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Sets Erikson Institute Early Math Collaborative

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sets erikson institute early math collaborative

Transforming mathematics in early childhood education. The goal of the Early Math Collaborative at Erikson Institute is to expand access to math for young children. Our program provides professional development, research, publications, conference presentations, and a robust online presence. We work closely with child care providers, early childhood teachers, teacher educators, administrators, and other stakeholders. Our work is rooted in a set of foundational early childhood math concepts that we call “Big Ideas.” These mathematical concepts are fundamental to a young child’s understanding of mathematics and can be incorporated... Through our work, we help reduce anxiety around the teaching of math in the early years.

When educators are comfortable teaching math skills, they can instill a positive mindset for a lifetime of mathematical learning and thinking. Has an entire section devoted to supporting family math in the early years, with resources and research for early educators and families. Includes videos, written resources, and book ideas. The explorations below are for parents of child ages 2-6 (although teachers may find them useful and may adapt them for their purposes as well). These explorations are organized according to a list of big Ideas from The Big Ideas of Early Mathematics: What Teachers of Young Children Need to Know (referred to as Big Ideas below) by Erikson... You can find out more about this book here on my blog www.mathbookmagic.com.

In this book, 26 big ideas are organized under 9 topics. This post is about the first topic, Sets, and its three related big ideas. SETS: Using Attributes To Sort Collections Sets are fundamental mathematical objects. For example, they are basic to our number system and counting. For example, before you can count something, you have to decide what to count and that involves identifying sets.

Take a look at the image below and answer the question: How many? If you answered, 20, you probably counted all the beads. There are 20 beads. How else could you answer the question, How many? Here are a few possible answers: There are 10 animal beads. There are 5 red beads.

There are 2 red animal beads. All of these counts involve forming sets before counting: a set of animal beads, a set of red beads, and the subset of red animal beads. Note: Making sets may involve physically separating out the sets or mentally identifying sets. Here are three big ideas Erikson Institute’s Early Math Collaborative identifies for Topic 1: Sets: -Erikson Institute’s Early Math Collaborative The first time I noticed my daughter sorting she was about 9 months old.

I placed the tiny finger foods on her high chair tray and she quickly gobbled up the cheese. When cheese was gone, she moved on to the fruit, leaving only the peas and carrots behind. On her tray were four items mixed together and quickly she used her ability to sort items into groups, cheese- her favorite, fruit- her second favorite, and the rest, leaving me with both disappointment... “Children are born learners who are naturally interested in math in their everyday experience. They’re very aware of math concepts that are important to them.” -Gennarelli, C. & DeBlasio, M.

(2017) This activity is all about creating sets, items that are grouped together or sorted in a meaningful way. Materials in a set share a characteristic or attribute, for instance, leaves or not leaves, green things, brown things, rough, smooth, etc. Children show us what they know about creating sets when they sort. The goal of the Early Math Collaborative is to increase the quality of early math education by providing professional development for teachers, facilitators/trainers, and administrators; conducting research to generate new knowledge about approaches to... Teach number and operations using a developmental progression.

Teach geometry, patterns, measurement, and data analysis using a developmental progression. Use progress monitoring to ensure that math instruction builds on what each child knows. Teach children to view and describe their world mathematically. Dedicate time each day to teaching math, and integrate math instruction throughout the school day.

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