I have been thinking all week about our Saturday morning’s MTM play session and watching my kindergarten students. Instinctively I understand the value of play, play that is not always incorporated into the lessons of many math programs (or at least not enough play). Or perhaps it is the time in a school day that does not allow for play. (For the purposes of this blog I am using the word play similarly to the way Maggie speaks of investigations.)
Basically, what I have been thinking is how easy it is to forget how children/students build their understanding of mathematical concepts ( through real world play or investigations). One of my favorite theorists on cognitive development is Jean Piaget. Here is a website Gay and I found on googling one day that discusses age/stage theory in relationship to cognitive development, specifically mathematical development:
http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/piaget/index.htm
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