IEL Resources
- Tip Sheets:
- Discover Shapes in Many Places
- Fun at Home with Preschoolers: Let’s Measure!
- Making Sense of Numbers
- Math Sense: Learning about Coins
- Path to Math: Beginning Numbers
- Path to Math: Classification
- Path to Math: Geometric Thinking for Young Children
- Path to Math: Real Graphs for Preschoolers
- Path to Math: Measurement with Young Children
- Path to Math: More Numbers
- Path to Math: More Word Problems
- Path to Math: Word Problems for Preschoolers
- Predicting: Helping Preschoolers Look Ahead
- Project Approach: Children Taking Surveys
- Sorting, Classifying, and Organizing
- Time for Preschoolers: Duration
- Time for Preschoolers: In Sequence!
- Things to Do While You Are Waiting: Math
- Things to Do While You Are Waiting: Math Is Everywhere!
- Blogs:
- Learning at Home Activities: Math Activities
Web Resources
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Big Ideas of Early Math
Source: Erikson Institute
The Early Math Collaborative at the Erikson Institute lists their set of Big Ideas which map the key math concepts young children need to explore between the ages of 3 and 6. These big ideas, including sets, number sense, counting, and more, are organized by topic on this page.
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Cat in the Hat: A House Just Right for Me!
Source: PBS
This is a lesson plan for a play activity that offers a fun way to practice measurement skills by building a house for a toy or for a favorite fictional character like the Cat in the Hat!
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Early Math Resources for Teacher Educators – Online Modules
Source: DREME TE
This page provides links to free learning modules designed to help prospective and practicing teachers of young children develop learning opportunities that are intentional, developmentally appropriate, engaging, and playful.
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How Many Bears on the Bed?
Source: Teacher Vision
Use a School Readiness Activity to provide early mathematical thinking experiences for preschool children that will prepare them to do well in the early grades. Activity to solve problems using 1, 2, and 3 objects. (Children should be able to identify quantities of 1, 2, and 3, and count to 3, before doing this activity.)
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Math Skills at Different Ages
Source: Understood
This article geared towards parents gives lists of math milestones most kids hit at roughly the same age. Examples of these developmental math skills are listed for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and up.
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Mathematics in Early Childhood Learning
Source: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
This position statement from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics provides a framework for educators to help young children learn and explore the foundations of math.
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Photographs and Learning Progressions: Supports for Intentional Assessment and Instruction in Mathematics
Source: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
This article explains how photographing children’s work can be a powerful addition to portfolios and assessments in the early childhood classroom.
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Preschool Math
Source: Erikson Institute
This list of articles and resources on Preschool Math is put together by the Early Math Collaborative at Erikson Institute.
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Sharing Presents Equally
Source: Teacher Vision
Use a School Readiness Activity to provide early mathematics thinking experiences for preschool children that will prepare them to do well in the early grades. Activity to experience sharing equally and to use strategies for problem solving such as “use manipulatives,” “guess and check”.