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There is a lot of discussion around “family math,” yet different organizations may define it differently. It can generally refer to math-related activities that happen outside the classroom and within the context of family relationships and everyday life.

Given findings that early math achievement at preschool entry is predictive of later school success, and that there is an opportunity gap for children from under-resourced communities, we need to know more about how to activate and celebrate math learning in diverse racial, ethnic, cultural and socio-economic family and community contexts.

Here we have a growing number of resources dedicated to expanding resources for families, both directly as well as research and resources for educators.

Promising Math

Family and community math was the topic of our biennial Promising Math conference in 2019. The resources found on the event page and ongoing resources on our website here are meant to further the discussion and push the topic in helpful directions.

Promising Math 2019

Crazy Train Games to Play at Home
Series: Ideas at Work

Games to Play at Home Using Attributes for Math Thinking

May 25, 2020

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 in mathematics!

  • Topic: Sets
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Sorting, Attribute, Family Math, En Español, Games
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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
Series: Ideas at Work April 25, 2020

Let’s Wash that Math Right Into Laundry Day

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 ages can join…

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

DIY Puzzles Develop Spatial Thinking

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 keeps it fresh…

  • Topic: Spatial Relationships
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Games, Family Math, En Español
MathTalk Transform Neighborhoods 636x363
Series: Hear from the Experts January 22, 2020

MathTalk Leaders Illustrate How Efforts Can Transform Neighborhoods

Early Mathematics Learning in Family and Community Contexts was the 2019 topic of the Promising Math biennial conference. Framing the event were three plenary presentations that brought cognitive, contextual, and collaborative lenses to the topic.…

  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Family Math, Promising Math
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Series: Hear from the Experts January 21, 2020

Co-Design Process for Math in the Neighborhood with Omo Moses

Omo Moses, founder of MathTalk, and his colleague, Keith Griffin discuss how they connected over basketball and went on to find local, culturally-relevant ways to engage families in math learning in their own neighborhood.

  • Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Family Math, Promising Math
Series: Book Ideas December 11, 2019

5 Kids’ Books that Involve Sets and Sorting

Children look for ways to organize and make sense of their world through play at school and home, as well as at clean-up time. Sorting items into groups by specific attributes gives children the opportunity…

  • Topic: Sets
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags A Pair of Socks, Exactly the Opposite, Opuestos/Opposites, Five Creatures, Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue?, Lois Ehlert, Tana Hoban, Family Math, Cynthia Weill, Stuart J Murphy, Emily Jenkins
Series: Ideas at Work October 30, 2019

All Sorts of Families: Connecting School and Home with Math

All members of a household have things in common and things that set them apart. Exploring the important ways that loved ones go together and what makes them unique involves both mathematical thinking and a…

  • Topic: Sets
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags Family Math, Emily Jenkins, Five Creatures
early math learning family engagement
Series: Focus on Collaboration June 19, 2019

School Event Engages Families in Early Math Learning

Families play a fundamental role in shaping children's interest and skills in math. Schools can help connect the math that exists both in and out of school and nurture families' positive relationship to math.

  • Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Games, Family Math
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