TAILIEUCHUNG - Developing geometric thinking for children in early childhood education through geometric activities

This article proposes the concept of geometric thinking and the role of geometric activities in developing geometric thinking. The study suggests some methods of developing geometric thinking for young children. | VJE Vietnam Journal of Education, Vol. 2, 2018, pp. 29-34 DEVELOPING GEOMETRIC THINKING FOR CHILDREN IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION THROUGH GEOMETRIC ACTIVITIES Nguyen Manh Tuan - Hanoi National University of Education Received: 10/10/2017; Revised: 10/02/2018; Accepted: 02/03/2018. Abstract: Developing geometric thinking is one of the goals to teach mathematics for young children when they learn by doing and playing. This article proposes the concept of geometric thinking and the role of geometric activities in developing geometric thinking. The study suggests some methods of developing geometric thinking for young children. Keywords: Geometric thinking, geometric activity, early childhood education. 1. INTRODUCTION Innovation project of textbook content emphasized on the children’s development of capacity and thinking during their early childhood education (children less than eight years old), in which they have plenty of opportunity to solve the problem by themselves, learn how to solve the problem with other people, and apply the knowledge to solve the situations in practical life for individuals and communities. By doing that, they learn how to contribute to “reduction”. Developing children’s thinking through the teacher established and organized activities is regarded as the guiding ideology in the innovation of teaching methodology. According to A. N. Leonchev, the discovery of the common structure between the two load types of inside activity and outside activity is one of the most important discoveries of modern psychological science: Inside outside activities have the same structure. Inside activity comes from outside activity and is formed from outside activity. Thinking as inside activity is formed through the human’s process of working. Geometry teaching is a favorable condition for development of thinking for learners - especially the quality of flexible, independent and creativity thinking in order to develop spatial imagination and .

• Giáo dục học
• Geometric thinking
• Geometric activity
• Early childhood education
• Literature review
• Mathematics teacher
• General mathematics
• Lecture General mathematics
• Geometric measurement
• Algebraic thinking
• Mathematical knowledge
• Number pattern
• Cartesian coordinate system
• Liner equations
• Graph of liner equations
• Linear equation
• Natural numbers
• Constant functions