Reaction Paper: Geometric and Spatial Thinking in Young Children

You will be given a prompt – question, statement, issue, etc. – to RESPOND to that draws on the day’s readings. 1 page , APA style. No additional resources needed.
This paper will examine how young children aged birth to 8 understand and engage in mathematical knowledge, concepts and processes.
Here are the reading assignment prompts, Choose ONE of the following to reflect on.
1. Describe two learning opportunities that you might create for children to explore geometry and spatial sense as discussed by Clements and how those opportunities support that math learning. One of these opportunities should include children’s literature.
2. Wickstrom et al’s reading focuses on measurement of area of a garden and connects well with science. Describe another way to bring measurement—length, capacity, volume, mass, time, angles—across the curriculum.
Readings:
Readings for Day 3. Read and Take notes.
Clements, D. H. (1999). Geometric and spatial thinkingin young children. In J. V. Copley (Ed.), Mathematics inthe early years (pp. 67--79). Reston, VA: NationalCouncil of Teachers of Mathematics.
Flevares, L. M., & Schiff, J. R. (2014). Learningmathematics in two dimensions: A review and lookahead at teaching and learning early childhoodmathematics with children’s literature. Frontiers inPsychology,5. Retrieved fromhttps://doi(dot)org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00459
Clements, D. H., & Stephan, M. (2004). Measurement inpre--K and grade 2 mathematics. In D. H. Clements, J.Sarama, & A. M. DiBiase (Eds.), Engaging youngchildren in mathematics: Standards for early childhoodmathematics education (pp. 299--317). Mahwah, NJ:Erlbaum.
Wickstrom, M. H., Nelson, J., & Chumbley, J. (2015). Areaconceptions sprout on Earth Day. Teaching ChildrenMathematics, 21(8), 466--474.