1. Staircase patterns.
- Author
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Thouless, Helen, Lewis, Simon, and Gifford, Sue
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PATTERNS (Mathematics) , *MATHEMATICS education (Early childhood) , *EARLY childhood education , *ACTIVITY programs in early childhood education , *MATHEMATICAL ability in children - Abstract
The article focuses on teaching shapes and patterns to children and mentions the Pattern Project team, formed to develop young children's pattern awareness in a school in Australia. The team consisted of early years teachers and authors' Helen Thouless, Sue Gifford. It includes the mathematic activities designed by teacher Simon Lewis for his students. Simon designed an activity where the students could stick blocks on a piece of paper to show the pattern.
- Published
- 2019