Author Archives: memat

“She’s a güagüa, she won’t understand.”
“What are you talking to her for if she won’t answer you?”
“Pass him plenty of toys, don’t you see that at this age they are little sponges? They absorb everything!”
These are some of the phrases that we adults commonly use to refer to the learning of babies (or güagüas, as we call them in Chile).

Play is a space that naturally promotes learning, creativity, cognitive and brain development, motor skills, communication and socialization. So how can we leverage play to promote math skills at an early age?

It is common to hear phrases such as “boys are more talented at mathematics than girls” or “mathematics is a boy’s business” in various contexts and situations: classrooms, family gatherings, the media and in other spheres of society.

What is the reason behind the fact that students with outstanding performance in mathematics often experience feelings of incompetence or avoid tasks that involve numerical reasoning?