Parents count: including early mathematics in early intervention programs Evelien Dirks and Loes Wauters FCEI 2016 How about your math skills? FCEI 2016 Parents count: the project • Investigating the early mathematics skills of DHH toddlers • Online parent intervention in the home environment FCEI 2016 Why focus on early mathematics skills? • Math skills important for development and participation • Early math skills predict later math skills and school success (Clements & Sarama, 2009; Duncan et al., 2007). • Even stronger predictor than early literacy (Duncan et al., 2007). • DHH children are at risk, already at an early age (Kritzer, 2009; Pagliaro & Kritzer, 2013) FCEI 2016 Role for parents • Attention for math in the home environment important for math skills (Segers et al., 2015). • Stimulation is effective (Kleemans, ; Pagliaro & Kritzer, 2016) FCEI 2016 What is early math about? • Counting • Math language: first, second, long, short, slow, fast, high, low, small, big, morning, evening, tomorrow, empty, full, square, circle, triangle….. • Math activities: puzzles, blocks, books, baking cookies, sorting….. FCEI 2016 FCEI 2016 small high higher smallest highest big FCEI 2016 FCEI 2016 Counting Numbers Counting More Higher FCEI 2016 Goals intervention* Helping parents of young D/HH children to improve their children’s readiness in mathematics • Use natural daily activities and experiences • Improve parents’ knowledge of math development and language/communication (in terms of their child) • Increase parents’ awareness of their role in mediating their children’s learning *Claudia Pagliaro & Karen Kritzer FCEI 2016 3 Math Domains number recognitio n counting number knowledge length time volume money construct orientation weight FCEI 2016 shapes Intervention* Daily activities in 4 contexts Play time Cooking/Meal time * Based on Pagliaro & Kritzer FCEI 2016 Bedtime Outside Measurement Geometry FCEI 2016 Cooking/Meal time • Cooking: • Cookies • Pizza • Meal time • Setting the table • Conversations • Dishes FCEI 2016 Activities • Books • Songs • Toys • Apps • Television FCEI 2016 Example Sesame Street FCEI 2016 Intervention • 2 meetings and an online part (website) • Activities within the 3 math domains in 4 contexts Online intervention Meeting1 website FCEI 2016 Meeting 2 Online Intervention Website for parents • General information about math • Information about the three math domains • Examples (video’s) of activities within the 4 contexts At home • Parents make video’s of activities (each domain) • Parents send video’s to professionals • Professionals give (positive) feedback FCEI 2016 Website *Measurement incorporates a lot of different contexts. For example, a person can think about measuring size (big, little, tall, long, small, extra large, inches, yards, etc.), weight (heavy, light, ounces, pounds, etc.), time (yesterday, today, Monday, February, Christmas, winter, etc.), or money (penny, cent, dollar, etc.). * Based on Pagliaro & Kritzer Measurement FCEI 2016 Website There are a lot of games you can play with your child that incorporate measurement. •Play “Grocery store”. How much will this bottle of milk cost? How much will the banana weigh? In this video the boy is building a tower with his father. They talk about a high tower, a higher one and the highest one. They “measure” if the tower is higher than the boy. Build a high and a small tower with blocks. Talk about size. Does an elephant fit in our bath tube? . FCEI 2016 Effect study intervention Design Pre-test Intervention Post-test Instruments • “Cito rekenen voor peuters” Dutch early numeracy test • Early Mathematics Performance Diagnostic (EMPD) • Parent questionnaire • Video of freeplay session parent and child Participants: 10 families within the early intervention program FCEI 2016 FCEI 2018: Results! Thank you Evelien Dirks & Loes Wauters [email protected] & [email protected]
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