MathArts: Exploring Math Through Art for 3 to 6 Year Olds - Softcover

Kohl, MaryAnn F.; Gainer, Cindy

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9780876591772: MathArts: Exploring Math Through Art for 3 to 6 Year Olds

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ISBN 10: 0876591772 ISBN 13: 9780876591772

Publisher: Gryphon House, 1996

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Get ready to create and count in this exciting introduction to math! MathArts is an innovative approach that uses creative art projects to introduce preschoolers to early math concepts. Each of the more than 100 hands-on projects is designed to help children discover essential math skills through a creative process unique to every individual. Math concepts include: One-to-one correspondence; matching; sorting; grouping; classifying; opposites; number recognition; number values, and counting. This well-organized book provides both teachers and parents with a diverse range of activities for making math both fun and fascinating. The possibilities are endless!

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MathArts contains a wealth of easy-to-do, creative art experiences that encourage children's natural development of math concepts. Using everyday materials and hands-on activities children learn the essential math skills of sorting, matching, one-to-one correspondence, patterning, counting, measuring, number values and more.

About the Author:

Award-winning author MaryAnn F. Kohl has written 14 books. Her philosophy, “It’s the process, not the product,” guides her writing as she provides open-ended art activities for young children. MaryAnn’s activities focus on the experience of art, not the final product a child creates. She lives in Ferndale, Washington.
Cindy Gainer is the author of award-winning I'm Like You, You're Like Me and coauthor of MathArts and Good Earth Art with MaryAnn F. Kohl. She has a BFA from Seton Hill University and Pennsylvania State Teaching Certification in Art and Early Childhood Education and Gestalt Therapy Certification. Cindy lives in Jeannette, Pennsylvania.

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