Voice From The Field Summary

In this “Voice from the Field”, three steps are listed to help build preschoolers math skills. Froebel was the man that introduced blocks to the preschool ages. He called them gifts. He stated that using these gifts would help children develop. The book talked about using a variety of instructional approaches. It also talked about letting children use different styles of blocks to explore. The last step that it mentioned said to ask the children a variety of questions. Giving children adequate time to use the blocks is very beneficial to them. It provides them with opportunities to try different methods with the blocks. These may be stacking or lining up the blocks. Doing this helps children grasp the ideas of patterns and spatial relationships.