Preschool Math
Series: Book Ideas
3 "Mathical" Counting Books with Winning Appeal
March 22, 2018
The Mathical Book Prize is an annual award organized by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI). With an aim to "inspire a love of mathematics in the everyday world in children of all ages," the winners…
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Count the Monkeys, Mac Barnett, 8: An Animal Alphabet, Elisha Cooper, Baby Goes to Market, Atinuke
Series: Ideas at Work February 14, 2018
Control Your Math Fate, Estimate!
Ellen Stoll Walsh's book Mouse Count can be used in the classroom to cover such broad-ranging topics as data analysis, number sense, and number and operations. Key concepts such as estimation can be explored and…
- Topic: Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Animals, Estimation, Ellen Stoll Walsh, Mouse Count
Series: Ideas at Work January 29, 2018
Exploring the Three-Reads Math Protocol for Word Problems
Teachers in four schools recently experimented with a "problem stem" protocol for helping their children understand the math going on in the word problems they face in class. This was part of our Big Shoulders…
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Series: Book Ideas January 10, 2018
3 Children’s Books that Build an Understanding of Equivalency
Long before young children are writing equations with the equal sign, they are exploring how amounts that look different can actually be equivalent.
- Topic: Number Sense, Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
- Tags Ellen Stoll Walsh, Eve Merriam, April Pulley Sayre, Balancing Act, Twelve Ways to Get to Eleven, One is a Snail Ten is a Crab, Books, Equivalence
Series: Book Ideas October 24, 2017
5 Children’s Books About Food for the Holiday Season
The holiday season usually brings with it any number of family dinners and communal feasts. For young children, this is a great time to engage in math.
Series: Book Ideas September 26, 2017
Count on Feasting: Delectable Holiday Math Activities
The holidays are coming up, and usually that involves a lot of eating. This provides plenty of opportunities to find math all around us.
- Topic: Precursor Concepts, Counting, Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Holiday, Gary Soto, Cathryn Falwell, Too Many Tamales, Feast for 10, Seasonal, Mary Ann Hoberman, Food, One of Each
Series: Ideas at Work September 20, 2017
A Flurry of Ideas for Winter Math Activities
It’s autumn, which means there’s a feeling that cold weather is on its way. A small comfort in the changing weather is that it offers some opportunities for winter math activities.
- Topic: Number Operations, Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Graphing, Shoes, Nature, Seasonal
Series: Book Ideas August 14, 2017
Three Books for the Last Days of Summer that Splash into Math
Here are some refreshing books about water and ocean fun that inspire mathematical thinking for summer months. Dive right in!
- Topic: Number Operations, Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Animals, Books, Audrey Wood, Ann Jonas, Splash, Ten Little Fish, Blue Sea, Seasonal, Robert Kalan, Measurement
Series: Focus on Play July 25, 2017
A Race to Ten, Both Fun and Mathematical
Creating grid games from classroom materials can be a great opportunity for fun and mathematical discussions involving small sets.
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Games, Subitizing
Series: Focus on Play July 25, 2017
A Grid Game: The Math in Ten
Grid games can be some of the earliest experiences children have with board games. And they can be both fun and mathematical.
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Subitizing, Games
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