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Series: Book Ideas

Good Books Are Good for Math

September 26, 2024

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 through books that could be used in this way, three categories emerge.

  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Animals, Books, Pat Hutchins, Sandra Boynton, Robert San Souci, The Doorbell Rang, Tikki Tikki Tembo, Arlene Mosel, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Doggies, Hippos Go Berserk, The Talking Eggs
how to count counting words
Series: Focus on the Child April 5, 2020

Learning the Counting Words with Child 16

A child counts as high as she can. Focus on the Child videos are taken from one-on-one interviews with individual children. The interviews are designed to elicit evidence of children’s mathematical thinking.

  • Topic: Counting
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags Child 16
three dimensional shapes
Series: Focus on the Child December 12, 2018

Transforming Three-Dimensional Shapes with Child 36

This child successfully attempts to match geo-solids using triangular prism-shaped blocks. Focus on the Child videos are taken from one-on-one interviews with individual children. The interviews are designed to elicit evidence of children’s mathematical thinking.…

  • Topic: Spatial Relationships, Shape
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags English Language Learner, Child 36
holiday math activities
Series: Book Ideas October 22, 2018

A Holiday with Too Many Tamales

How is it possible to have too many tamales? Well, Maria finds out in the holiday storybook Too Many Tamales by author Gary Soto.

  • Topic: Number Operations
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Books, Seasonal, Food, Holiday, Gary Soto, Family Math, Too Many Tamales
Series: Downloads June 11, 2018

INN 11-12 Learning Lab Materials

Attached are the slides and handouts from the Innovations Learning Labs of 2011-2012.

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Series: Ideas at Work February 14, 2018

Control Your Math Fate, Estimate!

Ellen Stoll Walsh's book Mouse Count can be used in the classroom to cover such broad-ranging topics as data analysis, number sense, and number and operations. Key concepts such as estimation can be explored and…

  • Topic: Data Analysis
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags Animals, Estimation, Ellen Stoll Walsh, Mouse Count
Series: Downloads February 11, 2018

INN 11-12 Summer Institute Materials

Attached are the slides and handouts from the 2011-2012 Innovations Summer Institute.

Series: Downloads January 11, 2018

INN 13-14 Summer Institute Materials

Available to download are the slides and handouts from the 2013-2014 Innovations Summer Institute.

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Series: Book Ideas October 24, 2017

5 Children’s Books About Food for the Holiday Season

The holiday season usually brings with it any number of family dinners and communal feasts. For young children, this is a great time to engage in math.

  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Ten Apples Up On Top, Feast for 10, So Many Circles So Many Squares, Too Many Tamales, I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie, Dr. Seuss, Cathryn Falwell, Gary Soto, Tana Hoban, Alison Jackson, Books, Holiday, Food, Seasonal
Series: Book Ideas September 26, 2017

Count on Feasting: Delectable Holiday Math Activities

The holidays are coming up, and usually that involves a lot of eating. This provides plenty of opportunities to find math all around us.

  • Topic: Precursor Concepts, Counting, Number Operations
  • Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
  • Tags Mary Ann Hoberman, Holiday, Gary Soto, Cathryn Falwell, Too Many Tamales, Food, Seasonal, Feast for 10, One of Each
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