posted by Dr. Jeanne White When older children and adults perform chores such as doing laundry or putting away dishes, they may not even realize they are making decisions about how to classify objects into categories—washing the white clothes together and putting the plates together on a shelf. Young children can begin to see how […]
posted by Dr. Jeanne White Young children naturally begin to create patterns with objects such as Unifix cubes or colored tiles, even if they do not realize what they’ve created is called a pattern. A child’s early knowledge of color or shape patterns can lead to later recognition of more complex patterns in large numbers […]
posted by Dr. Jeanne White As young children are formally introduced to the names of shapes, they begin to notice these shapes in their surroundings. They see their plate as a circle and their napkin as a square when they eat dinner. They look at the windows and doors in a room and recognize them […]
posted by Dr. Jeanne White Young children love it when an adult sits down and reads a book to them, carefully studying the illustrations before the adult can turn the page. Why not seize these opportunities as a way to introduce or reinforce mathematical concepts? There are four reasons why I like to use children’s […]
Math is a natural way of thinking and making sense of the world. Mathematical situations arise every day. You have to be ready to notice the math all around us and to engage children in doing and talking about math. Attribute is a mathematical idea that arises very early. Attributes are properties or qualities that […]
posted by Lisa Ginet It is hard to know what is going on in anyone’s brain. Even when asked to explain ourselves, we cannot always express our ideas clearly. Young children, who are still developing both their communication and reasoning abilities, have an especially hard time explain their own thinking in words or “showing their […]
posted by Lisa Ginet “Let’s do math!” I often say at the start of a workshop. This may lead to some panicked looks or trips to the bathroom. If I say, “no pencils or calculators involved,” then a few people will laugh, and most will look more willing to try what I suggest … What […]
posted by Lisa Ginet When you hear or see the word “math,” what do you think of? Your high school algebra class? Balancing your checkbook? A geeky engineer with pocket protectors? When you add “early childhood” to “math,” what do you think of then? A little one learning to say, “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, […]
The holidays are nearly upon us and for that reason, our guest blogger’s posts will appear over the course of the next two months as we send out 2016 and welcome in 2017. Let’s welcome Lisa Ginet to the Early Math Counts blogoverse. Lisa comes to us from the Early Math Collaborative at the Erikson […]
Information and ideas presented in story form often stick better than rote memorization. As you plan for the holidays this year, consider adding any one of these charming and engaging children’s math picture books to your family library. Visualizing large numbers, understanding fractions, having fun with division, or just fine-tuning how you approach problems – […]