For educators supporting students in Grades K–1, learn how to screen for a key indicator of future math success and identify students at risk for later math struggles with the NSS. Read More
This chapter examines teachers’ curious, persistent, flexible, reflective, and collaborative thinking and suggests concrete strategies for incorporating, extending, and modeling these higher order thinking skills in classrooms and other early learning environments. Read More
Through instruction and experience with quantities, children become familiar with numbers and develop a reliable mental picture of how they relate to each other. Read the excerpt and explore how spatial insight affects one’s understanding of number and quantitative problem solving. Read More
Read the excerpt and discover the core components of response to intervention (RTI) and essential roles of school staff. Read More
This chapter discusses the purpose and development of the Common Core State Standards and outlines for structure for the math component. This primer is useful for special education teachers working with students with significant cognitive disabilities. Read More
View the sample lesson as an example of how to use the Storybook Elements Approach at a kindergarten level. This approach involves utilizing the plot, characters, setting, or objects in a story to identify situations in which a matematics problem may exist. Read More
This infographic provides easy, fun, and effective ways to boost spatial development in your pre-k or kindergarten students. Read More
Excerpted from Blocks and Beyond, this passage demonstrates how one aspect of math relates to spatial development in preschoolers and kindergarteners. Blocks and Beyond helps educators create a curriculum that actively promotes spatial development and sets the stage for strong math, science, and other academic skills. Read More
Read an excerpt from Preparing Early Childhood Educators to Teach Math by Herbert P. Ginsburg, Ph.D., Marilou Hyson, Ph.D., and Taniesha A. Woods, Ph.D. Read More
How can you prepare young children for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math learning? Coach them to follow a developmentally appropriate version of the same problem-solving framework engineers use and watch their critical thinking skills flourish. Read More
