Content Format: Video
Math-related resources and free stuff for teachers.
Series: Focus on Play
Stacking Peg Towers
November 14, 2016
Math play in preK or kindergarten can become an opportunity to explore measurement, as is the case in this classroom.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Editing, in-progress
Series: Focus on Play November 14, 2016
Comparing Capacity at the Sand Table
What kind of "big" is it? Children explore the differences between tall and wide as they explore which bucket holds the most sand.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Play, Capacity
Series: Focus on Play November 10, 2016
Making a Block Sandwich with Kindergartners
Thinking about sandwiches cut in half leads this boy to explore shape composition and equivalence with blocks.
- Topic: Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Blocks
Series: Hear from the Experts October 25, 2016
Language, Culture, and Math Through Storytelling with Sylvia Celedón-Pattichis
Sylvia Celadón-Pattichis advocates storytelling as a means to vary the context of word problems to make them more relevant and accessible to young, dual-language learners.
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Culture, Promising Math
Series: Focus on the Child October 11, 2016
Repeating Patterns with Child 14
A child is pushed to decipher the repeating pattern in an array of blocks. Then he attempts to continue the pattern.
- Topic: Pattern
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
Series: Focus on the Lesson September 26, 2016
Attendance Routine to Build Number Sense
This Spanish-language example of a rekenrek attendance routine demonstrates how one teacher can mathematize an everyday activity.
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Rekenrek
Series: Focus on Play August 25, 2016
Matching Cards Game in PreK
A quick matching game with dot cards is a fun way for preschoolers to practice recognizing small sets without counting.
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
- Tags Subitizing, Games, Dot cards
Series: Focus on Play August 25, 2016
Value of Block Play in Kindergarten
A kindergarten teacher makes a strong case for how time spent playing with blocks supports mathematical thinking and learning in her classroom.
- Tags Blocks
Series: Focus on Play August 24, 2016
Measuring a Block Tower with Kindergartners
Building block towers provides a natural opportunity to measure height. In this scene, children use strings and a broom.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
- Tags Blocks
Series: Focus on the Lesson August 16, 2016
Mouse Collections
Preschool storytime is a great time to teach mathematics! In this video, two teachers use Ellen Stoll Walsh's "Mouse Count" to illustrate the concept of "less and more."
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Animals, English Language Learner, Play, Books, Ellen Stoll Walsh, Mouse Count