August 14, 2023
In May of 2023, a diverse group of six kindergarten teachers from across the United States were selected from a national pool of talented and committed kindergarten teachers to participate in the RJEM Teaching Fellowship.…
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…
RJEM at Work highlights the everyday efforts of caregivers, community organizations, teachers, researchers, and educational institutions to promote racial justice in the mathematical experiences of children. For the RJEM Local Planning Committee, there are multiple…
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.
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…
RJEM at Work highlights the everyday efforts of caregivers, community organizations, teachers, researchers, and educational institutions to promote racial justice in the mathematical experiences of children. For the RJEM Local Planning Committee, there are multiple…
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.
Early childhood center leaders play a crucial role in improving and sustaining program quality. New research supports the idea that involving center leaders in PD initiatives is a way to produce lasting systemic change. Research…
One important component of racial justice work is the commitment to continuous learning and reflection. Regardless of how long you have been engaged in racial justice in early math, there is always something interesting, relevant,…
“More” is often one of children’s first words. Infants attend to differences, though they don’t yet discriminate between "more" as quantity or magnitude/size or intensity of sensation. Toddlers are beginning to differentiate between attributes and…