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We live in a three-dimensional world, but many of our learning environments offer few opportunities for three-dimensional exploration and developing the spatial reasoning that is integral to everyday life and to closing the achievement gap.
Developing these skills in children will cultivate their curiosity, persistence, and intellectual capacity beyond the narrow definitions of academic achievement. Exploring the 3-D World covers
current research on the effectiveness of developing spatial skills in the early years the essential components of playful exploration key spatial skills that are important for children to learn how visual representations such as displays of data, drawing, and documentation open new pathways to learning vocabulary and conversation starters to expand learning activities for families to try at home with recommended children’s books that reinforce the spatial skills introduced
The skills are accompanied with illustrated examples of activities taken from public preschool and kindergarten classrooms, private preschools and child care centers, and home settings.
Developing these skills in children will cultivate their curiosity, persistence, and intellectual capacity beyond the narrow definitions of academic achievement. Exploring the 3-D World covers
The skills are accompanied with illustrated examples of activities taken from public preschool and kindergarten classrooms, private preschools and child care centers, and home settings.
Price: $34.95
Pages: 168
Publisher: Redleaf Press
Imprint: Redleaf Press
Publication Date:
25 May 2021
Trim Size: 11.00 X 8.50 in
ISBN: 9781605546926
Format: Paperback
Rosanne Regan Hansel has been both a teacher and administrator for a variety of early childhood programs. Now retired, she was the Early Childhood Specialist for the Math Science Partnership at Rutgers University and formerly the Education Program Development Specialist for the New Jersey Department of Education. Ms. Hansel received her MS Ed in Early Childhood Leadership from Bank Street College of Education. She is the author of the award-winning book Creative Block Play.
Foreword
Introduction
Part One: What We Know About Teaching Spatial Skills
Chapter 1 – Definition and Rationale for Teaching Spatial Skills in the Early Years
Chapter 2 – Strategies for Teaching Math and Spatial Skills
Part Two: Playful Explorations
Chapter 3 – Essential Components of a Playful Exploration
Chapter 4 – Geometric Shapes & Properties
Chapter 5 – Patterns
Chapter 6 – Transforming, Composing & Decomposing
Chapter 7 – Visualization & Visual-Spatial Working Memory
Chapter 8 – Perspective Taking & Dimension Shifting
Chapter 9 – Spatial Orientation & Coding
Chapter 10 – Visual Representation
References
Acknowledgments
Index
Introduction
Part One: What We Know About Teaching Spatial Skills
Chapter 1 – Definition and Rationale for Teaching Spatial Skills in the Early Years
Chapter 2 – Strategies for Teaching Math and Spatial Skills
Part Two: Playful Explorations
Chapter 3 – Essential Components of a Playful Exploration
Chapter 4 – Geometric Shapes & Properties
Chapter 5 – Patterns
Chapter 6 – Transforming, Composing & Decomposing
Chapter 7 – Visualization & Visual-Spatial Working Memory
Chapter 8 – Perspective Taking & Dimension Shifting
Chapter 9 – Spatial Orientation & Coding
Chapter 10 – Visual Representation
References
Acknowledgments
Index