The following is a practical guide of strategies I have created for educators that can be used in the classroom. It includes strategies for 10 distinct areas that may cause some difficulties while teaching. The goal of this guide is to provide educators with strategies that will lead to a smoother, more meaningful, and more enjoyable… Continue reading Practical Guide to Teaching Non-Standard Measurement
The Canadian Language & Literacy Research Network published Foundations for Numeracy: An Evidence-based Toolkit for Early Learning Practitioners in 2010 and it is a great resource for educators. It covers all mathematical topics that are taught in the early years, and discusses math development in newborns all the way through to 6-year-olds. The toolkit contains the… Continue reading Article: Foundations for Numeracy
The PBS Kids website has lots of educational games for kids of all ages. One game I recommend (either playing via white board or mirroring to a physical version in class) is How Tall (PBS Kids, 2015) which is a game about estimation and measuring using non-standard measurement units. It is an interactive game that the… Continue reading Game: How Tall?
Measuring Penny is a book written by Loreen Leedy, and tells a wonderful story of a little girl named Lisa who has an assignment to do for school where she has to measure and compare things around her house. She spends time thinking about what to measure until it hits her: her dog Penny is the… Continue reading Book: Measuring Penny
Check out this awesome blog, Kindergarten..Kindergarten! It is a blog run by Kathryn, a kindergarten teacher in Texas. She provides lesson samples, classroom hacks, and room design ideas in a friendly, bubbly way. She has all the different subjects (math, science, reading, writing, etc.) organized neatly along the right sidebar. Under her “Math” page, I found… Continue reading EduBlog: Problem-Solving Measurement
Sid the Science Kid is a children’s television show created by Jim Henson that airs on PBS Kids out of the U.S. It deals with a lot of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) topics, and helps children learn in fun and engaging ways. In this video (Jim Henson, 2015) Sid and friends are learning about non-standard measurement. Sid’s… Continue reading Video: Sid the Science Kid: Exploring Measurement