Series: Focus on the Child
Focus on the Child videos are taken from one-on-one interviews with individual children. The interviews are designed to elicit evidence of children’s mathematical thinking. They are not teaching episodes or formal assessments.
Series: Focus on the Child
Estimating Quantity with Child 9
April 3, 2014
A child estimates the number of cubes in a collection.
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Estimation, Unifix Cubes, Comparing, Child 9
Series: Focus on the Child July 30, 2013
Sorting Geo-Solids with Child 5
A kindergarten student organizes shape blocks by the various shapes of their faces.
- Topic: Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 5
Series: Focus on the Child April 26, 2013
Seriating Objects by Length and Capacity with Child 14
A kindergarten student finds a way to sort cups by capacity.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Comparing, Child 14, Capacity
Series: Focus on the Child April 15, 2013
Recognizing Shapes with Child 12
A child identifies various shapes.
- Topic: Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Child 12
Series: Focus on the Child April 15, 2013
Parts & Wholes with Child 15
A child plays "hide-and-seek" with a group of bears to determine how many are missing from a larger group.
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Animals, Child 15
Series: Focus on the Child April 5, 2013
Organizing Bears with Child 15
A child explains how he organizes a group of bears.
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Animals, Child 15
Series: Focus on the Child April 5, 2013
Comparing Quantity with Child 5
A kindergarten student uses blocks to make groups that are larger than, smaller than, and equal to the instructor's set.
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Gesture, Child 5
Series: Focus on the Child March 26, 2013
Changing Quantity with Bears with Child 7
A story about bears moving in and out of a cave provides an opportunity for math thinking.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Animals, English Language Learner, Problem Solving, Correction, Child 7
Series: Focus on the Child March 18, 2013
Comparing Objects by Length with Child 20
A student determines the relative lengths of different objects.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 20
Series: Focus on the Child March 11, 2013
Counting Teens and Twenties with Child 14
A kindergartner demonstrates how high he can count.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Child 14
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