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Series: Ideas at Work

Taking Math Out for a Spin: Outside Activities for Kids That Have Math

July 13, 2020

Warm weather and more daylight hours mean now is a great time to take advantage of outdoor spaces. There are so many ways to incorporate math into your child’s outside activity.

  • Topic: Measurement, Spatial Relationships
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Play, Family Math
Series: Focus on Play June 7, 2020

Quantity Cards

En Español También. Quantity is a particular amount of something, expressed as a number. Quantity cards for young children can have pictures of small sets such as dots, finger patterns, or 5- or 10- frames.…

  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
  • Tags Subitizing, Play, Games, Family Math, En Español, download
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Series: Focus on Play June 5, 2020

How to Adapt Math Card Games to Children’s Skill Level

En Español También. Card games provide meaningful practice of the basic number combinations. These common card games that children learn in school or at home can be revisited many times and can be adapted to…

  • Topic: Counting, Number Operations
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Subitizing, Play, Games, Family Math, En Español, download
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Series: Ideas at Work May 26, 2020

Get on the Right Path: Make Your Own Number Sense Activities

En Español También. Path games are fantastic ways for families to spend time together and have fun while doing math. Path games develop number sense, counting skills and, depending on children’s ages and the tools…

  • Topic: Number Sense, Counting
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
  • Tags Games, Family Math, En Español
Crazy Train Games to Play at Home
Series: Ideas at Work May 25, 2020

Games to Play at Home Using Attributes for Math Thinking

En Español También. Language and math have a lot in common! For example, every time you describe something—as red, tall, sticky, or loud, for example—you are helping to define and categorize things. And defining and…

  • Topic: Sets
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Games, Sorting, Attribute, Family Math, En Español
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Series: Ideas at Work April 28, 2020

Dishing Up the Math: Tasks at Home Can Become Math Time

En Español También. Every day dishes need to get cleaned, and every day dishes need to get put away. By involving children in tasks like doing the dishes, you can help them see mathematics in…

  • Topic: Measurement, Spatial Relationships
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Family Math, En Español
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Series: Ideas at Work April 26, 2020

We’re Going on a Math Walk, Going to Find Some Math Talk

En Español También. Going for walks is an excellent time to talk about math with your child. You’ll be surprised how much math talk you can have when you look for the math in your…

  • Topic: Number Sense, Counting, Spatial Relationships, Shape
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Family Math, En Español
Series: Ideas at Work April 25, 2020

Let’s Wash that Math Right Into Laundry Day

En Español También. Whether you have a machine at home or visit a laundromat, there is all kinds of math involved in doing laundry. And there are all kinds of ways that children of all…

  • Topic: Sets
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Estimation, Comparing, Attribute, Family Math, En Español
diy puzzles spatial thinking
Series: Ideas at Work April 24, 2020

DIY Puzzles Develop Spatial Thinking

En Español También. Jigsaw puzzles are a great way for children to develop their spatial thinking and problem-solving skills. Children enjoy doing all kinds of puzzles and making ones from materials found around the house…

  • Topic: Spatial Relationships
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Games, Family Math, En Español
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Series: Hear from the Experts February 19, 2020

How Children Learn about Numbers: A Conversation with Kelly Mix

In her presentation “Cognition and Early Childhood Numeracy: How Number Concepts are Built and Why Input Matters,” Kelly Mix bridged research and practice in her discussion of math language and learning.

  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Cardinality, Promising Math
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