Math for Infants
Series: Focus on Play
Developing Ideas of Attribute While Reading to Babies
March 30, 2017
Before true mathematical thought develops in childhood, babies explore precursor concepts that can be nurtured, including during reading time.
- Topic: Precursor Concepts
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers
- Tags Babies, Toddlers
Series: Focus on Play March 28, 2017
Early Exploration of Attributes with an Avocado
This charming interaction between caregiver and a toddler reveals a number of very early or "precursor" concepts of math.
- Topic: Precursor Concepts
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers
- Tags Babies, Toddlers
Series: Focus on Play March 27, 2017
Comparison Using Tubes with Toddlers
A moment between adult and toddler using balls and tubes can be a nice opportunity to explore important "precursor" concepts of math.
- Topic: Precursor Concepts
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers
- Tags Babies, Toddlers
Series: About Early Math January 31, 2017
The Importance of Spatial Reasoning in Classrooms
This article outlines the benefits to spatial reasoning and expanding the learning that children experience regarding spatial reasoning in the early years.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten
Series: Book Ideas January 3, 2017
4 Books That Inspire Algebraic Thinking in Young Children
One of the best ways to delve into the rules and patterns that govern algebra is through the books that are read to children each and every day.
- Topic: Precursor Concepts, Sets, Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Books, Eric Carle, Audrey Wood, Tana Hoban, Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue?, The Napping House, Mary Ann Hoberman, Rooster's Off to See the World, I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Series: About the Collaborative December 14, 2016
Addressing Babies and Toddlers, Innovative Math Project Enters New Phase
Project working with ages 0-3 in Chicago expands, helping us learn more about earliest foundations of math learning.
Series: About Early Math July 19, 2016
Importance of Early Math Often Overlooked
This article, which includes powerful words by our own Dr. Jie-Qi Chen, describes the importance of early math, how it is often shortchanged in classrooms, and explains techniques that are becoming increasingly common for bringing…
Series: Hear from the Experts April 19, 2016
Research Finds That Using Fingers to Count Can be Important
Outlined in this The Atlantic article is growing evidence that using fingers to count is an important part of a child's development of number concepts.
Series: About Early Math December 21, 2015
U.S. Achievement Gap Begins in the Early Years
Jane Waldfogel, one of the authors of Too Many Children Left Behind: The U.S. Achievement Gap in Comparative Perspective, discusses the problems that many children face growing up in the United States. Remarkably and troublingly,…
Series: About the Collaborative December 10, 2015
At NAEYC Conference, Collaborative Talks Math for Babies and Toddlers
On November 18th-21st, 2015 instructors Dr. Hynes-Berry and Dr. Chen attended the annual national conference, presenting on the precursor concepts of math for babies and infants three-years-old and younger.
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