According to Piaget, what would be the best way to teach children in kindergarten about the mathematical concept of addition:
A) Explain to them in words how addition problems should be solved and then ask them to explain back to you in their own words.
B) Give them objects, such as blocks, to manipulate so they can see how moving blocks from one pile to another represents changes in number (e.g., addition).
C) Read stories about math problems to them to enhance their motivation to learn mathematical concepts.
D) There is no good way to teach children in the preoperational stage about mathematics because this topic requires the ability to understand reversibility, which develops later.

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Because Piaget believed that young children's thought is closely tied to concrete experiences, he believed that their understanding of concepts such as addition is best taught by having them manipulate objects they can see and touch. Describing abstract concepts in words would not be useful. Motivation is not a limiting factor in most cases. Although children acquire the ability to reverse order gradually as then enter the stage of concrete operations, when objects manipulation is involved, they can see how objects move and are able to understand the transfer operations that addition requires.

According to Piaget, What Would Be the Best Way to Teach