Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright � -- Contents -- Preface -- About this Edition -- Our Theory of Learning -- Introduction -- Everything a Child Does Has Mathematical Value -- Finding and Building on the Mathematical Value -- An Overview of this Book -- Engaging with this Book -- Chapter 1: Counting and Operations -- Instructional Activity: Counting Collections -- Exploring Children's Thinking: Counting -- Exploring Children's Thinking: Operations -- Assessing Children's Understanding -- Counting and Operations in Informal Spaces -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Spatial Relations -- Instructional Activity: Describe-Draw-Describe -- Exploring Children's Thinking: Describing Spatial Relations -- Exploring Children's Thinking: Representing Spatial Relations -- Assessing Children's Understanding -- Spatial Relations in Informal Spaces -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Measurement and Data -- Measurement and Data in Informal Spaces -- Instructional Activity: What Do You Notice? -- Exploring Children's Thinking: Measurement -- Exploring Children's Thinking: Data -- Assessing Children's Understanding -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Patterns and Algebra -- Exploring Children's Thinking: Creating and Extending Patterns -- Assessing Children's Understanding: Tea Party Patterns -- Exploring Children's Thinking: Patterns in Counting -- Assessing Children's Understanding: How High Can Christopher Count? -- Exploring Children's Thinking: Patterns and Algebra in Storybooks -- Assessing Children's Understanding: Storybook Patterns -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: A Research Overview of What Young Children Know -- What Young Children Know: Counting and Operations -- What Young Children Know: Spatial Relations -- What Young Children Know: Measurement and Data -- What Young Children Know: Patterns and Algebra -- Situating What a Child Knows.

Appendix B: Using this Book to Support Professional Learning -- Bringing an Instructional Activity into Your Classroom -- Making Connections Across Math Content -- Exploring Informal Spaces -- Creating Classroom Spaces that Support Participation -- Connecting Classroom Practice to Research -- Connecting Theory to Practice -- Connecting to Policy and Standards Documents -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors.

Tap into the Power of Child-Led Math Teaching and Learning Winner of the 2022 EXCEL Silver Award for Technical Book. Everything a child does has mathematical value--these words are at the heart of this completely revised and updated third edition of The Young Child and Mathematics.

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