TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carruthers, Elizabeth.
TI  - Understanding children's mathematical graphics: beginnings in play 
SN  - 9780335237760
AV  - QA 135.6 .C37 2011 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Open University Press
KW  - MATHEMATICS -- CHILDREN
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter1. Play and mathematics -- Chapter2. Beginnings in play -- Chapter3.Drawing, writing and maps -- Chapter4. Graphical signs: contexts and meanings -- Chapter5. Babies, toddlers and two-year olds -- Chapter6. Children's mathematical graphics -- Chapter7. Children's mathematical graphics in play -- Chapter8. Children's mathematical graphics in small group contexts -- Chapter9. Solving problems: children's mathematical graphics -- Chapter10.Children's voices -- Chapter11. Pedagogy that supports mathematical play -- Chapter12.Continuity and high expectations
N2  - This book challenges traditional beliefs and practices of teaching 'written' mathematics in early childhood. It gives a theoretical underpinning and offers exciting insights and context to children's early mathematical thinking and in particular their mathematical graphics
ER  -