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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, The Talking Eggs, Hippos Go Berserk, Doggies, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Arlene Mosel, Tikki Tikki Tembo, The Doorbell Rang, Robert San Souci, Sandra Boynton, Pat Hutchins, Books
Up to my Knees by Grace Lin
Series: Book Ideas May 1, 2024

From Sunflowers to Friendship: Four Meaningful Math Books on Measurement

Measurement is a topic with a lot of early math big ideas and books are wonderful portals to explore them. Plus, children’s books provide an easy platform for repeated, playful conversation. When reading books about…

  • Topic: Measurement
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
  • Tags Family Math, Measurement, math
rjem reading
Series: Racial Justice August 10, 2023

The Power of Books to Support Racial Justice-Centered Math Teaching and Learning

From a racial justice centered perspective, books can be powerful tools to engage children in mathematics learning. The worlds, stories, adventures, characters, and possibilities that are made available through books – explicitly math focused and…

  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Series: Focus on the Lesson May 10, 2023

Photo Chat about Quantities Puts the Focus on Units

In this video, preschoolers share the quantities they see when looking at a photo of a box of doughnuts. There are many ways to answer the question, how many of what?, depending on the unit. 

  • Topic: Number Sense, Data Analysis
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
what is a number path
Series: Ideas at Work February 22, 2023

What is a Number Path and How Does It Build Number Relationships?

Many of children’s favorite board games follow a path to a goal. Exploring a number path with young children also leads to a goal that is critical for early mathematics: understanding number relationships. What is…

  • Topic: Number Sense, Counting
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
  • Tags Games
reading books about numbers with 1 Smile 10 Toes
Series: Book Ideas September 28, 2022

4 Playful Counting Books That Bring Numbers to Life

Counting books that offer children opportunities to participate bring play into math learning. These books engage children physically, cognitively, and emotionally—making them favorites that children will ask to read again and again.

  • Topic: Number Sense
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
  • Tags Family Math
mathematical language routine
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 Number Talks, English Language Learner
Series: Focus on the Lesson November 27, 2021

Counting a Collection of 101 – How Did You Count Them?

Counting Collections is an activity rooted in sense-making and joy. It invites students to count a collection of objects, talk to a partner about how they counted and then draw/represent their collection on paper. In…

  • Topic: Number Sense, Counting
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
data collection activities
Series: Book Ideas May 5, 2021

Early Childhood Data Collection Activities Are for the Birds

Children are naturally interested in birds, so springtime is the perfect opportunity for early childhood data collection activities. Here are some favorites, along with book recommendations.

  • Topic: Data Analysis
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
  • Tags Susan Edwards Richmond, Asia Citro, Kevin Henkes, Birds, Family Math, Animals
rekenrek activity, rekenrek voting
Series: Focus on the Lesson April 13, 2021

Rekenrek Chart for Voting in the Classroom

Looking for new rekenrek activity ideas? Try voting with a rekenrek chart. In this video, we see a rekenrek chart used to solve a dilemma common to early childhood classrooms: choosing between two favorite books…

  • Topic: Number Sense, Data Analysis
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
  • Tags Rekenrek, Subitizing
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