Early Childhood Mathematics Skill Development in the Home Environment

Chapter 1. Introduction; Belinda Blevins-Knabe, Ann M. Berghout Austin .- Chapter 2. Early Mathematical Development: How the Home Environment Matters; Belinda Blevins-Knabe .- Chapter 3. Home Life and the Development of Competence in Mathematics: Implications of Research with the HOME Inventory; Robert H. Bradley, Robert F. Corwyn .- Chapter 4. Early Mathematics Skill Development, Low Performance, and Parental Support in the Finnish Context; Pirjo Aunio, Anna Tapola, Riikka Mononen, Markku Niemivirta .- Chapter 5. Towards a Theoretical Framework on Individual Differences in Numerical Abilities: Role of Home Numeracy Experiences; Tijs Kleemans, Eliane Segers, Ludo Verhoeven .- Chapter 6. The Home Numeracy Environment: What Do Cross-Cultural Comparisons Tell about How to Scaffold Young Children's Mathematical Skills?; Ozlem Cankaya, Jo-Anne LeFevre .- Chapter 7. Number Line Skills and Home Numeracy Activities for Preschoolers in Center-based and Family-based Child Care; Jacob A. Esplin, Brionne Nelson, Ann M. Berghout Austin, Belinda Blevins-Knabe, Shawnee Hendershot, Lori Loesch .- Chapter 8. Optimizing the Home Numeracy Environments of Three- to Six-Year-Old Children in the United States and Canada; Sheri-Lynn Skwarchuk, Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, Jo-Anne LeFevre .- Chapter 9. Mathematics and Language in the Home Environment; Joanne Lee, Donna Kotsopoulos .- Chapter 10. Are Games a Viable Home Numeracy Practice?; Adam K Dubé, Andy Keenan .- Chapter 11. Conclusions and Future Directions; Belinda Blevins-Knabe, Ann M. Berghout Austin .