Early Math Resources for Teacher Educators
Many of our DREME TE resources can be used to support students’ understanding of the ways in…
The story of a preschool teacher leveraging children's ideas to engage in geometry. It addresses anxiety teachers experience when…
Drawing attention to supporting the math learning of dual language learners (DLLs) provides an…
Imagine that you, a teacher, are preparing to read a book to a child or group of children and…
Imagine that you, as a teacher, are preparing to read a book to a child or group of children…
These guidelines can provide nine or more hours on early mathematics (with a focus on counting) in a three-unit semester preschool…
This guide discusses general principles of reading and analyzing storybooks and offers brief descriptions of storybooks that children…
This use case explores participants’ understanding of the wide variety of patterns encountered in the preschool classroom…
What do we mean by pattern? Can young children engage in algebraic thinking to understand patterns? How should we help…
This story is written not for children, but for prospective and practicing teachers. It takes the child’s point of view about counting …
Measurement is the process of accurately determining the extent, amount, or quantitative value…
In the activity, children are asked to view a picture (simple drawing, storybook page, complex geometrical shape, etc.), and describe…
Imagine that you, a teacher, are preparing to read a book to a child or group of children and you want to use the story as an…
This resource incorporates a variety of DREME TE resources to meet student learning outcomes for the math portion of the Bakersfield…
Support early math learning in your preschool classroom by understanding practical strategies that can be used to support children’s…
These tasks are designed to help you assess children’s concepts of shape. The protocol begins…
This story is written not for children, but for prospective and practicing teachers. It takes the child’s point of view about patterns…
These tasks are designed to help you assess a child’s understanding of spatial topics. The…
A brief overview of the development of counting in young children. Counting is more complex than usually assumed and learning it can be…
Considering how a young child would intuitively approach word problems helps us to explore the range of problem types within…
How do we assess what children know about collecting data and using it to answer questions and solve problems? This handout…
Children compare and measure all the time in the classroom. How can we assess their knowledge in this important area of…
A brief account of formative assessment approaches that can help you identify what young children know about patterns…
A brief overview of the development of patterns and algebraic thinking in young children. Children are born with the ability to detect…
Below are a selection of tasks you can use to determine what children know about counting. The prompts are just suggestions; consider…
This article asserts that flexible assessment plays a central role in successful education. Flexible assessment includes careful…
A brief account of formative assessment approaches that help you learn what young children know about counting and number.
To teach well, you need to understand the individual child’s math knowledge. This document provides guidelines for conducting…