Belde Mutaf-Y?ld?z|Delphine Sasanguie|Bert De Smedt|Bert Reynvoet
Frequency of Home Numeracy Activities Is Differentially Related to Basic Number Processing and Calculation Skills in Kindergartners
Statistics Belgium|Statistics Belgium
home numeracy shown play important role childrens mathematical performance however findings inconsistent home numeracy activities related mathematical skills present study disentangled various mathematical abilities previously masked use composite scores mathematical achievement aim shed light specific associations home numeracy various mathematical abilities relationships kindergartners home numeracy activities basic number processing calculation skills investigated participants 128 kindergartners mage 543 years sd 029 range 488602 years parents children completed nonsymbolic symbolic comparison tasks nonsymbolic symbolic number line estimation tasks mapping tasks enumeration connecting two calculation tasks parents completed home numeracy questionnaire results indicated small significant associations formal home numeracy activities involved explicit teaching efforts ie identifying numerals counting childrens enumeration skills correlation formal home numeracy activities nonsymbolic number processing informal home numeracy activities involved implicit teaching attempts playing games using numbers daily life weakly correlated calculation symbolic number line estimation respectively present findings suggest disentangling various basic number processing calculation skills children might unravel specific relations formal informal home numeracy activities might explain earlier reported contradictory findings association home numeracy mathematical abilities