Jen:

That is awesome ! We are now entering the science segment of the course – and preparing our curriculum webs – each of the groups are developing themes. I am so pleased to see the students discuss the web relating both science and math to their topic choice, as they explore Math At Home and the Erickson\’s Math Collaborative sites.

Both you and Carrie have \”gifted\” students – parents and caregivers with these outstanding sources – can\’t wait to hear what you discover at your conference this week

I went to a talk yesterday hosted by the UIC Public Policy folks. Dr. Daryl Greenfield spoke about science and ECE. Over the next couple of week., I plan to write about his research. It is very close to what we believe about Math here at Early Math Counts. Look for it because he would completely agree with you about Pumpkin Patches and science opportunities.

These are indeed such fun ways to acclimate parents teachers to math concepts and takes away fear and dread of therms/concepts like \”circumference\” \”diameter\” \”height\” and \”length\” – Yesterday, we had an interesting discussion about pumpkin farm trips with our classes or children we care for and all of the wonderful ways to find the math in science during our field trips – I know the students will have fun using string and unifix cubes to measure our treasures from the visit to the pumpkin farms –