in the classroom Debate in Kindergarten: Building Appreciation for Ten Frames 20 Jan 202020 Jan 2020 If we want students to harness the power of visual representations -- to own them -- students need to understand why that representation is important. Visual representations can be elegant…
education… Cultivating Mathematicians… of All Ages 21 Nov 201921 Nov 2019 Original published for @autismplusmath 's Guest Blogger Week at: cake.co/c/kyVnSVj"I mean, you know... I'm not a math teacher," said Jessica*, who teaches Kindergarten. She didn't whisper this confession in an…
games One of Favorite Games: The Skip Count Game 30 May 20196 Jan 2020 This game is part of my "simple but high leverage" collection of games that are flexible, engaging, and easy to prep. Others include Number Boxes and the Answer Is... I've played the…
games… One of My Favorite Games: Number Boxes 29 May 20196 Jan 2020 This game is part of my "simple but high leverage" collection of games that are flexible, engaging, and easy to prep. Others include The Answer Is... and the Skip Count Game. I…
games One of My Favorite Games: The Answer Is… 28 May 20196 Jun 2019 This game is part of my "simple but high leverage" collection of games that are flexible, engaging, and easy to prep. Others include Number Boxes and the Skip Count Game. I have…
curriculum… Mathematical Connections in a Kindergarten Science Unit 18 Mar 201915 Mar 2019 "I'm sorry, we're only loosely doing math today," Jessica apologized as I walked into her kindergarten classroom. "We're deep into our structures unit in science, and I'd like to keep…
in the classroom Talking about Geometry in Kindergarten, Part 2: The Shape Hunt 5 Jan 20194 Jan 2019 Talking helps us make sense of ideas. Talking helps us synthesize our ideas. Talking helps us communicate our ideas. We want to get this kindergarten class talking -- a lot…
in the classroom Talking about Geometry in Kindergarten, Part 1: Same or Different 4 Jan 201917 Nov 2019 Talking helps us make sense of ideas. Talking helps us synthesize our ideas. Talking helps us communicate our ideas. We want to get this kindergarten class talking -- a…
education The Museum of Rarely Used Math Manipulatives: What Do We Need? 20 Dec 201820 Dec 2018 Today in Kindergarten, we used Attribute Links to play Name My Rule. We sorted shapes based on properties (number of sides, number of 'points,' size, color, etc.). Attribute links are…
child study… Counting to 10 in Danish: Learning from Students, Colleagues + the #MTBoS 23 Jan 201727 Nov 2018 I started this post yesterday, and then read a blog post by Kyle Pearce that filled in some of the gaps in my own thinking. Once again, I feel indebted…
