Fostering Preschoolers Number Sense; An Early Intervention for Education and Development in the Selected Schools in Tabaco City Division

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Numeracy, is a proficiency which is developed mainly in mathematics, but also in other subjects. Research studies have established that the critical years in a child's life are from birth six years of age. For example, if an experimenter empties liquid from a short wide container into a tall thin container, a five-year-old typically thinks the quantity of liquid increases, whereas a ten-year-old realizes that the quantity of liquid stays the same. Successful efforts to promote fact fluency depend on ensuring a child is developmentally ready.

METHODS

The descriptive method of research was used in this study.

RESULTS

There is no significant difference between the performance level of the grade one and pupils who undergo the early numeracy intervention program. It was found out that in this activity on adding and subtracting combinations, 84.76% of the pupils were reading on this fundamental operation in mathematics, while 15.24% of thepupils are not ready.

DISCUSSIONS

This part of the study discusses the conceptual framework which explains the problem of readiness among the learners. The input illustrates the aspects of tools used by the grade teachers in assessing the readiness of the grade one pupils which includes the following domains the Gross motor, Fine motor, Receptive/Expressive language, sensory discrimination and seriation/classification, Concept formation, Numeracy Reading readiness. Construction and visual-motor integration.