Series: Focus on the Lesson
Just Right for Me
February 16, 2013
In this video, students compare the size of their hands to objects around the classroom to find ones that are "just right."
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Big and Small, Estimation, Comparing, Correction
Series: Focus on the Child February 16, 2013
Using Direction Words to Describe Movement of Objects with Child 12
In this video, a preschool-age English Language Learner uses direction words to tell a story about finding a lost teddy bear.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Animals, English Language Learner, Gesture, Child 12
Series: Ideas at Work February 15, 2013
Three Bears Sort in a Dual Language Classroom
Wanda Ocasio of Inter-American School saw the opportunity to use a Three Bears sorting lesson to investigate her preschoolers’ understanding of sorting, as well as explore this Big Idea in the context of a multilingual…
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K
- Tags Animals, English Language Learner, Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Series: Book Ideas February 15, 2013
Measuring with Books, Blocks, and Even Penguins
There are any number of wonderful books that give children very concrete images to show how big creatures are and to make comparisons to their own size.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K
- Tags Animals, Big and Small, Books, Actual Size, Prehistoric Actual Size, Steve Jenkins, Penguins!, Anne Schreiber
Series: Focus on the Child February 15, 2013
Comparing Objects by Length with Child 23
A child directly compares the lengths of two crayons to determine which one is shorter.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Comparing, Child 23
Series: Focus on the Child February 15, 2013
Recognizing Shapes with Child 11
A child identifies triangles on a page of shapes.
- Topic: Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 11
Series: Book Ideas February 15, 2013
What Kind of Counting Book Is It?
There’s nothing like a stack of attractive counting books to help young children explore number. However, it’s worth taking the time to analyze exactly how the numbers in the book are put to work, so…
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Animals, Books, April Pulley Sayre, Donald Crews, Ten Black Dots, One is a Snail Ten is a Crab, One Duck Stuck, Phyllis Root
Series: Ideas at Work February 15, 2013
A Colorful Book to Brighten the Dog-Gone Day
Daniela Giralt at Gunsaulus Elementary, a 2010-11 Early Math participant, used the book Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd to help her preschoolers explore the Big Ideas of counting. First in the whole group, children…
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K
- Tags Animals, Dog's Colorful Day, Emma Dodd
Series: Book Ideas February 14, 2013
Exploring with Me on the Map and Where Do I Live?
Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney and Where Do I Live? by Neil Chesanow are two books that give children a way to explore where they are in relationship to other things and places.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Mapping, Books, Joan Sweeney, Me on the Map, Where Do I Live?, Neil Chesanow
Series: Focus on the Child February 14, 2013
Comparing Objects by Length with Child 22
A child directly compares the lengths of two crayons to determine which one is shorter.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Comparing, Child 22