A Child Perspective and Children’s Perspectives on Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood Education

All children have the right to a quality preschool education before school, according to Goal 4.2 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. How can the two different views of a child perspective and children’s perspectives be of help in teaching young children? In preschool education, the notion of “listening to children” is central, but is this rhetoric or praxis? Similarly, how can children’s play, which is claimed to be important in preschool, be related to learning—or should it not? Based on 40 years of empirical research, I share my view of young children’s learning in preschool.