problems.• Children are frequently exposed to opportunities to count and use one-toonecorrespondence.• Children have an opportunity both inside and outside to link numberconcepts through their play.• Each child’s culture is included in the program on a continuous basisthrough song, number, language, and pictures.• The environment includes a variety of materials, puzzles, games, books,music, and visuals that incorporate numbers.Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten 117