Series: Focus on the Child
Using Number Paths with Child 7
August 13, 2015
A student counts backwards and forwards on a number line with hidden digits.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Child 7
Series: About the Collaborative July 29, 2015
Learning Lab Marks Finale of Innovations Program
Learning labs provide a time for teachers from different schools to come together and think in-depth about math. Tuesday, June 23, 2015 marked the date of the last learning lab for the Innovations program (i3),…
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Attendance
Series: About the Collaborative July 15, 2015
Early Math Educators Convene for Summer Institute
Erikson Institute Early Math Collaborative hosted its first Summer Institute, Meaning-Making in Early Math Education (MEME), July 7-10, 2015. Over 100 participants took part in rigorous, hands-on sessions that explored the foundational math concepts that…
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Play, Blocks
Series: Focus on the Child June 15, 2015
Solving a Number Story with Child 14
In this one-on-one conversation, an English Language Learner in kindergarten explains his thinking while working through a number story about people getting on and off of the bus.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Correction, Child 14
Series: Focus on the Lesson June 12, 2015
Which Holds More?
This video from our Focus on the Lesson series demonstrates an activity for teaching capacity in kindergarten and preschool. Students look at two containers and try to determine which one would hold more liquid.
- Topic: Measurement, Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Gesture, Capacity
Series: Focus on the Child June 11, 2015
Sorting Rocks with Child 31
A student organizes rocks into different groups based on their unique characteristics.
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 31, Nature
Series: Focus on the Child June 11, 2015
Sorting Rocks with Child 14
A kindergarten student organizes a collection of rocks into unique sets. Simple questions can result in explorations in core math concepts such as grouping. In this case, some very unusual groups are created.
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Child 14, Nature
Series: Focus on the Child June 11, 2015
Sorting Commercial Manipulatives with Child 33
A child makes different groups out of a collection of keys.
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 33
Series: Focus on the Lesson June 11, 2015
People Sort
Children sort and re-sort each other, based on various attributes. This activity involves an open sort in which the categories can include a wide range of attributes that must be identified and described by the…
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Play, Books, Emily Jenkins, Five Creatures
Series: Focus on the Child June 11, 2015
Comparing Quantity with Child 4
A child compares two small sets of wooden cubes.
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Comparing, Gesture, Child 4