Here is a detailed description of one round of the Shape Touch activity described in Teaching about Shape when we used it as part of a university course titled “The
This resource explores connections among executive functioning (EF) and geometry and spatial relations and provides tips for early childhood educators to support EF while engaging in and geometry and spatial
This page consists of video clips that are designed to illustrate assessing students using the shape assessment protocol. Please visit the Shape Assessment Protocol for more details.
This page consists of video clips that are designed to illustrate assessing students using the shape assessment protocol. Please visit the Space Assessment Protocol for more details.
As a preservice teacher educator working with students who are just beginning their preschool teaching careers, I have three main goals: (1) to help students draw on their own experiences
Often in professional development settings it is productive to anchor the content of the day around one activity designed for children. Within the context of the activity, we can engage participants
Children often describe characteristics of shapes using their informal out-of-school language. We want to encourage participants to elicit children’s informal knowledge and language around the shapes and move them to being as specific
The story of a preschool teacher leveraging children’s ideas to engage in geometry. It addresses anxiety teachers experience when working beyond simple shapes, offering a perspective that engages participants and the children they teach.
This activity provides participants with an opportunity to explore the attributes of 2-D geometric figures (similar to how one would engage children), and to explore their own beliefs and attitudes
