Spatial Reasoning in early childhood
Sue Gifford, Catherine Gripton, Helen Williams, Andrea Lancaster, Kathryn E Bates, Ashley Y. Williams, Katie Anne Gilligan-Lee, Alison Borthwick, Emily K. Farran
Abstract
This document is about how children develop spatial reasoning in early childhood (birth to 7 years) and how practitioners working with young children can support this. Spatial reasoning is a vital and often overlooked aspect of mathematics. So this toolkit, which is informed by extensive review of research in this areas, will support practitioners to enhance children's early mathematical learning. For the full Spatial Reasoning toolkit: https://earlymaths.org/spatial-reasoning/
Topics & Concepts
Spatial intelligencePsychology of reasoningSpatial abilityComputer scienceEarly childhoodModel-based reasoningPsychologyArtificial intelligenceDevelopmental psychologyCognitionKnowledge representation and reasoningNeuroscienceSpatial Cognition and Navigation