Tagged as: Blocks
Series: Adult Learning
Exploring Unit Block Relationships
February 25, 2019
Examining sets of unit blocks challenges educators to think about relationships of the blocks. A deeper understanding of the features of unit blocks empowers teachers to support children in ways that promote joyful math learning.
- Topic: Number Operations, Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Blocks
Series: Focus on Play November 10, 2016
Making a Block Sandwich with Kindergartners
Thinking about sandwiches cut in half leads this boy to explore shape composition and equivalence with blocks.
- Topic: Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Blocks
Series: Focus on Play August 25, 2016
Value of Block Play in Kindergarten
A kindergarten teacher makes a strong case for how time spent playing with blocks supports mathematical thinking and learning in her classroom.
- Tags Blocks
Series: Focus on Play August 24, 2016
Measuring a Block Tower with Kindergartners
Building block towers provides a natural opportunity to measure height. In this scene, children use strings and a broom.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
- Tags Blocks
Series: Book Ideas July 25, 2016
4 More Kids’ Books Packed with Geometry
For kids books, geometry doesn't have to just be reciting the shapes. Here are books that can begin rich geometrical discussions.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships, Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Animals, Blocks, Arts, Pat Hutchins, Daniel Kirk, Betsy Franco, Lois Ehlert, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lucy Micklethwait, Color Farm, Color Zoo, Block City, Grandpa's Quilt, I Spy Shapes in Art
Series: About the Collaborative July 15, 2015
Early Math Educators Convene for Summer Institute
Erikson Institute Early Math Collaborative hosted its first Summer Institute, Meaning-Making in Early Math Education (MEME), July 7-10, 2015. Over 100 participants took part in rigorous, hands-on sessions that explored the foundational math concepts that…
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Play, Blocks
Series: About Early Math March 4, 2015
Blocks: Low-Tech Toys with High Learning Potential
This article from NPR's ongoing education blog discusses the strength of a familiar low-tech toy: the block. Even amid a technological revolution in teaching, which is bringing tablets, apps, and smartboards into more and more…
- Topic: Number Operations, Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Technology, Play, Blocks
Series: Hear from the Experts August 26, 2013
Comparing Tech and Real World Teaching Tools with Joanne Mulligan
Joanne Mulligan questions the efficacy of new electronic educational devices.
- Topic: Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Technology, Joanne Mulligan, Blocks
Series: Focus on Play April 4, 2013
The Math in Blocks
Jennifer McCray, director of the Early Math Collaborative, provides a play-by-play narration as a pre-k teacher leads her students through a tower building exercise with blocks. McCray provides insights into the complexity and impact of…
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