Series: Book Ideas
Sorting It Out with Buttons and Books
February 18, 2013
Sorting things into categories is one of the ways mathematics enters into our daily life. Talking about attributes and qualities such as size, shape, texture, and color encourages children to look more closely at things.
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Books, Sort It Out!, Barbara Mariconda, The Button Box, Margarette S. Reid
Series: Focus on the Child February 18, 2013
Describing Relative Location of Objects with Child 22
A student gives and receives orders about where to put a stuffed animal.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Animals, Child 22
Series: Hear from the Experts February 18, 2013
Counting to 20: Joanne Mulligan on Structured Number Systems
Joanne Mulligan provides an example of a six-year-old's personal rules for counting to 20.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Kindergarten
- Tags Joanne Mulligan
Series: Focus on the Child February 18, 2013
Comparing Objects by Weight with Child 14
A kindergartner explores weight with a pan balance.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Comparing, Child 14, Scale
Series: Focus on the Child February 18, 2013
Seriating Objects by Length and Capacity with Child 21
A child seriates cups by their capacity.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Comparing, Child 21, Capacity
Series: About the Collaborative February 18, 2013
Teaching Math to PreK-3 Students is Focus of Early Math Project
"A big piece of our agenda is looking at the early childhood workforce. It’s so interesting for us to have young children, teacher development, the coaching model, and math together."
Series: Hear from the Experts February 18, 2013
Myths of Early Mathematics (Part 2)
Jennifer McCray, director of Erikson's Early Math Collaborative, continues her talk on some of the most common misconceptions about early math education.
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K
Series: Book Ideas, Ideas at Work February 18, 2013
Exploring Geometry with The Secret Birthday Message
Sharon Hogan and her preschool class at Peterson School had all kinds of fun with the way Eric Carle’s The Secret Birthday Message plays with the two main faces of geometry—shapes and spatial sense.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags English Language Learner, Mapping, Books, Eric Carle, The Secret Birthday Message
Series: Hear from the Experts February 17, 2013
Lesson Study Approach with Yeap Ban Har
Yeap Ban Har explains the Lesson Study approach.
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Yeap Ban Har, Lesson Study
Series: Hear from the Experts February 17, 2013
Myths of Early Mathematics (Part 3)
Jennifer McCray, director of Erikson's Early Math Collaborative, continues her talk on some of the major misunderstandings about what goes into teaching mathematics to young students. In this section, she focuses on how children gradually…
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K