Preschool Math
Series: Hear from the Experts
Co-Design Process for Math in the Neighborhood with Omo Moses
January 21, 2020
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
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 Denise Fleming, Cuenta Conmigo, Mitsumasa Anno, 1 2 3 to the Zoo, Donald Crews, Cynthia Weill, Count!, Anno’s Counting Book, Books, Ten Black Dots, Eric Carle, Count and See, Ellen Stoll Walsh, Count Me In!, Lois Ehlert, Mouse Count, Animals, Tana Hoban, Fish Eyes
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 Opuestos/Opposites, Five Creatures, Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue?, Lois Ehlert, Tana Hoban, Family Math, Cynthia Weill, Stuart J Murphy, Emily Jenkins, A Pair of Socks, Exactly the Opposite
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
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: 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 Culture, We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past, The Waterhole, Two of Everything, One Grain of Rice, Lily Toy Hong, Jacqueline Woodson, Graeme Base, Animals, Demi
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 Tana Hoban, Attribute, Shapes Shapes Shapes, Now What? A Math Tale, Robie H. Harris
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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