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The Best Children’s Books for Early Math Learning

Browse the many books we have recommended over the years under our helpful foundational math topics.

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Explore the Math Found at Home

Our Family Math page explores the mathematics that can be found in and around the house.

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

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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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One to One Correspondence math early math
Series: Focus on the Child

Why One-to-One Correspondence Matters

October 29, 2019

Children love to count. Counting helps them make sense of the world and to find out how many of something. With time and practice, children develop an understanding of the “rules” or principles of counting.

  • Topics Counting and Cardinality
  • Age/grade Kindergarten, Pre-K
Series: Ideas at Work

Exploring the Three-Reads Math Protocol for Word Problems

January 29, 2018

Teachers in four schools recently experimented with a "problem stem" protocol for helping their children understand the math going on in the word problems they face in class. This was part of our Big Shoulders…

  • Age/grade 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
math patterns pattern bugs
Series: Book Ideas

4 Fun Books that Explore Math, Patterns, and Sequences

January 11, 2019

From an early age, children notice and appreciate patterns in the world around them. Patterns and sequences of different kinds begin to pop up all over the place, especially in the books that children love.

  • Topics Operations and Algebraic Thinking
  • Age/grade 1st Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
  • Tags Animals, Audrey Wood, Bill Martin Jr., Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?, Eric Carle, I Went Walking, Pattern Bugs, Sue Williams, The Napping House, Trudy Harris
denver head start teachers
Series: About the Collaborative

Denver Head Start Teachers Sustain Children’s Growth in Math

February 22, 2021

An ongoing professional development program with Denver Great Kids Head Start (DGKHS) shows the power of a multi-year partnership to build sustainable growth in math achievement for young children.

  • Age/grade Kindergarten, Pre-K
kitchen math, mathematical structures
Series: Ideas at Work

3 Ways to See Mathematical Structure in Everyday Kitchen Math

January 26, 2021

Cooking with kids is a natural way to do math together. But we're not talking about turning meal preparation into a formal math lesson. Cooking together presents an opportunity that is more about noticing and wondering rather than teaching.

  • Topics Measurement and Data
  • Age/grade 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
  • Tags Family Math
early childhood coaching strategies
Series: Adult Learning

4 Key Findings for Early Childhood Coaching Strategies with Teachers

January 18, 2021

Instructional coaching is central to the Collaborative's professional development efforts. There is a lot to learn from what works and what doesn't when it comes to early childhood coaching strategies, particularly when focused on the teaching of early mathematics.

  • Age/grade 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K

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