Abstract:

For children to enjoy mathematics it is important to devise strategies that will pique their interest in this science. In this way, the educator needs to be able to identify the difficulties and find methodologies that lead to success.

Little kids love children's stories and the fact that they include mathematical concepts makes them an asset to develop new skills in both mathematics and language.

The link between children's stories and mathematics has been studied by several authors, being one of the strategies already implemented in several schools, using appropriate stories, whether original or adapted. We believe that this combination allows the child to explore and analyse mathematics and history at the same time, developing both skills.

Mathematical ideas and the comprehension of the text will be developed through reading, writing and discussion about the history and mathematical concepts present in it.

An alternative to reading children's stories is to produce them. For there to be an appropriation and familiarization with the mathematical language it is important that there is a development of skills both oral and written, so that the child goes knowing and recognizing, in addition to the common words and the structuring of the sentences, some scientific terms and their meaning. Thus, writing provides numerous knowledge in terms of spelling and grammar, but also at the level of discourse structuring, organization and development of ideas.

Producing text in mathematics causes the child, as in other areas of knowledge, to read, listen, observe, question and interpret. This writing must start from stories already read, so that it is possible to extend their learning. The child will begin to communicate mathematically in the classroom and, consequently, opportunities will arise to explore, organize and compare knowledge. The educator, when he or she hears the student speaking, or when he or she reads what the student has written, has a better perception of their achievements and difficulties.

With this idea in mind, a task was implemented in which a group of 25 children, in three different moments, elaborated a story with mathematics that included the theme of nature, inserted in a school project. This story was later published in a book that contained several stories from various kindergartens in the country.

Keywords:

Stories written by children, mathematics, kindergarten.