I really like the idea of Home Visits. We can all list the problems associated with this practice (time, travel, unknown neighborhoods, safety, time, time, time), however, the benefits far outweigh the trouble. The most important thing to remember when conducting a home visit is to help the family feel comfortable with you being there. […]
This is the first time we are talking about food activities as a means of promoting early math skills with children. I recently bumped into an old friend who is now a school social worker but who had been a teacher in a preschool for years. When I told her about my blog she thought […]
Looks like something got published that wasn’t supposed to today…. My apologies. If you click on it, there is nothing there. Have no fear, you will get to read about data analysis another day:)
Just a quick note to say we reached the 2000 hit mark on this blog. I think that is pretty terrific for 10 weeks of math blogging. Thanks for coming back and keep reading!
I never thought about it before but a lot of things that worry us as adults have to do with numbers: unpaid bills, balancing the checkbook, stretching a dollar, completing tax forms. Even the idea of these activities give many of us stomachaches. Why? According to Deb Russell of About.com a part of the NY […]
Good programs offer a parent orientation that welcomes families into their communities. Programs that enroll many children at once (if they offer a traditional calendar) may hold one or two orientations before the school year begins. However, if you have rolling admissions, it shouldn’t matter. Families deserve a sold orientation to your program, its philosophy, […]
As we continue our Apple Theme for the month of September- here are a few more ideas that might be fun to try. Did you know that when you cut an apple in half, through the core, you will find the shape of a star in the middle? That is only one interesting thing about […]
I found this website while looking for counting and matching games for very young children. Often, what you find are games that include too much (counting up to 10 or 20, asking children to find more than 1 attribute at a time, etc.) but this website is just perfect. The games only include number sense […]
My father-in-law sent me this link from the Wall Street Journal last week. He is a Math (Actuarial Science) Professor at Robert Morris University and he knows A LOT about math. I know he is reading…maybe he’ll comment soon. The link may stop working, but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.
I hope everyone has a happy, healthy, and restorative Labor Day weekend. If you are blessed enough to get this long weekend off, try getting some rest. It is amazing what a little bit of “down time” can do to reinvigorate us and renew our energy resources so we are better able to meet the […]