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Images and ideas often appear to combine in
ways that can seem unlikely to adults. For
example, pointing to different features in
his drawing, Jazper explained ‘Red lorry,
blue car and road’ then added ‘lots of
eyes.’ Jazper’s drawing seemed to combine
elements of both a drawing and a map
(perhaps too with an unspoken narrative).
In rich learning cultures, children use
graphical representations to communicate for
a variety of purposes
- including imagination, pretend
play and everyday contexts. Such rich
experiences help them come to see that they
can also use their marks and symbols to
explore and communicate their mathematical
thinking.
Taxonomy
Making meanings in imagination and symbolic
play:
drawings / maps
Gallery 5:
Beginnings in Play
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