Comments on: Lessons from the Block Shelves https://earlymathcounts.org/lessons-from-the-block-shelves/ Laying the foundation for a lifetime of achievement Mon, 06 May 2024 19:07:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Marlana A Ackerman https://earlymathcounts.org/lessons-from-the-block-shelves/#comment-15887 Mon, 06 May 2024 19:07:09 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=11697#comment-15887 using blocks is an excellent resource. We have several different sets that can be used in different ways. The children like to play with them, so they are easy to relate to.

]]> By: Diann Gano, M.Ed https://earlymathcounts.org/lessons-from-the-block-shelves/#comment-14418 Sun, 31 Dec 2023 23:30:55 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=11697#comment-14418 In reply to Shirley R Sorenson.

Ah,Shirley! You summed that up so beautifully! This is what keeps us in the classroom, on those very hard days! It’s a thing of beauty! Thanks for sharing your thoughts with all of us! I loved it!

]]> By: Shirley R Sorenson https://earlymathcounts.org/lessons-from-the-block-shelves/#comment-14409 Sat, 30 Dec 2023 03:45:47 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=11697#comment-14409 It is a moment of joy when the children begin to work together, and enjoy the attributes of the data that they are collecting. It hits the chart that a teacher lives to see.

]]> By: Ann Arends https://earlymathcounts.org/lessons-from-the-block-shelves/#comment-14170 Wed, 08 Nov 2023 18:58:34 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=11697#comment-14170 Block play is so wonderful. I love watching the students use their imaginations to build, and then also sort them into different categories when using them and then reorganizing them or putting them away. Also so interesting to see the different age levels use them differently.
The shelves organized by size, shape, etc. are awesome.

]]> By: Angela Macias https://earlymathcounts.org/lessons-from-the-block-shelves/#comment-12664 Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:54:15 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=11697#comment-12664 Block play is great for so many categories. I love sitting back to see what level each child is at. You can always add a question for them to build on.

]]> By: Sarah https://earlymathcounts.org/lessons-from-the-block-shelves/#comment-12310 Sun, 07 Aug 2022 06:02:49 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=11697#comment-12310 Seeing all the different ways that blocks can be utilized in learning early math is so interesting and makes me want to bring them out more often.

]]> By: lisa https://earlymathcounts.org/lessons-from-the-block-shelves/#comment-11026 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 15:37:35 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=11697#comment-11026 Blocks are great in every classroom. Older kids like to figure out how many of a certain block they need to build forts with.

]]> By: Kristin https://earlymathcounts.org/lessons-from-the-block-shelves/#comment-9684 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 19:24:20 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=11697#comment-9684 Math is so important in preschool years. Graphing/labeling/sorting all add to that knowledge. Using common objects makes sense to them and blocks can be used in so many ways. Items they can touch, feel, move around allows for more in depth understanding.

]]> By: Paula Smith https://earlymathcounts.org/lessons-from-the-block-shelves/#comment-8457 Sat, 22 May 2021 21:59:10 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=11697#comment-8457 In reply to William Whitesell.

I agree that blocks are an amazing learning tool in so many different ways. I like the idea of having pictures of block shapes to label the storage so children are learning even when cleaning up!

]]> By: Valerie Anderson https://earlymathcounts.org/lessons-from-the-block-shelves/#comment-8330 Sun, 28 Mar 2021 22:09:50 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=11697#comment-8330 blocks of all different are great learning tools for the children. There is so much you can do with them.

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