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The Erikson Institute Early Math Collaborative is transforming the understanding, teaching and learning of early mathematics from the ground up.

Professional development
Online learning
Instructional coaching
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Online Learning

Professional development modules

Our self-guided modules provide materials, strategies, and expert guidance for working with adult learners to explore foundational mathematics. Whether you are working with childcare providers, in-service teachers, or pre-service teachers, modules give you what you need to support professional learning in your local context.

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Series: About the Collaborative

Collaborative Takes Part in 100Kin10

The Erikson Early Math Collaborative is now a partner of 100Kin10, a multi-sector partnership seeking to address the shortage of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers in the U.S. and ensure high-quality STEM learning for all students.

Tags 100Kin10

Early Education Professional Development

Series: About the Collaborative

For Kentucky Teachers, Experiences of Professional Development Center on Changing Attitudes, Practices

The Early Math Collaborative has been working with the Kentucky Center for Mathematics since 2012. Reflected in the experiences of one of those teachers, a change in attitude and confidence of a teacher exploring math concepts can transform every part of their teaching practice.

Age/grade Kindergarten, Pre-K
Tags Attitudes

Series: About the Collaborative

Celebration Highlights Shifts in Teacher Education, Classroom Resources

Joined by guest speaker Bill Ayers, the Collaborative welcomed teachers in the eight schools in the Innovations project to present, collaborate, and celebrate their achievements of the last three years of the initiative. The event held on June 16th, 2014 included workshops and poster presentations created by participating teachers, all aimed at highlighting the gradual but real-world shifts in practice that have been occurring.

Series: Book Ideas

3 Books That Encourage Simple Graph Explorations with Young Ones

At the heart of it, graphing in the early years is about quantifying information in order to answer a question. That requires children to organize data in some visible way so that comparisons and generalizations are possible.

Topics Measurement and Data
Age/grade 1st Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
Tags Comparing, Graphing

Measurable Attributes Ordering Similar Objects

Series: Adult Learning

Ordering Similar Objects by Measurable Attributes

Early childhood teacher candidates engage in an adult learning activity that has them order and reorder objects by size according to different attributes.

Topics Measurement and Data
Age/grade Kindergarten, Pre-K

Series: Adult Learning

Exploring Unit Block Relationships

Examining sets of unit blocks challenges educators to think about relationships of the blocks. A deeper understanding of the features of unit blocks empowers teachers to support children in ways that promote joyful math learning.