The “zone of proximal development” to me is that of teaching someone something they did not know how to do, especially children. One of the teaching strategies from the article “Infants and Toddlers Exploring Mathematics” that demonstrate supporting a toddler within their zone of proximal development as the acquire knowledge of mathematics is that of “Helping a slice bananas for snack” (Geist, 2009,p.41) in where the teacher may use a plastic knife and do hand-over-hand with the toddler to cut the banana and as they slice they can count how many slices they made, then they can use other fruit, for example, apples, where they describe the two fruits as “These apples are hard and crunchy. The bananas are soft and mushy” (Geist, 2009, p.41)
