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Activities, ideas, and discussion helping teachers think through maths in classrooms.
Series: Ideas at Work
The Center for Family Math: Building a Movement
April 23, 2025
For the past four years, the Early Math Collaborative has partnered with the National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement (NAFSCE) to establish and advance the mission of the Center for Family Math. We…
- Tags Family Math, familymath
Series: Racial Justice March 27, 2025
Four Resources to Center the Brilliance and Joy of Black Children in Early Math Education
To promote racial justice in early mathematics education is paramount to create pro-Black systems, spaces, and experiences centered in the richness of the cultural practices, brilliance, and humanity of Black children and families. The resources…
- Tags Books, early math, earlymath, Play, racial justice
Series: About Early Math, Racial Justice February 28, 2025
Unpacking Numberless Word Problems: The Intersection of Math and Racial Justice
Numberless Word Problems (NWP) are contextualized story problems that help children develop math knowledge. By emphasizing children's sense-making experiences, NWPs help children understand and apply math strategies and operations, while they support shared classroom experiences…
Series: Book Ideas September 26, 2024
Good Books Are Good for Math
We find that one sure fire way to warm up children’s attitude towards mathematics is to build math activities and lessons out of the books they all love to read. When we start to sort…
Series: Hear from the Experts August 8, 2024
Looking Back to Look Forward; a Conversation with Mary Hynes-Berry
Mary Hynes-Berry, a founding member of Erikson’s Early Math Collaborative, donated hundreds of thoughtfully curated math-inspired picture books to the Edward Neisser Library at Erikson Institute. You can find an inventory of the complete collection…
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners
- Tags Books, collaboration, 0-3
Series: Book Ideas May 1, 2024
From Sunflowers to Friendship: Four Meaningful Math Books on Measurement
Measurement is a topic with a lot of early math big ideas and books are wonderful portals to explore them. Plus, children’s books provide an easy platform for repeated, playful conversation. When reading books about…
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
- Tags Family Math, Measurement, math
Series: Ideas at Work January 23, 2024
What Do We Mean by Counting Principles and What Do Early Childhood Educators Need to Know?
Counting is a part of young children’s everyday life. They love to count everything from the stairs they climb to the crackers they eat. But what is counting? To adults, counting seems very simple, but…
Series: Racial Justice August 14, 2023
RJEM Project Announces the 2023-24 Teaching Fellowship Cohort
In May of 2023, a diverse group of six kindergarten teachers from across the United States were selected from a national pool of talented and committed kindergarten teachers to participate in the RJEM Teaching Fellowship.…
Series: Racial Justice August 10, 2023
The Power of Books to Support Racial Justice-Centered Math Teaching and Learning
From a racial justice centered perspective, books can be powerful tools to engage children in mathematics learning. The worlds, stories, adventures, characters, and possibilities that are made available through books – explicitly math focused and…
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Series: Ideas at Work February 22, 2023
What is a Number Path and How Does It Build Number Relationships?
Many of children’s favorite board games follow a path to a goal. Exploring a number path with young children also leads to a goal that is critical for early mathematics: understanding number relationships. What is…
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Games
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