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.
February 18, 2013
A child seriates cups by their capacity.
In this video, a preschool-age English Language Learner uses direction words to tell a story about finding a lost teddy bear.
A child directly compares the lengths of two crayons to determine which one is shorter.
A child identifies triangles on a page of shapes.
A child directly compares the lengths of two crayons to determine which one is shorter.
A child describes examples (and non-examples) of common 2-D shapes.
A child explains the attendance chart he uses in class.
A child builds structures using magnetic blocks.
Using a number line with the digits hidden from view, a student counts backwards and forwards.