Wouldn’t it be great if there were blocks that could specifically support play in math and allow our students participate in mathematical self-discovery?
Playing with Numbers: SumBlox
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Children at Play: Putting Play Back in Education
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...
Get Off the Escalator! Building Independence in Math Workshop
The concept of Math Workshop changes the way math has looked in schools for the past 30 years. As we talk about building independent learners, working towards inquiry-based instruction and turning more control of the learning over to students, the idea of entitlement comes up often.
Social Stories: Your (Not-So-)Secret Weapon for Classroom Sanity
It’s mid-September…the honeymoon is over. The excitement of the school year has worn off and Thanksgiving seems like an eternity away. This is the perfect time to revisit social stories!
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