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Links from around the web about teaching and math practice for kids.
Series: Hear from the Experts
Playtime Isn’t Over: The Importance of Play in Early Grades
August 29, 2014
Research suggests that providing children with ample playtime allows them to develop important social and behavioral skills.
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Play
Series: About Early Math August 26, 2014
For Kids, Learning Math Comes Naturally
This RadioLab story asks whether one can live without using math. As babies and kids learning math and counting, do we understand complex concepts more than we think? Experts point out that babies seem to…
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten
Series: About Early Math August 18, 2014
Relections on the 2012 Chicago Teacher Strike
Written during the 2012 Chicago Teacher Strike, this piece by journalist Alex Kotlowitz reminds us that teachers can only do so much. External forces in students' lives can have a significant effect on their academic…
- Tags New
Series: About Early Math August 18, 2014
Are Non-Cognitive Skills a Non-Issue in the Classroom?
This episode of This American Life looks at what is and, perhaps more importantly, what is not being taught in today's classrooms. Topics being left behind, such as social skills and grit, while more difficult…
- Tags New
Series: Hear from the Experts August 14, 2014
With Second and First Grade Math Activities, Study Finds Concepts Matter
This study done by Vanderbilt University and the University of Louisville examined children's ability to learn just math skills and procedures versus explaining the underlying concepts beforehand. It found that children were more likely to…
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Series: About Early Math August 5, 2014
Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood Education
Social and emotional development in early childhood is being considered as a possible addition to preschool curriculum.
- Tags New
Series: About Early Math August 5, 2014
Teacher Support Needed for Common Core Success
This article from The New York Times looks in depth at the United States' less-than-perfect history of math education reforms and suggests that for any reform to be truly successful, stronger teacher support is necessary.
- Tags Common Core, CCSS
Series: About Early Math August 5, 2014
Common Core Math Lessons Compel Students to Explain Math Strategies
Evidence of students' ability to precisely explain math solution strategies demonstrates one of the major positive effects of the still-controversial Common Core Standards.
- Age/Grade Level: 2nd Grade
- Tags New, Common Core, CCSS
Series: Ideas at Work July 16, 2014
8 Tips for Teaching Math Strategies and Concepts
In this blog post, a mother details her exploration in teaching math strategies to her children. Teaching math strategies such as these at an early age sets up children for a successful time in preschool…
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Series: About Early Math July 11, 2014
For Early Learning in Math, Common Core Standards Present Opportunities, Struggles
In this article of the Harvard Education Letter, Collaborative staff and others discuss the changes taking place in early math. Common Core standards and their implementation are influencing the curriculum and lesson planning, particularly in choosing…
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Common Core, CCSS
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