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Tagged as: Family math
Series: Hear from the Experts
MathTalk Leaders Illustrate How Efforts Can Transform Neighborhoods
January 22, 2020
Early Mathematics Learning in Family and Community Contexts was the 2019 topic of the Promising Math biennial conference. Framing the event were three plenary presentations that brought cognitive, contextual, and collaborative lenses to the topic.…
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Family math
Series: Hear from the Experts January 21, 2020
Co-Design Process for Math in the Neighborhood with Omo Moses
Omo Moses, founder of MathTalk, and his colleague, Keith Griffin discuss how they connected over basketball and went on to find local, culturally-relevant ways to engage families in math learning in their own neighborhood.
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Family math
Series: Book Ideas December 11, 2019
5 Kids’ Books that Involve Sets and Sorting
Children look for ways to organize and make sense of their world through play at school and home, as well as at clean-up time. Sorting items into groups by specific attributes gives children the opportunity to define sets according to a rule of what does and does not belong together.
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Cynthia Weill, Emily Jenkins, Family math, Stuart J Murphy, Tana Hoban
Series: Focus on Collaboration June 19, 2019
School Event Engages Families in Early Math Learning
Families play a fundamental role in shaping children's interest and skills in math. Schools can help connect the math that exists both in and out of school and nurture families' positive relationship to math.
- Age/Grade Level: 0-3, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Family math, Games
Series: Ideas at Work November 7, 2018
Counting on Good Food for the Holidays
Traditions around food and feasts provide rich opportunities to connect math at school with children’s experiences at home. From Diwali to Thanksgiving, fall is a season of special meals with loved ones.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Family math, Holiday, Seasonal
Series: Book Ideas October 22, 2018
A Holiday with Too Many Tamales
How is it possible to have too many tamales? Well, Maria finds out in the holiday storybook Too Many Tamales by author Gary Soto.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Books, Family math, Food, Holiday, Seasonal
Series: Ideas at Work September 18, 2018
All Sorts of Families: Connecting School and Home with Math
All members of a household have things in common and things that set them apart. Exploring the important ways that loved ones go together and what makes them unique involves both mathematical thinking and a…
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Family math
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