Six-year-olds can’t really talk to adults about the problems they may experience with mathematics. It is hard for teachers to know for certain who is keeping up and who is lagging, says Prof Elizabeth Henning from the University of Johannesburg.
The teacher could be facing 45 or even 60 little faces in the classroom, she says.
Some children may appear to cope after a few weeks’ school holiday or closures due to Covid-19. But early childhood teachers need to understand what children remember and what may have been forgotten. School reopening is a good time to find out where everyone is with math and reading, she continues. [Read more…] about A stronger maths foundation in first grade
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