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Kitchen Maths--The Starting Point Library
Kitchen MathsThe Starting Point Library Author:The Danbury Press STARTERS MATHS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN SOME EVERYDAY SITUATIONS, TO WHICH NEW MATHEMATICS APPLY. THE TOPIC APPROACH HAS BEEN USED TO HELP THE CHILDREN RELATE MATHEMATICS TO THE ORDINARY WORLD AROUND THEM, BY PRESENTING MONEY, NUMBER, SHAPE, SIZE AND OTHER MATHEMATICAL IDEAS IN FAMILIAR CONTEXTS. CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE... more » TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR EXPERIENCE IN ARRANGING SETS, IN RECOGNIZING SIMPLE GEOMETRIC FORMS AND IN USING OTHER MATHEMATICAL IDEAS IN WAYS NOW WIDELY PRACTICED BY THEIR TEACHERS. THE TEXT OF EACH BOOK IS SIMPLE ENOUGH TO ENABLE CHILDREN TO READ THE QUESTIONS FOR THEMSELVES, AS THE VOCABULARY HAS BEEN CAREFULLY CONTROLLED TO ENSURE THAT ABOUT 90% OF THE WORDS USED WILL BE FAMILIAR TO THEM. MATHMATICAL POINTS COVERED ARE: SETS AND NUMBERS, QUANTITIES, SPACE, MECHANISMS, PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION« less