Abstract

NOGUERA, Ivana  and  SALSA, Analía. Early construction of numerical knowledge. Perfiles educativos [online]. 2022, vol.44, n.176, pp.152-168.  Epub Apr 17, 2023. ISSN 0185-2698.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iisue.24486167e.2022.176.59869.

Picture books are a tool to promote the understanding of numbers and other mathematical concepts. The purpose of this article is to identify and examine the characteristics of numerical books (regarding design and content) and their relationship with the knowledge displayed during joint reading between preschool children and adults (parents, teachers). Likewise, the article reviews a series of empirical investigations on reading and numerical knowledge (1992-2018) to characterize the books in question and to analyze the results obtained based on the characteristics of the material. This review highlights some characteristics of the books that promote the joint construction of numerical knowledge at home and at school: their explicit nature, the use of different forms of representation, the presence of collections of specific, delimited elements of equal size, in spatial arrangements according to the activity to be promoted and the use of motivating narrative or graphic resources.

Keywords : math; numbers; books; family; preschool education.

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