Which One Doesn't Belong?
Which One Doesn't Belong?

Author: Christopher Danielson

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

Published: 2019-02-12

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1580899447

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Talking math with your child is simple and even entertaining with this better approach to shapes! Written by a celebrated math educator, this innovative inquiry encourages critical thinking and sparks memorable mathematical conversations. Children and their parents answer the same question about each set of four shapes: "Which one doesn't belong?" There's no one right answer--the important thing is to have a reason why. Kids might describe the shapes as squished, smooshed, dented, or even goofy. But when they justify their thinking, they're talking math! Winner of the Mathical Book Prize for books that inspire children to see math all around them. "This is one shape book that will both challenge readers' thinking and encourage them to think outside the box."--Kirkus Reviews, STARRED review

Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood
Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2009-11-13

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 0309147433

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Early childhood mathematics is vitally important for young children's present and future educational success. Research demonstrates that virtually all young children have the capability to learn and become competent in mathematics. Furthermore, young children enjoy their early informal experiences with mathematics. Unfortunately, many children's potential in mathematics is not fully realized, especially those children who are economically disadvantaged. This is due, in part, to a lack of opportunities to learn mathematics in early childhood settings or through everyday experiences in the home and in their communities. Improvements in early childhood mathematics education can provide young children with the foundation for school success. Relying on a comprehensive review of the research, Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood lays out the critical areas that should be the focus of young children's early mathematics education, explores the extent to which they are currently being incorporated in early childhood settings, and identifies the changes needed to improve the quality of mathematics experiences for young children. This book serves as a call to action to improve the state of early childhood mathematics. It will be especially useful for policy makers and practitioners-those who work directly with children and their families in shaping the policies that affect the education of young children.

The Greedy Triangle
The Greedy Triangle

Author: Marilyn Burns

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9780590489911

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this introduction to polygons, a triangle convinces a shapeshifter to make him a quadrilateral and later a pentagon, but discovers that where angles and sides are concerned, more isn't always better.

Early Childhood Mathematics Education Research
Early Childhood Mathematics Education Research

Author: Julie Sarama

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-04-01

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 1135592497

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This important new book synthesizes relevant research on the learning of mathematics from birth into the primary grades from the full range of these complementary perspectives. At the core of early math experts Julie Sarama and Douglas Clements's theoretical and empirical frameworks are learning trajectories—detailed descriptions of children’s thinking as they learn to achieve specific goals in a mathematical domain, alongside a related set of instructional tasks designed to engender those mental processes and move children through a developmental progression of levels of thinking. Rooted in basic issues of thinking, learning, and teaching, this groundbreaking body of research illuminates foundational topics on the learning of mathematics with practical and theoretical implications for all ages. Those implications are especially important in addressing equity concerns, as understanding the level of thinking of the class and the individuals within it, is key in serving the needs of all children.

Shape Spotters
Shape Spotters

Author: Megan E. Bryant

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-04-12

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1101646330

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Ms. Carey's class is looking for shapes in their school. Rectangles, triangles, circles, and squares are just a few of the shapes that they find. Hidden in the art of this Level 2 reader, children will find and identify all sorts of shapes!

Shapes All Around
Shapes All Around

Author: Kate Riggs

Publisher: The Creative Company/Creative Editions

Published: 2022-11-28

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 1684522420

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this illustrated board book, shapes stand in for the names of natural forms, creating connections between mathematical concepts and the world around us.

Shapes, Shapes, Shapes
Shapes, Shapes, Shapes

Author: Tana Hoban

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1996-03-29

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0688147402

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Whenever you are -- inside or outside -- there are shapes to discover. And with Tana Hoban's help you will begin to see them. Look around. How many circles, squares, stars, triangles, hearts, and rectangles can you see? They are everywhere!

Designing Patterns
Designing Patterns

Author: Daniel Lynn Watt

Publisher: Calgary : Detselig Enterprises

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this module designed for grades three to five, students design patterns to be used in a headdress or similar linear strip. They explore properties of shapes, lines of symmetry, and part-to-part and part-to-whole relationships. The module provides numerous opportunities for the teacher to extend and adapt this curriculum, from further explorations of fractions to Yup?ik cultural knowledge. About the Series Math in a Cultural Context This series is a supplemental math curriculum based on the traditional wisdom and practices of the Yup?ik people of southwest Alaska. The result of more than a decade of collaboration between math educators and Yup?ik elders, these modules connect cultural knowledge to school mathematics. Students are challenged to communicate and think mathematically as they solve inquiry-oriented problems, which require creative, practical and analytical thinking. Classroom-based research strongly suggests that students engaged in this curriculum can develop deeper mathematical understandings than students who engage only with a procedure-oriented, paper-and-pencil curriculum.