Series: Focus on Play
The Math in Blocks
April 4, 2013
Jennifer McCray, director of the Early Math Collaborative, provides a play-by-play narration as a pre-k teacher leads her students through a tower building exercise with blocks. McCray provides insights into the complexity and impact of…
Series: Focus on the Child March 26, 2013
Changing Quantity with Bears with Child 7
A story about bears moving in and out of a cave provides an opportunity for math thinking.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Animals, English Language Learner, Problem Solving, Correction, Child 7
Series: Focus on the Child March 18, 2013
Comparing Objects by Length with Child 20
A student determines the relative lengths of different objects.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 20
Series: Book Ideas March 15, 2013
Counting on Caps for Sale
The award winning classic children’s story Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina is one that preschoolers love to act out. Using discussion to make some connections to the children’s own lives, and to math, can…
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K
- Tags Animals, Estimation, Books, Caps for Sale, Esphyr Slobodkina
Series: Focus on the Child March 11, 2013
Counting Teens and Twenties with Child 14
A kindergartner demonstrates how high he can count.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Child 14
Series: Focus on the Child March 4, 2013
Using Number Paths with Child 9
A child counts forwards and backwards using a number line with hidden digits.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 9
Series: Hear from the Experts March 4, 2013
Kids Understand the Probabilities of Possibilities Better Than Adults Do
Recent research suggests that young children's first ideas about math might be in the form of very basic statistics.
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
Series: Focus on the Child March 4, 2013
Repeating Patterns with Child 31
A child attempts to duplicate a pattern using colored blocks.
- Topic: Pattern
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 31
Series: Focus on the Child March 3, 2013
Repeating Patterns with Child 32
A child makes patterns using keys.
- Topic: Pattern
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 32
Series: Focus on the Child March 3, 2013
Parts & Wholes with Child 27
A child computes how many are missing from a larger group.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Animals, Correction, Child 27, Grit
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