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Ideas for using math-related books for creative early math curriculum.
Series: Book Ideas
4 Books That Inspire Algebraic Thinking in Young Children
January 3, 2017
One of the best ways to delve into the rules and patterns that govern algebra is through the books that are read to children each and every day.
- Topic: Precursor Concepts, Sets, Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Books, Eric Carle, Audrey Wood, Tana Hoban, Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue?, The Napping House, Mary Ann Hoberman, Rooster's Off to See the World, I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Series: Book Ideas October 25, 2016
4 Books That Can Expand Children’s Spatial Sense
A great way for kids to explore spatial relationships is to read books that call for them to think about where objects are in relation to something else.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Mapping, Seasonal, Books, Eric Carle, Tana Hoban, Joan Sweeney, Marcia Vaughan, The Secret Birthday Message, We're Going on a Ghost Hunt, Me on the Map, Over Under and Through
Series: Focus on the Lesson August 16, 2016
Mouse Collections
Preschool storytime is a great time to teach mathematics! In this video, two teachers use Ellen Stoll Walsh's "Mouse Count" to illustrate the concept of "less and more."
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Animals, English Language Learner, Play, Books, Ellen Stoll Walsh, Mouse Count
Series: Book Ideas August 4, 2016
The Math in Learning Names
Do the children in your classroom know each other’s names? At winter break, are they still pointing to “that girl?” Doing activities in the early weeks of school that use the children’s own names will…
- Topic: Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Books, Kevin Henkes, Chrysanthemum, Juana Martinez-Neal, Alma and How She Got Her Name
Series: Book Ideas April 7, 2016
Chicago Nonprofit Provides Books to Promote Development of Literacy and Math
The Early Math Collaborative's Assistant Director of Instruction, Lisa Ginet, appeared on WBEZ this week to provide her thoughts on the opportunities to explore the math in many popular children's books. Ginet's segment starts around…
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Books
Series: Book Ideas March 8, 2016
4 More Children’s Books that Explore Measurement Concepts
Some time ago we suggested a few books that are great for exploring measurement concepts in primary grades. Now we're at it again.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Comparing, Books, Ellen Stoll Walsh, Tana Hoban, Balancing Act, The Line Up Book, Marisabina Russo, Is It Larger? Is It Smaller?, One Bean, Anne Rockwell
Series: Focus on the Lesson February 1, 2016
Movement Counts
Students roll a die and mimic animal movements to connect counting words, visual number arrangements, and actions.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Animals, English Language Learner, Play, Books
Series: Book Ideas January 27, 2016
15 Picture Books To Support Math Spatial Reasoning Skills
This link jumps into books that give children a chance to explore spatial reasoning. Over and under, going that direction or going the other direction, mapping, perspective.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Books
Series: About the Collaborative January 7, 2016
Collaborative Takes Math Approach to Hawaii’s Center for Early Education and Development
For years the Collaborative has been expanding their efforts. In 2015 one such effort took the team to Hawaii to explore such concepts as sets and operations.
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Books
Series: About Early Math January 6, 2016
Spatial Reasoning Skills Predict Later STEM Success
Children with strong spatial reasoning skills are more likely to succeed in STEM fields later on in life.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Mapping, Technology, Nature, Books
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