The Value, Principles and Paths of Gamification in Early Childhood Mathematics Education

Lelan Bian; Yingjie Huang

doi:10.6918/IJOSSER.202410_7(10).0011

Authors

Lelan Bian
Yingjie Huang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6918/IJOSSER.202410_7(10).0011

Keywords:

Early Childhood Mathematics Learning; Early Childhood Mathematics Education; Games; Game Situation.

Abstract

Early childhood mathematics learning can lay a good foundation for in-depth learning in other fields, but there is a problem of less games and lack of fun in early childhood mathematics education. The gamification of early childhood mathematics education has the foundational value of opening up mathematical awareness, improving aesthetic ability, developing mathematical skills, and developing mathematical application ability and the developmental value of promoting young children's cognition, emotion, willpower, and interest in mathematical learning. In the process of concrete implementation, educators should follow the developmental principles of age-appropriate, scientific, and subjective and the motivational principles of life, fun, experience, and personalization. On the basis of following the principles, educators explore the practical path of gamification of early childhood mathematics education by creating a living mathematical game situation, adopting diversified mathematical game teaching means, implementing a hierarchical mathematical game teaching mode, and creating an interactive mathematical game teaching method in four aspects.

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