Foundational Math Topics
Age/Grade Levels
Content Formats
Series
Age/Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Activities, thoughts on teaching third grade, and online math games third grade and below.
Series: About Early Math
Early Childhood Teachers Look Back on a Year Like No Other
December 27, 2020
The Collaborative interviewed three Chicago-area early childhood teachers who spoke honestly about the challenges and rewards of teaching during the pandemic.
Series: Ideas at Work July 13, 2020
Taking Math Out for a Spin: Outside Activities for Kids That Have Math
En Español También. Warm weather and more daylight hours mean now is a great time to take advantage of outdoor spaces. There are so many ways to incorporate math into your child’s outside activity.
- Topic: Measurement, Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Family Math, Play
Series: Focus on Play June 5, 2020
How to Adapt Math Card Games to Children’s Skill Level
En Español También. Card games provide meaningful practice of the basic number combinations. These common card games that children learn in school or at home can be revisited many times and can be adapted to children’s own math skills as they develop over time.
- Topic: Counting, Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags En Español, Family Math, Games, Play, Subitizing
Series: Ideas at Work May 25, 2020
Games to Play at Home Using Attributes for Math Thinking
En Español También. Language and math have a lot in common! For example, every time you describe something—as red, tall, sticky, or loud, for example—you are helping to define and categorize things. And defining and categorizing is huge in mathematics!
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Attribute, En Español, Family Math, Games, Sorting
Series: Ideas at Work April 28, 2020
Dishing Up the Math: Tasks at Home Can Become Math Time
En Español También. Every day dishes need to get cleaned, and every day dishes need to get put away. By involving children in tasks like doing the dishes, you can help them see mathematics in this work.
- Topic: Measurement, Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags En Español, Family Math
Series: Ideas at Work April 26, 2020
We’re Going on a Math Walk, Going to Find Some Math Talk
En Español También. Going for walks is an excellent time to talk about math with your child. You’ll be surprised how much math talk you can have when you look for the math in your very own neighborhood.
- Topic: Counting, Number Sense, Shape, Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags En Español, Family Math
Series: Ideas at Work April 25, 2020
Let’s Wash that Math Right Into Laundry Day
En Español También. Whether you have a machine at home or visit a laundromat, there is all kinds of math involved in doing laundry. And there are all kinds of ways that children of all ages can join in the thinking and doing.
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Attribute, Comparing, En Español, Estimation, Family Math
Series: Ideas at Work April 24, 2020
DIY Puzzles Develop Spatial Thinking
En Español También. Jigsaw puzzles are a great way for children to develop their spatial thinking and problem-solving skills. Children enjoy doing all kinds of puzzles and making ones from materials found around the house keeps it fresh and new.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags En Español, Family Math, Games
Series: Hear from the Experts February 19, 2020
How Children Learn about Numbers: A Conversation with Kelly Mix
In her presentation “Cognition and Early Childhood Numeracy: How Number Concepts are Built and Why Input Matters,” Kelly Mix bridged research and practice in her discussion of math language and learning.
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Cardinality, Promising Math
Series: Focus on the Lesson January 28, 2020
Launch Problem Solving with Understanding Using Three Reads
In this lesson launch, we see a third-grade teacher using reading comprehension strategies to help children understand a math story problem using a Three Reads strategy.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten
Do the math.
Free videos.
Free newsletter packed with ideas.
Free professional learning modules.