Preschool Math
Series: Ideas at Work
Math at Your Fingertips: Songs and Fingerplays for Preschoolers
May 27, 2020
Do you remember enjoying fingerplay songs like 5 Little Monkeys or Un Elefante Se Balanceaba when you were young? You may not have realized that sharing these songs is a great way to bring math to life.
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Games, Gesture, Family Math, En Español
Series: Ideas at Work May 26, 2020
Get on the Right Path: Make Your Own Number Sense Activities
Path games are fantastic ways for families to spend time together and have fun while doing math. Path games develop number sense, counting skills and, depending on children’s ages and the tools you use, computational…
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags En Español, Family Math, Games
Series: Ideas at Work May 25, 2020
Games to Play at Home Using Attributes for Math Thinking
Language and math have a lot in common! For example, every time you describe something—as red, tall, sticky, or loud, for example—you are helping to define and categorize things. And defining and categorizing is huge…
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags En Español, Family Math, Attribute, Sorting, Games
Series: Ideas at Work April 28, 2020
Dishing Up the Math: Tasks at Home Can Become Math Time
Every day dishes need to get cleaned, and every day dishes need to get put away. By involving children in tasks like doing the dishes, you can help them see mathematics in this work.
- Topic: Measurement, Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Family Math, En Español
Series: Ideas at Work April 26, 2020
We’re Going on a Math Walk, Going to Find Some Math Talk
Going for walks is an excellent time to talk about math with your child. You’ll be surprised how much math talk you can have when you look for the math in your very own neighborhood.
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting, Spatial Relationships, Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Family Math, En Español
Series: Ideas at Work April 25, 2020
Let’s Wash that Math Right Into Laundry Day
Whether you have a machine at home or visit a laundromat, there is all kinds of math involved in doing laundry. And there are all kinds of ways that children of all ages can join…
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags En Español, Family Math, Attribute, Comparing, Estimation
Series: Ideas at Work April 24, 2020
DIY Puzzles Develop Spatial Thinking
Jigsaw puzzles are a great way for children to develop their spatial thinking and problem-solving skills. Children enjoy doing all kinds of puzzles and making ones from materials found around the house keeps it fresh…
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags En Español, Family Math, Games
Series: Adult Learning April 15, 2020
Counting and Cardinality: Not as Easy as 1-2-3!
Counting is the first and most basic problem-solving strategy in math. As adults, we count fluently and easily but children have to make huge cognitive leaps as they learn to count.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten
Series: Adult Learning April 15, 2020
Number as Attribute: How Many of What?
When determining the quantity of objects in a set, we first have to define the set. Are we counting apples? Kiwis? Fruits? Just like color or shape, quantity is one of the many attributes we…
- Topic: Sets, Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten
Series: Adult Learning April 15, 2020
Sets and Sorting: The Foundational Math of Making Groups
Sorting things into categories is one of the ways we make sense of the world around us. Sorting items into groups by specific attributes gives children the opportunity to define sets according to a rule…
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten
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