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Early Childhood Mathematics Skill Development in the Home Environment

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Editors:
  1. Belinda Blevins-Knabe

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, USA

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  2. Ann M. Berghout Austin

    1. Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development, Utah State University, Logan, USA

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  • Provides developmentally appropriate guided instruction for mathematics learning in early childhood

  • Addresses practical implications for home childcare curricula that are grounded in research

  • Includes a developmental framework for the fit between the home numeracy environment and mathematical development

  • Examines early childhood mathematical skill development across different cultures?

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Belinda Blevins-Knabe, Ann M. Berghout Austin
    Pages 1-5

  3. Early Mathematical Development: How the Home Environment Matters

    • Belinda Blevins-Knabe
    Pages 7-28

  4. Home Life and the Development of Competence in Mathematics: Implications of Research with the HOME Inventory

    • Robert H. Bradley, Robert F. Corwyn
    Pages 29-49

  5. Early Mathematics Skill Development, Low Performance, and Parental Support in the Finnish Context

    • Pirjo Aunio, Anna Tapola, Riikka Mononen, Markku Niemivirta
    Pages 51-70

  6. Towards a Theoretical Framework on Individual Differences in Numerical Abilities: Role of Home Numeracy Experiences

    • Tijs Kleemans, Eliane Segers, Ludo Verhoeven
    Pages 71-86

  7. The Home Numeracy Environment: What Do Cross-Cultural Comparisons Tell Us About How to Scaffold Young Children’s Mathematical Skills?

    • Ozlem Cankaya, Jo-Anne LeFevre
    Pages 87-104

  8. Number Line Skills and Home Numeracy Activities for Preschoolers in Center-Based and Family-Based Child Care

    • Jacob A. Esplin, Brionne G. Neilson, Ann M. Berghout Austin, Belinda Blevins-Knabe, Shawnee M. Hendershot, Lori A. Loesch
    Pages 105-126

  9. Optimizing the Home Numeracy Environments of 3- to 6-Year-Old Children in the USA and Canada

    • Sheri-Lynn Skwarchuk, Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, Jo-Anne LeFevre
    Pages 127-146

  10. Mathematics and Language in the Home Environment

    • Joanne Lee, Donna Kotsopoulos
    Pages 147-164

  11. Are Games a Viable Home Numeracy Practice?

    • Adam K. DubĂ©, Andy Keenan
    Pages 165-184

  12. Conclusions and Future Directions

    • Belinda Blevins-Knabe, Ann M. Berghout Austin
    Pages 185-189

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 191-200
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About this book

This volume presents current research on the connections between the home and family environment on children’s mathematics development. Focusing on infancy through first grade, it details the role of parents and other caregivers in promoting numeracy and the ways their active participation can prepare young children for learning about formal mathematics. Research data answer key questions regarding the development of numeracy alongside cognitive and linguistic skills, early acquisition of specific math skills, and numeracy of children with atypical language skills. The book also provides practical recommendations for parents and other caregivers as well as implications for future research studies and curriculum design.


Included in the coverage:


  • Ways to optimize home numeracy environments.
  • Individual differences in numerical abilities.
  • Cross-cultural comparisons and ways to scaffold young children's mathematical skills.
  • Mathematics and language in the home environment.
  • Center-based and family-based child care.
  • Games and home numeracy practice.



Early Childhood Mathematics Skill Development in the Home Environment is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, and professionals in infancy and early childhood development, child and school psychology, early childhood education, social work, mathematics education, and educational psychology.



Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, USA

    Belinda Blevins-Knabe

  • Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development, Utah State University, Logan, USA

    Ann M. Berghout Austin

About the editors

Belinda Blevins-Knabe, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981. Her research interests include young children’s mathematical development and the influence of the home numeracy environment on the development of early mathematics skills and concepts. She is also interested in faculty development for teaching and learning and the development of leadership skills in women.


Ann M. Berghout Austin, Ph.D., is Professor of Family, Consumer, and Human Development and Director of the Center for Women and Gender at Utah State University. She received her Ph.D. in Child Development from Iowa State University in 1981. Her research interests include children’s development of early mathematics concepts in out-of-home care, child care quality, and child development and mothering in developing countries. She is also interested in the development of leadership skills in girls and women.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Early Childhood Mathematics Skill Development in the Home Environment

  • Editors: Belinda Blevins-Knabe, Ann M. Berghout Austin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43974-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-43972-3Published: 26 October 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82952-4Published: 06 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43974-7Published: 17 October 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 200

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Child and School Psychology, Social Work, Educational Psychology

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