Early Math with Thinking from Douglas Clements

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Fall, 2012

Our Moral Imperative

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Young children love to think mathematically. They become exhilarated by their own ideas

and the ideas of others. To develop the whole child, we must develop the mathematical

child…High-quality mathematics throughout early childhood does not involve pushing

elementary arithmetic onto younger children. Instead good education allows children to

experience mathematics as they play in and explore their world.

Learning and Teaching Early Math-The Learning Trajectories Approach, Clements, D.H. and Sarama, J.

Learning Trajectories

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Discuss what Douglas Clements’ thinking might mean to your district, school, and classroom.

Intentional Play-based Learning

Doug Clements addresses the need for teachers to recognize the

“teachable moments” during play in order to stretch children’s

understanding and to lay the foundations for thinking.

Intentional Play-based Learning

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Intentional Instruction

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Professional learning must be closely aligned to student learning needs – in other words, focused on adult learning that will enable educators to provide

the context and learning conditions to build the necessary knowledge, skills and self-regulatory skills

students need to demonstrate independently in order to be successful in all areas of learning.

Katz, Earl & Jaafar 2009