Numeracy is the capacity, confidence and disposition to use mathematics in daily life. Children bring new mathematical understandings through engaging with problem solving. It is essential that the mathematical ideas with which young children interact are relevant and meaningful in the context of their current lives.
Educators require a rich mathematical vocabulary to accurately describe and explain children’s mathematical ideas and to support numeracy development. Spatial sense, structure and pattern, number, measurement, data argumentation, connections and exploring the world mathematically are the powerful mathematical ideas children need to become numerate.
Experiences in early childhood settings build on the range of experiences with language, literacy and numeracy that children have within their families and communities.
Numeracy education at Inspired looks like:
- Conversations with peers and educators, socio-dramatic play, dancing, creative arts, water play, gardening, puzzles, building, using technology, playdough and science experiments just to name a few ways your child is developing their numeracy skills.
National Quality Framework | Quality Area 1: Educational Program and Practice
1.1 The educational program enhances each child’s learning and development.
1.2 Educators facilitate and extend each child’s learning and development.
