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Series: About Early Math
A collections of videos, articles, and links, all free teacher resources for early educators.
Series: About Early Math
The Importance of Spatial Reasoning in Classrooms
January 31, 2017
Spatial relationships is often overlooked in early education classrooms. One program demonstrates out impactful it can be.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: 0-3, Kindergarten, Pre-K
Series: About Early Math July 19, 2016
Importance of Early Math Often Overlooked
This article, which includes powerful words by our own Dr. Jie-Qi Chen, describes the importance of early math, how it is often shortchanged in classrooms, and explains techniques that are becoming increasingly common for bringing out the math in early education classrooms.
Series: About Early Math June 27, 2016
One Educator Outlines the Benefits of Play in Early Childhood
This blog post by a passionate educator describes the current state of play in early childhood and advocates for its intentional use in early education classrooms and centers.
Series: About Early Math March 22, 2016
In Response to “The Wrong Way to Teach Math”
In his recently published article “The Wrong Way to Teach Math
Series: About Early Math March 21, 2016
Five 3s or Three 5s, the Common Core Questions Continue
This article from Scientific American dissects one of many homework assignments that have outraged parents recently, often with blame falling to the Common Core State Standards.
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags CCSS, Common Core
Series: About Early Math February 22, 2016
Amazon Launches New Campaign, “With Math I Can”
Amazon has recently launched a new campaign, “With Math I Can.
Series: About Early Math February 12, 2016
Free Online Course: Learn Why Early Math Matters
From our friends at Math At Home, this free online course delves into a lot of high-impact strategies that can help early educators bring out the the math.
Series: About Early Math January 6, 2016
Spatial Reasoning Skills Predict Later STEM Success
Children with strong spatial reasoning skills are more likely to succeed in STEM fields later on in life.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Books, Mapping, Nature, Technology
Series: About Early Math December 21, 2015
U.S. Achievement Gap Begins in the Early Years
Jane Waldfogel, one of the authors of Too Many Children Left Behind: The U.S. Achievement Gap in Comparative Perspective, discusses the problems that many children face growing up in the United States. Remarkably and troublingly,…
- Age/Grade Level: 0-3
Series: About Early Math December 7, 2015
Math in School Shaped by Politics
The over-politicization of math education is a major cause for United States students' ongoing struggles with math in school.
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags CCSS, Common Core
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