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

ELE: early Learning in maTHEMATICSExamples of Experiences and Strategies• Children have opportunities to explore both two- and three-dimensionalobjects.• Adults describe shapes and how they see those shapes in theenvironment.• Adults model actions and describe moving objects (e.g., up, down, in frontof), especially with dual language learners.• Adults demonstrate how shapes can be combined to create new forms.• Teachers help children to develop a sense of spatial understanding; i.e.,location and direction and how far.• Books, stories and songs with directional words and actions are used.Questions for Reflection1. To what degree do teachers use spatial vocabulary for position,movement, and distance?2. How often are children manipulating and sorting materials?3. In what ways do adults include teacher’s observations of children’sactions and dialog to document children’s learning and planning for thenext level of understanding or learning opportunity?4. What daily opportunities for math learning are integrated into othercurriculum areas?5. How are family members informed about ways to extend visual thinkingskills through every day home activities?Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten 119