The purpose of this study was to investigate the types and context of young children's mahematics activity emerging within free play. The subjects were 34 children aged 5 of kindergarten. The mathematics activities the young children participated in w...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the types and context of young children's mahematics activity emerging within free play. The subjects were 34 children aged 5 of kindergarten. The mathematics activities the young children participated in were videotaped and analyzed
The findings of this study were as follows : First, young children engaged heavily in "pattern and shape" within free play. Second, mathematics activities occurred most frequently with "cooperate interaction", "constructive play", "legs and blocks".
Based on these findings, young children's mathematics is not limited to enumeration within free play. Therefore, mathematics curriculum to stimulate and assist young children should be provided with opportunity for more varied mathematics activity types and context.