Kayla  Hindman   Robbyn  Glinsmann  

Director  of  Early  Childhood,  Office  of  Instruc8on  

Elementary  Math  Content  Specialist  

Oklahoma  State  Department  of  Educa8on   Edmond  Public  Schools  

Kayla.Hindman@sde.ok.gov  405-­‐522-­‐4499   Robbyn.Glinsmann@edmondschools.net      

Pre-­‐K  and  Kindergarten  Math  

Growing Young Mathematicians

The Teaching Math to Young Children practice

guide is organized around five main

recommendations, each supported by a set of clear, action-oriented

steps teacherscan use in their

classrooms.

Recommenda9on  1:  Teach  number  and  opera8ons  using  a  developmental  progression.  

Provide  children  with  opportuni9es  to  subi9ze  small  collec9ons,  prac9ce  coun9ng,  compare  the  magnitude  of  collec9ons,  and  use  numerals  to  quan9fy  collec9ons  before  moving  on  to  simple  arithme9c  problems.  

 Recommenda9on  2:  

Teach  geometry,  paGerns,  measurement  and  data  analysis  using  

a  developmental  progression  

   

Teach  children  to  recognize  and  compare  shapes,  iden9fy  and  create  paGerns,  make  direct  comparisons  using  measurement  tools,  and  collect  and  organize  informa9on.    

 Recommenda9on  3:  

Use  progress  monitoring  to  ensure  that  math  instruc9on  builds  on  what  each  

child  knows.        

Determine  children’s  current  level  of  math  knowledge  based  on  a  developmental  progression,  and  then  use  the  informa9on  about  children’s  skills  to  tailor  instruc9on.  

 Recommenda9on  4:  Teach  children  to  view  and  describe  

their  world  mathema9cally.    

   

Use  informal  methods  to  represent  math  concepts  generally  before  linking  to  formal  vocabulary  and  symbols.  Open-­‐ended  ques9ons  and  math  conversa9on  encourages  applying  math  to  the  everyday  situa9ons.  

   

Recommenda9on  5:  Dedicate  9me  each  

day  to  teaching  math,  and  integrated  math  

instruc9on  throughout  the  school  

day.        

Deliberately  set  aside  9me  each  day  to  teach  math  and  look  for  opportuni9es  to  incorporate  math  across  the  curriculum.    

Practice guidehttp://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/

practice_guides/wwc_empg_numbers_020714.pdf

hGp://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/prac9ce_guides/early_math_pg_111313.pdf#page=18    

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