Two competing theories, resolved
I wrote about two competing theories recently. Each is an answer the question Why do you never see a square on the rectangle page of a shapes book for young children? That question stands in for lots of other specific questions, such as Why do counting books tend to...
Two competing theories
Why do you never see a square on the rectangle page of a shapes book for children? This is the sort of book I'm talking about. I asked this question of a colleague this summer. It turns out that my colleague and I have different answers to this question. I'll share...
Adventures with kindergarten and first graders
I received this note recently: I teach 1st and I'm also in ... M.Ed program for K-6. I'd be interested in having you come to our class. Let me know if that's still possible this year. Can I make time to talk math with young children? Of course I can! Pretty soon, we...
Same Idea or Different?
I am currently writing the teacher guide for my next book, How Did You Count? (See a couple of teaser photos at the end of this post!) A section of a chapter of that teacher guide has the heading Seek to Understand and to Be Understood. Those who know my teaching will...
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