• Spatial Relations

    “When is a Triangle a Triangle?” Activity

    This activity provides participants with an opportunity to explore their comfort level and fears around teaching geometry and spatial relations.  
  • Spatial Relations

    “More than Hearts and Diamonds” Activity

    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
  • Spatial Relations

    “When is a Triangle a Triangle?” Vignette

    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.
  • Spatial Relations

    “More Than Hearts and Diamonds” Vignette

    This fictionalized but very real story of actual teacher experiences tells the story of a team-teaching effort to incorporate meaningful and important concepts in geometry and spatial relations into a project-based