" If she had rolled five, she'd have two more " : Children focusing on differences between numbers in the context of a playing environment

Dorothea Tubach (1)

1 TU - Technische Universität Dortmund [Dortmund]

Mathematically rich games can offer children important informal learning contexts for playful mathematical activities in kindergarten. At the same time, these activities can be used as starting points for formal learning in primary school. In the reported qualitative study, 20 children were observed dealing with three developed playing and learning environments in the last year of kindergarten and the first year of school. This paper concentrates on children’s mathematical activities and insights while dealing with a playing environment in kindergarten. On the one hand, the focus is on how children interpret relationships between numbers. On the other hand, two different types of play in the game are outlined. The results will be discussed regarding connecting points for learning processes in primary school.

Mots clés: Kindergarten; playing; games; dice; relational understanding

Domaines: Education; Histoire et perspectives sur les mathématiques [math.HO]

Dorothea Tubach. " If she had rolled five, she'd have two more " : Children focusing on differences between numbers in the context of a playing environment. CERME 9 - Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education; ERME, Feb 2015, Prague, Czech Republic. pp.2017-2024. ⟨hal-01288512⟩