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Early Math Learning Group
January 24, 2020 @ 9:30 am - 11:00 am
The next meeting of the Early Math Learning Group will be on January 24th from 9:30-11:00 in the Whiteaker Cafeteria. If you are interested, please contact facilitator Kerry Holmes.
At our 12/20/19 meeting we reviewed the math concepts of Numbers and Operations. Teachers shared some things that they had tried in their classrooms and we looked at a video clip of two classrooms who used the book “Mouse Count” by Ellen Stoll Walsh to practice numbers and operations skills along with story re-telling. To watch the video, here is the link: https://earlymath.erikson.edu/mouse-collections-preschool-storytime-game/
Some folks were interested in the Dot Card Transition Activity from the October teacher meeting and the link to that article and video is here: https://earlymath.erikson.edu/preschool-number-sense-routine-perfect-for-transitions/
We also explored the important concept of “sets”. If you missed the meeting and are interested in learning more, there is a free professional learning module on Sets in the Erikson Institute’s Early Math Collaborative website: https://earlymath.erikson.edu/modules/sets/?fwp_formats=video&fwp_found=sets
As a group we looked at different activities for exploring sets and the developmental progression of skills in young children (see attached handout)
Our next meeting is January 24th from 9:30-11:00 in the Whiteaker Cafeteria. Please try out a matching or sorting activity with your classroom before the meeting so you can share out how it went. Our next topic will be Geometry and Spatial Sense. Please review pages 12-20 (or 748-756 of 5th ed) of the Creative Curriculum vol 4 Mathematics.