Globally recognized in mathematics, the pedagogical method of Singapore
This book proposes more than 100 activities of graded difficulty, based on the Montessori system and the Pedagogy of Singapore. The goal is for second-grade students to love mathematics.
The approach followed develops in the following stages:
1. The child uses specific objects (e.g., cards, cubes...) and gradually understands concepts such as quantity, number... (stage of the "concrete").
2. The child symbolically represents mathematical situations and numbers using shapes, drawings, etc. (stage of the "pictorial").
3. The child is introduced to the concepts of arithmetic operations.
During this process of initiation into mathematics, the child:
- Discovers new concepts and learns to express mathematical thinking with words: numbers (initially up to 100, then up to 1,000), lengths and masses, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
- Consolidates learning. Reinforces strategies discovered during the "concrete" phase, represents quantities schematically, and learns to use mathematical symbols to transition to abstract thinking.
- Learns to correctly use the supportive material (number cards, cubes, number line, etc.), related to each proposed activity. With the help of the supportive material, the child approaches and applies the stages of the "concrete" and the "pictorial".