Series: About the Collaborative

Collaborative Math: Creating Sustainable Excellence for Head Start Programs

July 26, 2022

Early childhood center leaders play a crucial role in improving and sustaining program quality. New research supports the idea that involving center leaders in PD initiatives is a way to produce lasting systemic change. Research…

Age/Grade Level: Pre-K

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Series: About the Collaborative December 8, 2021

Groundbreaking Book Explains the Beginning of Math Concepts for Infants and Toddlers

Released in 2021 by Teachers College Press, this book extends professional knowledge for mathematics teaching to teachers who work with the very youngest learners.

Topic: Precursor Concepts
Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers

$Denver Head Start Teachers$

Series: About the Collaborative February 22, 2021

Denver Head Start Teachers Sustain Children’s Growth in Math

An ongoing professional development program with Denver Great Kids Head Start (DGKHS) shows the power of a multi-year partnership to build sustainable growth in math achievement for young children.

Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten

$math fun books games routines for early math$

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

$math conference$

Series: About the Collaborative April 23, 2019

Teachers as Knowledgeable Others in the Spotlight at Math Conference

Everyone knows it’s better to teach someone how to fish than to hand out fish. In terms of professional development, this philosophy means empowering classroom teachers to grow their own practice by facilitating the learning…

Series: About the Collaborative October 3, 2018

New Book Connects Early Math Teaching with Developmental Research

A new book released in August 2018 from the Collaborative examines the connections and questions that arise from discussing math experiences in early childhood settings and the research into children's mathematical learning.

Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade

Series: About the Collaborative December 19, 2017

10 for 10: Things We Love About the Collaborative

We call 10 a "friendly" number, a landmark, a benchmark. Whatever you call it, 10 is really big in early math, and it's really big to the Collaborative.