by Shannon McCartney | Mar 22, 2018 | *Addition, *Early Intervention, *Fractions, *Math Manipulatives, *Multiplication, *Numeracy, *Parent Connection, Audience - K-5, Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2)
Blocks are an essential part of any early childhood experience, whether in a classroom or at home. As children play with blocks and construct towers, they discover how shapes fit together and how two smaller blocks might equal one of the larger blocks if they run out...
by Shannon McCartney | Mar 16, 2018 | *Motor Skills (Fine and Gross), Audience - K-5, Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2)
I think we can all agree that our youngest students need to spend more time playing and developing their fine and gross motor skills and building a strong foundation for academics. But where do we even start? We posted last summer about the importance of motor...
by Shannon McCartney | Mar 8, 2018 | *Early Intervention, *Intervention Strategies, *Math Manipulatives, *Motor Skills (Fine and Gross), *Parent Connection, Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2), Audience - PreK
I go into hundreds of classrooms a year, and I find the kindergarten classrooms to be the most interesting. At one time, we thought kindergarten was going to be a great, developmentally appropriate idea for our youngest students. I was part of the planning...
by Shannon McCartney | Mar 1, 2018 | *Division, *Fractions, *Math Manipulatives, *Multiplication, Audience - Upper Elementary (3-5), Series - Fraction February
If we think about how we learned multiplication and division of fractions, it’s actually quite comical. Many of us were taught to just multiply across. So, when kids look at whole number multiplication and they transition into fractions, they really don’t make a whole...
by Shannon McCartney | Feb 23, 2018 | *Addition, *Fractions, *Math Manipulatives, *Number Talks, *Subtraction, Audience - Upper Elementary (3-5), Series - Fraction February
Once students have a solid conceptual understanding of equivalent fractions and comparing fractions, the next thing we want to work on is helping kids add and subtract fractions, whether with common or uncommon denominators. A common theme in Fraction February is that...
