MATH
At STEMIE, we are developing learning trajectories for science, technology, and engineering. Our colleagues at University of Denver/Marsico Institute are the math pioneers.
Math is the study of patterns in numbers and space, including the concepts, processes, and structures of counting and numbers, space and shape, and symmetry, as well as a set of math practices by which math knowledge is developed, refined, and applied.
Math has 5 groups of big ideas – Number & Operations, Data Analysis, Measurement, Geometry, and Algebra. Each group of big idea has a set of topics and each topic has a developmental progression.
Learning Trajectories work in math was pioneered by Drs. Doug Clements and Julie Sarama. Visit their website [LT]2 – Learning and Teaching with Learning Trajectories to:
- learn about how children learn and think about math
- try math activities for children birth to age 8
- get started supporting early childhood math learning
Some of STEMIE’s resources include math topics as well as science, technology, and/or engineering. Here are those resources:
STEM ideas for toddlers at bath time
Daily Routine Explorations with Your Young Child: Doing LaundrySTEM activities while doing laundry.
Daily Routine Explorations with Your Young Child: Getting DressedAll STEM domains can be explored during the routine of dressing.
Daily Routine Explorations with Your Young Child: Mealtime – ApplesExplore sequencing, sorting, and counting during activities with apples.
Daily Routine Explorations with Your Young Child: Mealtime – Making CookiesChildren explore science and computational thinking concepts while making cookies.
Daily Routine Explorations with Your Young Child: Mealtime – Making DonutsSTEM in the kitchen with donuts.
Daily Routine Explorations with Your Young Child: Mealtime – Making Ice CreamChildren explore science, math, and computational thinking concepts while making ice cream.
Daily Routine Explorations with Your Young Child: Mealtime – Making PancakesSTEM in the kitchen with pancakes
Daily Routine Explorations with Your Young Child: Mealtime – Making WafflesExplore STEM learning while making waffles.
Daily Routine Explorations with Your Young Child: Mealtime for InfantsSTEM ideas for infants at meal time
Daily Routine Explorations with Your Young Child: Mealtime for ToddlersSTEM ideas for toddlers at meal time
Discovery Play Activities with Your Young Child: Building BlocksSTEM ideas for blocks
Discovery Play Activities with Your Young Child: Counting Things that FlyObserve, count, and sort things that fly
Discovery Play Activities with Your Young Child: What Makes a Shadow?Help your child discover shadows and how to create them.
Storybook Conversations: Bear in a SquareIn this interactive book, readers are challenged to identify and count shapes the bear character sees at the park, school, and more
Storybook Conversations: Counting KissesThis book offers creative ways to count with young children
Storybook Conversations: How Big is a Foot?Help the King measure a gift for the queen
Storybook Conversations: I See PatternsPretty photos and simple words give you lots to talk about patterns with babies and toddlers
Storybook Conversations: Inside, Outside, Upside DownIn this book, Brother Berenstain learns all about opposite locations and directions while hiding inside a moving box. Will Papa Bear find him, or will Brother find his way out of the box?
Storybook Conversations: Luna’s Yum Yum Dim SumLuna is having Dim Sum on her birthday. She and her brothers are talking about how to share buns fairly
Storybook Conversations: One Duck StuckA duck looks to friends to help her get unstuck from the mud
Storybook Conversations: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy ButtonsPete the Cat sings about his shirt and counts his four groovy buttons. When some fall off, Pete has to subtract and count again! Can you help Pete count his changing number of buttons?
Storybook Conversations: Six-Dinner SidSid the cat lives at #1 Aristotle Street. He also lives at #2, #3, #4, #5, and #6. Since the neighbors on Aristotle Street do not talk to each other, no one realizes that Sid gets six dinners each night. What will happen when Sid gets a cold?
Storybook Conversations: Ten Apples Up On TopThree animal friends practice balancing and counting apples on their heads.
Storybook Conversations: Ten Black DotsIn this rhyming book, the author explores all the different objects that can be made from ten black dots.
Storybook Conversations: Up to My KneesIt is spring time. Mei plants a seed and watches it grow. How tall will it get?