by Sherry McElhannon | 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 Sherry McElhannon | Jan 18, 2018 | *Math Games, *Math Workshop, *Motor Skills (Fine and Gross), *Numeracy, Audience - Teachers
Last week I was in New Orleans working with Lafourche Parish preschool teachers. The goal of the day was numeracy, and one of the highlights was the afternoon make-and-take session, where we had five stations for teachers to visit. In addition to working on numeracy,...
by Sherry McElhannon | Dec 14, 2017 | *Math Manipulatives, Series - Magical Math Dust
Today, Shannon answers your questions about manipulatives! Do you have a question? Submit it here: https://goo.gl/CPbTZB Read on for this week’s sprinkle of Magical Math Dust! Q: Should we use manipulatives in every lesson? A: No! Students understand...
by Sherry McElhannon | Sep 28, 2017 | *Addition, *Early Intervention
I love listening to kids and their math reasoning when you give them an opportunity to tell you how they think! They have masterful minds. I love the ways they come up with to tell you how their brain is thinking, and even if they aren’t sure how their brain is...