As set out by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in the Common Core State Standards Initiative. For more information, please visit the Geometry domain at the Common Core State Standards website.
July 30, 2013
A child sorts shape blocks based on various attributes.
Research out of John Hopkins University and Michigan State University suggests that a strong link exists between young learners' spatial reasoning and computation abilities.
A child practices position prepositions using a stuffed animal.
Students distinguish shapes using touch rather than sight.
A child identifies various shapes.
Jennifer McCray, director of the Early Math Collaborative, provides a play-by-play narration as a pre-k teacher leads her students through a tower building exercise with blocks. McCray provides insights into the complexity and impact of…
A child uses a stuffed animal to practice position words.
A child uses variously shaped blocks to create a star.
A child composes a 6-pointed star shape using pattern blocks in multiple ways.
A kindergartener provides steps explaining how to draw different shapes.