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Young children love to snuggle up with an adult and listen to a story. These books are some of the best math picture books to read with children and they teach math at the same time. If you are lookin...
Older elementary children still love listening to stories. Reading together helps reduce stress and creates a great feeling of connection between the reader and the listener(s). There are some great...
Powerful mathematicians have many different strategies at their fingertips that they can use to solve problems. They can choose which strategy will be the most efficient for the problem at hand and n...
One morning a tour group passed through my second grade classroom. The students were chattering in small groups about different math tasks they were doing. Manipulatives were spread around the room ...
“Frustration is not a sign you are not learning, but ease is.” --- David Epstein
This quote always stings a bit. My mommy heart doesn’t want to see my child struggle. I am working on getting mor...
Number lines help children build mathematical meaning. Seeing the numbers arranged in order and then hoping up and down the number line helps children develop a better understanding of number relat...
What does it mean to be computationally fluent? Has this definition changed? A generation ago, being good at math meant being fast and accurate. I’m not sure anyone was thinking about the bigger pi...
In second grade students are learning to add within 1000 using strategies based on place value. (CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.B.7). So what does that mean to use a strategy based on place value? One str...
Have you taken your kids apple picking? It is one of our favorite fall things to do. We come home with bags and bags of apples and then we have fun figuring out what to cook with them. There is also...
Many believe that some people are born with a “math brain” and some are not. However, recent work by Jo Boaler and Carol Dweck has shown us that there is no such thing as a “math person.” Everyone c...
Students are using math manipulatives to support their thinking at school. When they are doing math at home, it would be great for them to have the same tools available. This list of the best virtua...
When I taught second grade, I always helped my students to create a math kit that they would keep at home. We filled it with manipulatives and math games. With these kits, they would be able to use ...
