Mathematical skills — and growth in these skills over the early elementary years — correlate with academic skills in later elementary school. The good news is that children can learn mathematics at very young ages, especially through playful, family-based activities...
This Funder-to-Funder Conversation began with reflections from Liz Simons, Board Chair of the Heising-Simons Foundation, who explained her personal commitment to helping math flourish in early childhood settings. Simons shared her belief that access to early math...
“I love math,” said a pre-K scholar in one New Jersey Tutoring Corps site, while another shared, “I’m going to be a math teacher when I grow up.” These two student quotes were shared during the October 19, 2021 GLR Learning Tuesdays Funder-to-Funder Conversation, New...
“How do we take this moment that feels really hard, and say, 'What can we do better'? ... 'How does research and how [does the way] we’re mobilizing knowledge and disseminating knowledge [need to] change, so that if this happens again—and listen, whether it’s a snow...
"Over a lifetime, positive effects of early math compound, and we all benefit from investing in children’s early math learning–birth through grade 3.” – Douglas Clements, Ph.D., University of Denver In this session, the second in the Early Math + Early Literacy...
"Math is innately in us” With the above quote, Jermell Witherspoon of Zeno reminded participants of the math brilliance that lives within each and every child during the inaugural session of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading’s Early Math + Early Literacy series...
In this Special Webinar, a part of the Early Math+Early Literacy series, panelists dive into children's books that make readers think about math in a whole new way! Attendees become a "student for a day" as they immerse themselves in a wide range of read-alouds and...
This Early Math+Early Literacy “unwebinar,” a part of CGLR’s Special Webinar series, features MathTalk as a community-driven approach to embedding early math skills in everyday places and spaces and supporting parents and caregivers in nurturing math joy with their children.
CO-SPONSORED BY NEW AMERICA “Math classrooms should be spaces where children are encouraged to explore, and teachers are masterful at putting the right questions and tasks in front of them to help them to develop a deep understanding of the math they're learning.”...
