Frequency and Type of Math and Spatial Talk by Spanish-Speaking Family Child Care Providers and Assistants

• In Event: Poster Session 8
  In Poster Session: Research in Early Education and Child Development

Abstract

This study identifies the frequency and type of math and spatial talk by family child care providers and assistants who speak Spanish to Latino children in the Northern California Bay Area. Two Spanish-speaking family child care providers and two assistants were selected to participate in this study. Their language was audio recorded, and the data were transcribed, translated, and coded based on math and spatial categories. The findings show a greater frequency of spatial talk than math talk, specifically in the spatial categories of deictic terms and spatial location and direction. In the area of math talk, a higher frequency of math talk was found in the categories of cardinality, number symbol, counting, and conventional nominatives mirroring other studies.

Author

• Jemina Munoz, Advancing Excellence in Early Education