Mathematical Thinking
Based on the Building Blocks Pre-K curriculum SEE embraces math as a language through which children can better communicate and understand their experiences.
Children naturally explore operations when they manipulate groupings and sets of objects. Overtime the develop the language of operations.
Measurement for young children is really about the idea of comparison, in all of its various forms.
Exploring and creating patterns with young children supports and integrates the development of all areas of mathematical thinking. It is a way of making sense and predictions about the world.
Understanding that object have attributes and can belong to multiple categories helps to both make sense of the world and develop flexible and creative thinking.