Series: Focus on the Lesson
Photo Chat about Quantities Puts the Focus on Units
May 10, 2023
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
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
Series: Racial Justice January 23, 2023
Fostering Racial Justice and Deep Mathematical Thinking in Chicago PreK
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…
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners
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
Series: About the Collaborative July 26, 2022
Collaborative Math: Creating Sustainable Excellence for Head Start Programs
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…
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K
Series: Racial Justice July 20, 2022
Racial Justice in Early Math Resource List
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,…
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners
Series: Focus on the Child July 19, 2022
Noticing Same and Different: The Concept of Comparison with Infants and Toddlers
“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…
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers
- Tags Comparing
Series: Racial Justice July 17, 2022
Using Math to Learn about Racial Representation in K-2
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…
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners
Series: Racial Justice July 15, 2022
RJEM in 12: Dr. Danny Bernard Martin on the Growing Amount of Research on Racial Justice
In this interview, we talked with Dr. Danny Bernard Martin, professor of Mathematics and Education at the University of Illinois Chicago. Dr. Martin's extensive research has focused primarily on understanding the salience of race and…
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners
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
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