E26: Mathtastic

The Speckled Bees: A Celebration of Childhood

We are so excited to be back!!! We've missed our weekly discussions on childhood! We come in hot talking about curriculum areas and decided to cover a tricky one: MATH.

The bulk of this episode follows NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) position statement on Early Childhood Mathematics: Promoting Good Beginnings which is a joint position statement of (NAEYC) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

We talk about how to approach math skills and attitudes, cover math milestones, and give lots of ideas on how to incorporate math! What would you add to the list?

• Tangrams, mirrors, stencils, compasses, beads
• Rulers, calculators, clocks
• Board and card games, dice
• Cutting
• Blocks
• Cooking/Eating
• Music (patterns and symmetry, fractions
• Open-ended questions and Math Talk (https://www.naeyc.org/our-work/families/math-talk-infants-and-toddlers)

Books:

• A Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle
• One Earth by Eileen Spinelli illustrated by Rogério Coelho
• Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni
• Mac Barnett Shape Series Illustrated by Jon Klassen (Triangle, Square, Circle)
• Perfect Square by Michael Hall

References and Resources:

https://www.naeyc.org/our-work/families/math-talk-infants-and-toddlers

https://www.naeyc.org/sites/default/files/globally-shared/downloads/PDFs/resources/position-statements/psmath.pdf

http://www.ccs.fau.edu/hbbl3/wp-content/uploads/publications/KelsoFuchs2016_mobileconjugate.pdf

https://www.understood.org/articles/en/math-skills-what-to-expect-at-different-ages

https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/practiceguide/18

https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/practiceguide/early_math_pg_111313.pdf

http://www.floridaearlylearning.com/Content/Uploads/floridaearlylearning.com/files/5%20Evidence-Based%20Recommendations%20for%20Teaching%20Math%20to%20Young%20Children.pdf

https://inventorsoftomorrow.com/2018/02/26/math-development/

https://www.pbs.org/parents/learn-grow/all-ages/math

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