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sets and sorting books
Series: Book Ideas

At-Home Activity Cards: Sets and Sorting

March 22, 2020

These printable activity cards in both English and Spanish invite home explorations with sets and sorting using the books and activities related to them. The books can encourage conversations about attributes while also inspiring questions about what is happening from page to page.

  • Topic: Sets
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags Tana Hoban, Cynthia Weill, Stuart J Murphy, Emily Jenkins, A Pair of Socks, Exactly the Opposite, Opuestos/Opposites, Five Creatures, Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue?, download
activity children's books in spanish and english
Series: Focus on Play March 17, 2020

Creatures at Home Activity

In both English and Spanish, the directions here outline how to do an activity at home that can allow parents to involve themselves with the learning taking place in classrooms, all tied to the book…

  • Topic: Sets
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags download
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Series: Hear from the Experts February 19, 2020

How Children Learn about Numbers: A Conversation with Kelly Mix

In her presentation “Cognition and Early Childhood Numeracy: How Number Concepts are Built and Why Input Matters,” Kelly Mix bridged research and practice in her discussion of math language and learning.

  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Cardinality, Promising Math
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Series: Hear from the Experts January 22, 2020

MathTalk Leaders Illustrate How Efforts Can Transform Neighborhoods

Early Mathematics Learning in Family and Community Contexts was the 2019 topic of the Promising Math biennial conference. Framing the event were three plenary presentations that brought cognitive, contextual, and collaborative lenses to the topic.…

  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Family Math, Promising Math
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Series: Hear from the Experts January 21, 2020

Co-Design Process for Math in the Neighborhood with Omo Moses

Omo Moses, founder of MathTalk, and his colleague, Keith Griffin discuss how they connected over basketball and went on to find local, culturally-relevant ways to engage families in math learning in their own neighborhood.

  • Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
  • Tags Family Math, Promising Math
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Series: Book Ideas January 8, 2020

8 Counting Books For School and Home That Tackle Big Ideas

To encourage and develop children’s counting knowledge, here are eight books (with an accompanying download) that are common to preschool classrooms.

  • Topic: Counting
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags Animals, Books, Eric Carle, Ellen Stoll Walsh, Lois Ehlert, Tana Hoban, Denise Fleming, Mitsumasa Anno, Donald Crews, Cynthia Weill, Count!, Anno’s Counting Book, Ten Black Dots, Count and See, Count Me In!, Mouse Count, Fish Eyes, Cuenta Conmigo, 1 2 3 to the Zoo
Series: Book Ideas December 11, 2019

5 Kids’ Books that Involve Sets and Sorting

Children look for ways to organize and make sense of their world through play at school and home, as well as at clean-up time. Sorting items into groups by specific attributes gives children the opportunity…

  • Topic: Sets
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags Lois Ehlert, Tana Hoban, Family Math, Cynthia Weill, Stuart J Murphy, Emily Jenkins, A Pair of Socks, Exactly the Opposite, Opuestos/Opposites, Five Creatures, Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue?
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 Family Math, Emily Jenkins, Five Creatures
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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
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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
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