The first chapter is all about the NCTM.It provides the details about the six principles that is fundamental to high quality of mathematics education.These six principles are interwined with school mathematics program.
This chapter also shares about the five process standard and the teacher's role in creating the classroom that supports the principles and standards.
The second chapter explains that mathematics is science of concepts and processes that have a pattern of regularity and logical order.Young children should be involved in the science of patteren and order, that using the generating strategies for solving the problems instead of relying on the given rules and procedures in finding out the right answers.
It also gives the language of mathematics that is used in Principles and standards of NCTM. It states the five strands involved in being mathematically proficient that is conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, strategic competence,adaptive reasoning and productive reasoning.
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