Content Format: Video
Math-related resources and free stuff for teachers.
Series: Focus on the Child
Estimating Quantity with Child 3
June 11, 2015
A student approximates the number of cubes in collections of increasing quantity.
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Estimation, Unifix Cubes, Comparing, Child 3
Series: Focus on the Child June 11, 2015
Estimating Quantity with Child 8
A child estimates the number of cubes in a collection.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Estimation, Child 8, Comparing, Unifix Cubes
Series: Focus on the Child June 11, 2015
Changing Quantity with Child 13
A student computes how many objects are in a collection that is hidden from view.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Animals, Child 13
Series: Focus on the Child June 11, 2015
Parts & Wholes with Child 29
A kindergarten student determines how many bears are in and out of their cave.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Animals, Child 29
Series: Hear from the Experts May 20, 2015
Developmentally Appropriate Practice Possible within Common Core
In this video from NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children), Executive Director Rhian Evans Allvin describes their new white paper about developmentally appropriate practice within Common Core State Standards.
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners
- Tags Common Core, CCSS, NAEYC
Series: Focus on the Child April 27, 2015
Sorting Rocks with Child 32
A child creates groups out of a collection of rocks.
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 32, Nature
Series: Focus on the Child March 19, 2015
Using Shape Blocks for Visual and Spatial Memory with Child 35
A preschool student puts together shape blocks to make larger, more complicated shapes from memory. In doing so, she makes connections between the various configurations she is constructing.
- Topic: Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 35
Series: Video from Others February 27, 2015
How to Teach Fractions: A Different Approach
This video from Education Week describes how to teach fractions using a different approach than the current norm.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Series: Focus on the Child February 12, 2015
One-to-One Correspondence with Child 6
A student determines how many blocks there are.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Child 6
Series: Hear from the Experts January 15, 2015
Mathematical Reasoning Left Out of Classrooms
Phil Daro compares a math classroom in the United States with one in Japan.
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners
- Tags Phil Daro