Ch. 22 Guiding Math Experiences

A well-structured environment should provide play experiences for children to develop mathematical concepts

• True

• False

Only mental activities need to be provided to develop a child's mathematical ability.

• True

• False

Copying patterns is not a mathematical activity

• True

• False

Children cannot match a color to a sample by age two year olds.

• True

• False

Identifying and drawing shapes occur at the same time.

• True

• False

Shape identification comes before color identification.

• True

• False

Most children cannot reproduce shape forms other than a circle until age five years.

• True

• False

Classification is one of the first math behaviors exhibited.

• True

• False

Typically, most children can count at least to their ages.

• True

• False

Time is an easy concept for children to understand.

• True

• False