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Series: About Early Math

Early Childhood Teachers Look Back on a Year Like No Other

December 27, 2020

The Collaborative interviewed three Chicago-area early childhood teachers who spoke honestly about the challenges and rewards of teaching during the pandemic.

  • Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Homemade Playdough Recipe for Shape Fun
Series: Ideas at Work September 11, 2020

Homemade Playdough Recipe for Shape Fun

Stamping or imprinting with a homemade playdough recipe using everyday household items is an active way for children to explore the big ideas of shape.

  • Topic: Precursor Concepts, Shape
  • Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
  • Tags Family Math
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Series: Hear from the Experts August 24, 2020

Family-Centered Approach to Picture Books with David Purpura

David Purpura, PhD, of Purdue University describes his team's research and intervention designed around picture books and their effectiveness in homes.

  • Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
  • Tags Family Math, Promising Math
Hands-on Shape Activity
Series: Ideas at Work July 29, 2020

Putting Groceries Away is Hands-on Shape Activity for Young Children

Putting groceries away is necessary work for families. Sharing this work with our children turns an everyday task into a hands-on shape activity.

  • Topic: Shape
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
  • Tags Family Math, En Español
outside activities for kids math obstacle course
Series: Ideas at Work July 13, 2020

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

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
Math Card Games playing cards
Series: Focus on Play June 5, 2020

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

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 children’s own math…

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

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

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 you use, computational…

  • 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

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 categorizing is huge…

  • 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

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 this work.

  • 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

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 very own neighborhood.

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