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Tangram Shapes with Do-It-Yourself Puzzles
Series: Ideas at Work

Build Tangram Shapes with Do-It-Yourself Puzzles

June 8, 2019

A tangram puzzle consists of seven pieces — five triangles and two quadrilaterals made from one square. Tangrams originated in China hundreds of years ago. They traveled to Europe in the 1800’s, where they gained…

  • Topic: Spatial Relationships, Shape
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
  • Tags Play, Family Math, Grandfather Tang's Story, Ann Tompert
mathematical thinking early math collaborative
Series: Adult Learning May 30, 2019

Video Analysis of Children’s Mathematical Thinking

Looking at a video from our Focus on the Child series, Collaborative member Donna Johnson leads a discussion about the mathematical thinking of a child during a comparison task. This is an example of how…

  • Topic: Number Sense
  • Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags video analysis
Series: Adult Learning May 29, 2019

Video Analysis of Preschool Number Sense Activity

Collaborative member Donna Johnson leads teachers in a discussion about an activity designed to build number sense in a video from our Focus on the Lesson series. This is an example of how we use…

  • Topic: Number Sense
  • Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags video analysis
playing card games early math
Series: Focus on Play April 29, 2019

A New Focus for Familiar Card Games

Here you can download cards and simple-to-learn game ideas to help young children build their understanding of early math concepts such as cardinality, composing and comparing numbers, and allowing them to subitize.

  • Topic: Number Sense
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags En Español, Play, download, Games, Equivalence, Subitizing, Dot cards, Family Math, Cardinality
simple graph graphs for kids graphing for kids what is data analysis in math books
Series: Book Ideas March 24, 2019

3 Books That Encourage Simple Graph Explorations with Young Ones

At the heart of it, graphing in the early years is about quantifying information in order to answer a question. That requires children to organize data in some visible way so that comparisons and generalizations…

  • Topic: Data Analysis
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
  • Tags Mitsumasa Anno, Graphing, Anno’s Flea Market, Shoes, Which Would You Rather Be?, Comparing, William Steig, Whose Shoes?, Stephen R. Swinburne
Measurable Attributes Ordering Similar Objects
Series: Adult Learning February 27, 2019

Ordering Similar Objects by Measurable Attributes

Early childhood teacher candidates engage in an adult learning activity that has them order and reorder objects by size according to different attributes.

  • Topic: Measurement
  • Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten
Series: Adult Learning February 25, 2019

Exploring Unit Block Relationships

Examining sets of unit blocks challenges educators to think about relationships of the blocks. A deeper understanding of the features of unit blocks empowers teachers to support children in ways that promote joyful math learning.

  • Topic: Number Operations, Shape
  • Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags Blocks
annos counting book activity
Series: Adult Learning February 25, 2019

Different Uses of Numbers with Anno’s Counting Book

Books are a powerful way to launch math investigations with children, but also with adult learners. Our Learning Labs often use picture books as a doorway into mathematics. Here, teachers explore multiple representations of the…

  • Topic: Number Sense
  • Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags Mitsumasa Anno, Anno’s Counting Book
Series: Adult Learning February 24, 2019

Math-Related Greeting Builds Safe Learning Community

Our Learning Labs open with greetings that serve the dual purpose of building a safe learning community while introducing a math topic in a fun, accessible way. Here, adults directly compare the lengths of paper…

  • Topic: Measurement
  • Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten
how many
Series: Focus on the Child January 29, 2019

Many Ways to See How Many

Regardless of how high a preschooler can rote count, a child’s sense of what those numbers actually mean develops gradually. We call this understanding number sense, and it requires relating numbers to real quantities.

  • Topic: Number Sense
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags Dot cards, Estimation, Unifix Cubes, Subitizing, Gesture
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