Series: Focus on the Child
Noticing Same and Different: The Concept of Comparison with Infants and Toddlers
June 24, 2022
“More” is often one of children’s first words. Infants attend to difference though they don’t yet discriminate between “more” as quantity or magnitude/size or intensity of sensation. Toddlers are beginning to differentiate between attributes and…
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers
- Tags Comparing
Series: Ideas at Work June 6, 2022
How to Use Digital Photos to Build a Mathematical Language Routine for Kids
It turns out that mathematical thinking is developed in conversation with others; asking students “how do you know that?” will reveal a child’s mathematical reasoning skills. The ability to explain one’s thinking is a cognitive…
- Topic: Sets, Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags English Language Learner, Number Talks
Series: Focus on the Child March 22, 2022
Benchmarks of 5 and 10 with Child 39
This child uses the visual arrangement of a ten frame to conceptually subitize quantities into the teen numbers. He recognizes a full row as a unit of 5 and uses that to derive larger numbers…
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 39
Series: Focus on the Child March 22, 2022
Solving a Problem with Both Parts Unknown with Child 39
This child encounters a new type of problem situation: a part-part-whole story where both parts are unknown. He is uncertain how to model the problem at first but has some success with adult support. Focus…
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 39
Series: Focus on the Child March 22, 2022
Solving a Part-Part-Whole Problem with Child 39
This child uses cubes to model a part-part-whole problem where the whole is unknown. He uses a counting all strategy. He counts out each part and then counts them altogether, starting from one. Focus on…
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 39
Series: Focus on the Child March 10, 2022
The CAIR Principle to Tune into Math for Babies and Toddlers
We all know that babies aren’t born walking, talking, following directions, counting, or measuring size. But they do enter the world hard-wired with instincts that will mature and develop into those skills in the preschool…
- Topic: Precursor Concepts
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers
Series: Racial Justice February 28, 2022
RJEM in 12: Dr. Jennifer McCray on Why Racial Justice in Early Mathematics Matters
We are excited to launch RJEM in 12, a series of short and insightful interviews with researchers, teachers, community members, and other stakeholders whose work advances racial justice in early mathematics. Our first guest is…
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners
Series: Racial Justice February 26, 2022
Developing a Framework for Racial Justice Centered Research in Early Math
This series from the Racial Justice in Early Math project highlights researchers, program facilitators, educators, and others who are actively working to advance the discussion around racial justice and the field of early mathematics. To…
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners
Series: About Early Math December 27, 2021
In Appreciation of Bob Moses: His Legacy Spurs Action Today
Although I never met him personally, Bob Moses has shaped my life for the past two decades. Reading his book Radical Equations inspired me to focus my doctoral dissertation on math teaching and learning and…
- Tags racial justice
Series: About the Collaborative December 8, 2021
Groundbreaking Book Explains the Beginning of Math Concepts for Infants and Toddlers
Released in 2021 by Teachers College Press, this book extends professional knowledge for mathematics teaching to teachers who work with the very youngest learners.
- Topic: Precursor Concepts
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers