"Copy is the mother of creation". Creativity doesn't create out of nothing, but it is from the copy that creates a new one. The copy needs to be learned from experiences, and they are from a specific body that can create a new one. Mathematical game is according to the character and law of material so that children can care about mathematics and like the game. Therefore, the key point of the mathematical game is to make children manipulate the game for themselves and get a really specific experience in the game.
Parents sometimes say to children, "To think by yourself". But children are distressed and fool around because the word "thinking" is so abstract that it doesn't have a specific content which people can follow. Before letting children learn how to think, we have to give children a given material, experience and common senses. Thus, children can think of answers from "Create out of nothing".
◆ Age of Application:
Above three years old.
◆ Equipments:
1. One square of one side long 8.2 cm
2. Two squares of one side long 6.5 cm
3. Three squares of one side long 4.9 cm
4. Four squares of one side long 3.2 cm
5. Five squares of one side long 1.6 cm
6. A free pamphlet of colorful game
◆ The key point of the game:
1. The key point is not the game, but is to watch what
happened in the process of the game.
2. The teaching aid of the mathematical game must be
simple and changeable so that children will have
interest in it.
3. The teaching aid leads children to watch the shape, size
and position, and then children will understand the
amount, figure and position by degrees.