by Kate O’Donnell Math can be hard, but don’t panic. Not everything comes easy to us. This is true for all people. Being an educator for over twenty years, I have worked with many students who have struggled to conceptualize mathematics. Each individual brings a different story. While some truly do have issues that need […]
posted by Kate O’Donnell Math really is fun. It can be misery trying to teach it, but magic when you integrate it into your child’s everyday life. It’s a mystery to me why some children have a natural affinity for numbers while others show no interest or may even resist them. It may be no […]
posted by Brian Puerling Electronic music is not often considered a vehicle for young children to explore music or mathematics for that matter. At Catherine Cook School, where I am the Director of Education Technology, I oversee our AV Studio which is equipped with a sound proof recording room and separate editing room. In the […]
posted by Brian Puerling Young children are usually up for the challenge of an exciting game whether it be a board game, hide and seek, or simply guessing something. Scavenger hunts provide children with the opportunity, at its best, to develop skills around collaboration, observation, and communication. Taking technology out of the home and the […]
posted by Brian Puerling In 2016, I had the honor of being an Early Career Fellow for the Fred Rogers Center. In this role, my charge was to develop a concept for an application that brought art, communication, and language together. This open-ended application invites children of many ages to create stories independently or collaboratively […]
posted by Brian Puerling Note: Strategies provided in all four of February’s blog posts can be facilitated in both the home and the classroom, as well as other contexts. Young children are often intrigued by the sense of magic that today’s technology seems to possess. Though there is not magic in the devices, we can […]
posted by Leslie Layman What’s your favorite childhood math memory? It might sound like an odd question, but you can probably think of your favorite book or your favorite school experience. Math should be just a fun and joyful as the telling of a good story or a scientific inquiry activity. I often find that […]
posted by Leslie Layman I think one of the most exciting and hopeful things about working in early childhood is knowing that both young learners and early childhood professionals are some of the most diverse populations in our country. You can literally see the beginnings of a more equitable and integrated future in the making. […]
posted by Leslie Layman At Harry S Truman College, where I serve as coordinator and adjunct faculty in the Child Development Department, we recently had the opportunity to create Early Childhood Education lab spaces. The most unique of our labs is the ECE Tinkering Lab. T lab serves as part woodshop, part methods lab, and […]
posted by Leslie Layman It’s probably not a great start for my first Math at Home Blog entry to tell you all that used to dislike math. Like, really dislike it. I can still feel tears of frustration welling up while my face got hot when I couldn’t finish all the questions on a math […]