March 14, 2017
Data analysis uses math to make sense of the world. It is compiling information and describing it in a quantitative way: how many?
This delightful book emphasizes several Big Ideas in geometry, as well it provides an opportunity to explore diverse cultures and people.
This book is a delightful way to start a discussion about estimation in the early grades. Is it reasonable that Hugh Thomas caught a million fish?
Cutting paper hearts for Valentine’s Day math fun is a common, early experience with symmetry for many young children.
Every Valentine’s Day children talk about caring, friendship, and love. They can also explore math concepts in the books that are read this time of year.
This article outlines the benefits to spatial reasoning and expanding the learning that children experience regarding spatial reasoning in the early years.
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.
Math play in preK or kindergarten can become an opportunity to explore measurement, as is the case in this classroom.
What kind of "big" is it? Children explore the differences between tall and wide as they explore which bucket holds the most sand.
Thinking about sandwiches cut in half leads this boy to explore shape composition and equivalence with blocks.