As part of a lesson on quantities, a group of five-year-olds in Huancavelica, Peru, was asked, “If you have three candies and I have six, what is that?” The expected answer was something along the lines of “more” or “less,” but after a moment of contemplation, a student responded, “Unfair.” These preschoolers are part of a new bilingual preschool program called Mimate … [Read more...] about How important math is in preschool
