Mathematics and Wisdom. Volume 1

Author: Xu Qiujie et al. (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: "Being able to perceive the quantitative relationships of things from daily life and games and experiencing the importance and fun of mathematics" is the elaboration of the goals related to mathematics in the "Guiding Outline for Kindergarten Education (Trial)." The preschool children's book "Mathematics and Wisdom" follows the age characteristics and cognitive development of young children, and based on the systematic nature of mathematical knowledge, it designs activities that progress from easy to difficult, from simple to complex, and are close to children's lives. These activities include number recognition, quantity comparison, geometric shapes, and spatial-temporal concepts. Below each activity, there are objectives and guidance, aiming to provide an innovative platform for interaction between teachers, parents, and children. This helps teachers and parents understand the educational content, clarify educational goals, expand educational perspectives, and enrich educational methods. It reminds teachers and parents to make full use of local resources to provide children with rich, hands-on materials, enabling them to explore using multiple senses and methods. It guides children to pay attention to numbers, quantities, shapes, and spatial-temporal concepts in their surroundings and to develop interest in their relationships. This helps them construct preliminary number concepts and learn to use simple mathematical methods to solve some simple problems in daily life and games, continuously improving their abilities in observation, thinking, analysis, generalization, and knowledge transfer.