Tagged as: Seasonal
Seasonal Math: Fun Holiday Games for Young Children
Every part of the day and every time of the year is a time for finding math all around us. Different seasons can be a wonderful time to find fun holiday games and activities to engage young children in the mathematical world around them. Here are some of our favorite seasonal activities and holiday games for kids.
Series: Focus on Collaboration
Planning Conversation for Shoe Graph Lesson
October 17, 2015
In this planning conversation, a teacher and coach discuss some of their ideas and concerns about a forthcoming lesson. With a coach, she discusses some of her ideas and concerns about the forthcoming lesson.
- Topic: Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Graphing, Shoes, Seasonal, Books, Planning
Series: Book Ideas October 13, 2015
Make Room for Halloween Math
Have some Halloween fun with the witch’s tale Room on the Broom. In this lively story by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, a witch makes room for her animal friends to ride on her broomstick……
- Topic: Number Sense, Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Place Value, Holiday, Books, Room on the Broom, Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler, Animals, Seasonal
Series: Book Ideas October 6, 2015
3 Magic Cauldron Books for Kids to Mathematize the Season
One of the most classic images of the Halloween season is a witch's magic pot or cauldron. Singing about witches' brew and reading tales of magical pots can also be a great way to introduce…
- Topic: Number Sense, Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Books, Seasonal, Food, Holiday, Capacity, Two of Everything, Lily Toy Hong, The Magic Porridge Pot, Paul Galdone, Strega Nona, Tomie dePaola
Series: Focus on the Lesson December 17, 2014
Shoe Graph
In this video, students brainstorm ways to sort their shoes. Later, they graphically organize the data from the sets they created.
- Topic: Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Graphing, Shoes, Seasonal, Books, Whose Shoes?, Stephen R. Swinburne
Series: Book Ideas September 19, 2014
Halloween and Animal Fun While Exploring Big, Bigger, and Biggest
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll and A Pig is Big by Douglas Florian are two children's story books that present opportunities for children to explore the mathematical concept of measurement, particularly the Big…
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Animals, Big and Small, Seasonal, Nature, Holiday, Books, The Biggest Pumpkin Ever, Steven Kroll, A Pig is Big, Douglas Florian
Series: Ideas at Work February 27, 2013
Numbers and Fun with Anno’s Counting Book
After reading Anno’s Counting Book, Nancy Beza at Waters Elementary encouraged her preschoolers to make a list of objects that could be found in a winter scene—snowflakes, trees, etc. Each student created an object from…
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Seasonal, Nature, Mitsumasa Anno, Anno’s Counting Book
Series: Book Ideas February 25, 2013
Finding Math in The First Day of Winter
As a little boy adds more and more trimmings to a snowman on each page, children can chant along and experience the growing pattern: “4 prickly pinecones, 3 striped scarves, 2 bright blue mittens, and…
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Seasonal, Nature, Books, Denise Fleming, The First Day of Winter
Series: Book Ideas February 22, 2013
All Sorts of Mitten Math
Olivia Trevino’s preschool class at Marsh Elementary School took advantage of all the winter weather to explore picture books about mittens. The Mitten by Jim Aylesworth and The Mitten by Alvin Tresselt are two delightful…
- Topic: Pattern, Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K
- Tags Kristine O'Connell George, Missing Mittens, Candace Christiansen, The Mitten Tree, One Mitten, Jim Aylesworth, Animals, Seasonal, Books, Stuart J Murphy, The Mitten, Alvin Tresselt
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