It is very important to understand the concept of mathematical thinking, so as to avoid the misunderstanding of mathematical thinking enlightenment and training. For example, some parents think that mathematics means that children can count numbers within 100, recite formulas and do addition and subtraction. Other parents think that learning math is memorizing formulas.
According to the new curriculum standard of primary school mathematics, the content of primary school mathematics curriculum mainly revolves around four fields: number and algebra, figure and geometry, statistics and probability, synthesis and practice. Mathematical thinking ability includes number sense, symbol consciousness, space concept, geometric intuition, data analysis concept, operation ability, reasoning ability and model thinking.
The cultivation of mathematical thinking ability should be combined with children's learning ability at different stages. Children usually go through the following stages when learning mathematics:
Shallow stage (before 3 years old): think that numbers are just a word.
Primary stage (3-6 years old): the amount of items, such as "I ate 4 blueberries".
Intermediate stage (6-9 years old): the relationship between things, such as 4 o'clock is always before 5 o'clock.
Advanced stage (9- 12 years old): These quantities can be compared and calculated.
Deep stage (after 12 years old): Numbers are symbols of quantity, which can represent anything, and anything can be quantified by numbers. Therefore, in early childhood, parents do not have to deliberately let their children learn to count and calculate. They only need to teach children "mathematics" in life by playing games, overcome the limitations of visual perception and have a certain understanding of quantity.
In the pre-school stage, you can do it when the baby is about three years old, and gradually establish the concept of mathematics naturally and smoothly in life and games. It should be noted that teaching children to learn the concept of number is from easy to difficult, from concrete to abstract, step by step. At this stage, it is suggested to combine the L 1-L3 stage of the number sense garden of the number sense planet to inspire children's mathematical thinking.
In the young connection stage, children aged 5-6 are entering the primary school mathematics learning stage, and the real mathematical thinking training has begun. At this time, the child's brain has a certain understanding of the relationship between things through the pre-operation stage. At this time, as long as parents choose appropriate enlightenment methods, not only addition and subtraction within 10, addition and subtraction within 100, or simple multiplication and division, children can gradually. At this stage, it is suggested that children's mathematical thinking training can be combined with L3-L4 modules of the number sense planet number sense garden.
At school age, children have entered the primary school mathematics learning stage. In addition to learning knowledge in the fixed curriculum of the school, it is mainly to stimulate children's interest and enhance their ability to explore and learn actively. It is suggested to review the synchronous practice module of the number sense planet in combination with primary school textbooks, and use the modules L5-L6 of the number sense garden to preview and stimulate mathematics interest.