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
Describing and Drawing Shapes with Child 14
March 1, 2013
A kindergartner explains how to draw a rectangle. Later he finds a new shape to draw in the classroom.
- Topic: Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Child 14
Series: Focus on the Child February 28, 2013
Growing Patterns with Child 30
A student identifies a pattern of increasing quantity.
- Topic: Pattern
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Child 30
Series: Focus on the Child February 24, 2013
Recognizing Shapes with Child 10
A child identifies two-dimensional shapes.
- Topic: Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Gesture, Child 10
Series: Focus on the Child February 24, 2013
Learning the Counting Words with Child 4
A child counts as high as he can.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 4
Series: Focus on the Child February 22, 2013
Age Chart with Child 27
A child explains the function of a chart in his classroom.
- Topic: Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 27
Series: Focus on the Child February 20, 2013
Solving a Comparison Number Story with Child 30
A child works to discover "how many more" a person has.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Problem Solving, Comparing, Child 30
Series: Focus on the Child February 19, 2013
Sorting Commercial Manipulatives with Child 30
A student organizes a collection of keys in different ways.
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 30
Series: Focus on the Child February 18, 2013
Visual and Spatial Memory with Child 22
A student uses blocks to recreate arrangements of shapes.
- Topic: Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 22
Series: Focus on the Child February 18, 2013
Describing Relative Location of Objects with Child 22
A student gives and receives orders about where to put a stuffed animal.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Animals, Child 22
Series: Focus on the Child February 18, 2013
Comparing Objects by Weight with Child 14
A kindergartner explores weight with a pan balance.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Comparing, Child 14, Scale
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