Series: Focus on the Child
Teddy Bear Picnic Math Stories with Child 15
December 4, 2019
A second-grade student solves a variety of addition and subtraction math stories. Using his fingers as math tools, he is able to solve the stories, even as what is known or unknown shifts.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Child 15
Series: Focus on the Child December 3, 2019
Capture It with Child 15
A second-grader works on basic number combinations as we see him playing a comparison card game, Capture It. He is accurate when comparing sums but is still developing his efficiency and flexibility, key indications of…
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Child 15
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 Five Creatures, Family Math, Emily Jenkins
Series: Focus on the Child October 29, 2019
Why One-to-One Correspondence Matters
Children love to count. Counting helps them make sense of the world and to find out how many of something. With time and practice, children develop an understanding of the “rules” or principles of counting.
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
Series: Hear from the Experts October 21, 2019
Cardinality is Critical Preschool Concept with Barbara Sarnecka
After years of studying 3- and 4-year old children of diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, Barbara Sarnecka has zeroed in on the importance of cardinality.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners
- Tags Cardinality, Promising Math, Subitizing
Series: Ideas at Work October 16, 2019
Counting Collections Builds Strong Counting Knowledge
There are all kinds of things to count in pre-k to second grade classrooms. Counting Collections is an activity that develops the Big Ideas of number sense and counting, such as cardinality, one-to-one correspondence, and…
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
- Tags Cardinality
Series: About the Collaborative September 11, 2019
New Book Tells Where to Find Math Fun in Books, Games, and Routines
Books, games, and routines are a natural entry point for math fun in the early years. A new book tells how to tap into children's curiosity to explore the math that is found in everyday…
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Games
Series: Book Ideas August 28, 2019
5 Books and Songs for Exploring Growing Patterns
Cumulative tales and rhymes illustrate growing patterns, typically an increase or decrease by one on each page. As the growing pattern is revealed through the story, children get excited because they can figure out "what…
- Topic: Pattern
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags One Grain of Rice, Lily Toy Hong, Jacqueline Woodson, Graeme Base, Animals, Demi, Culture, We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past, The Waterhole, Two of Everything
Series: Book Ideas July 29, 2019
Different Types of Shapes and Nonexamples to Spark Geometric Learning
It’s up to us to find, share, and talk about a variety of shapes with children in ways that expand their understanding and build connections between the shapes drawn on paper and the concrete objects…
- Topic: Precursor Concepts, Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Shapes Shapes Shapes, Now What? A Math Tale, Robie H. Harris, Tana Hoban, Attribute
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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