Series: Book Ideas
Good Books Are Good for Math
September 26, 2024
We find that one sure fire way to warm up children’s attitude towards mathematics is to build math activities and lessons out of the books they all love to read. When we start to sort through books that could be used in this way, three categories emerge.
Series: Focus on the Child April 5, 2020
Learning the Counting Words with Child 16
A child counts as high as she can. Focus on the Child videos are taken from one-on-one interviews with individual children. The interviews are designed to elicit evidence of children’s mathematical thinking.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 16
Series: Focus on the Child December 12, 2018
Transforming Three-Dimensional Shapes with Child 36
This child successfully attempts to match geo-solids using triangular prism-shaped blocks. Focus on the Child videos are taken from one-on-one interviews with individual children. The interviews are designed to elicit evidence of children’s mathematical thinking.…
- Topic: Spatial Relationships, Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Child 36
Series: Book Ideas October 22, 2018
A Holiday with Too Many Tamales
How is it possible to have too many tamales? Well, Maria finds out in the holiday storybook Too Many Tamales by author Gary Soto.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Seasonal, Food, Holiday, Books, Gary Soto, Family Math, Too Many Tamales
Series: Downloads June 11, 2018
INN 11-12 Learning Lab Materials
Attached are the slides and handouts from the Innovations Learning Labs of 2011-2012.
Series: Ideas at Work February 14, 2018
Control Your Math Fate, Estimate!
Ellen Stoll Walsh's book Mouse Count can be used in the classroom to cover such broad-ranging topics as data analysis, number sense, and number and operations. Key concepts such as estimation can be explored and…
- Topic: Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Mouse Count, Ellen Stoll Walsh, Animals, Estimation
Series: Downloads February 11, 2018
INN 11-12 Summer Institute Materials
Attached are the slides and handouts from the 2011-2012 Innovations Summer Institute.
Series: Downloads January 11, 2018
INN 13-14 Summer Institute Materials
Available to download are the slides and handouts from the 2013-2014 Innovations Summer Institute.
Series: Book Ideas October 24, 2017
5 Children’s Books About Food for the Holiday Season
The holiday season usually brings with it any number of family dinners and communal feasts. For young children, this is a great time to engage in math.
Series: Book Ideas September 26, 2017
Count on Feasting: Delectable Holiday Math Activities
The holidays are coming up, and usually that involves a lot of eating. This provides plenty of opportunities to find math all around us.
- Topic: Precursor Concepts, Counting, Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Seasonal, Food, Holiday, Gary Soto, Cathryn Falwell, Too Many Tamales, Feast for 10, Mary Ann Hoberman, One of Each
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