Register for the FREE Making Math Moments Virtual Summit 2023! Do you have students who are having trouble counting? This series will explore the stages of counting, how to identify the stages of your students, and what to do to support them through this stage and into the next one! Helpful Links Emergent Counters Blog Post One to One Correspondence Blog Post Emergent Counters Bundle Let's Connect! Instagram Website YouTube Channel

While getting a refresher on Culturally Responsive Education, I realized how much the strategies in Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain match up with Building Thinking Classrooms, but Culturally Responsive Teaching was written at least 5 years before BTC. Math is often a subject that is not known to be “Culturally Responsive.” Then why does BTC seem to work so well? In this episode, I outline the similarities and encourage you to try it in your classrooms through the lens of...

Rounding out our number sense routine series is Choral Counting. This routine is great for focusing on specific number sequences that may be tricky for your students!I talk about what a choral count is, how to do a choral count, different ways to record your counts, and some ideas for varying your counts to support different areas of our number system. Any podcast episodes you want me to make? Let me know in this Google Form! Helpful Links Blog Post:YT VideoChoral Counting Templates and...

One of my least favorite standards to work on is counting to 100. 🧮 It takes a long time and it's abstract and the students who need to practice the most often don’t when we count together. So how do we get students to practice counting when they don’t want to? In this week’s episode, I give 8 ideas for rote counting, counting backward, and skip counting! Helpful Links Rote Counting Blog Rote Counting Video Skip Counting Tasks Get the Number Sense Routines Bundle! Let's...

Continuing with our number sense routines series, is a tried and true routine students will love!I talk about what Quick Images is, how to implement it, and 4 ideas to extend this fast-paced number sense routine! This routine is great for practicing ✅subitizing ✅one to one correspondence ✅number sense ✅academic conversations & more! Helpful Links Quick Images Blog Quick Images Video ⭐ Quick Images Freebie ⭐ Quick Images Mega Bundle Get the full Number Sense Routines Bundle! Let's Connect!...

This episode starts a series on the Podcast about Number Sense Routine you can implement in your classroom today! If you’ve seen Sesame Street, you may recognize this number sense routine. In this episode, I talk about why you even need a number sense routine, how to do the Which One Doesn’t Belong routine, and the benefits this powerful 5-minute routine can have in your classroom! Helpful Links Which One Doesn’t Belong Slides Which One Doesn’t Belong Blog Post Which One Doesn’t Belong...

Are you over worksheets for morning work? I share some ideas for hands one morning work your students will love! Get the Full Bundle! Get the Morning Work Freebie HERE! Let's Connect! Instagram Get a closer look at these resources on the blog! YouTube Channel

How do you feel about homework in kindergarten? If you don’t love kindergarten homework I have a solution for you that your students will love!Helpful LinksGet the Homework Games!Read the blog post!Watch the video version!Let's Connect! InstagramWebsiteYouTube Channel

Are you ready to try? Try this Free Task! You may have read the Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics book and are pumped to start, but are not sure where. This episode is for you I talk about my experience and what you need to think through before starting. This methodology will transform your math classroom and your students as problem solvers. Watch them go from hesitant and afraid to make mistakes to jumping in head first, and doing math in a way that makes sense to them that is...

Would you like to try some of these activities for free?Do you have rekenreks sitting around your classroom and are wondering what to do with them? I remember getting given some with ESSRS funds and was like, what am I going to do with this? I dove in and did some research so you don't have to and let me tell you, my students love using them!This episode is for you! I talk all about what number racks or rekenreks are, how to use them, and what they are great for! I also give you some ideas of...

After a year of using the Building Thinking Classrooms framework, how did it work in Kindergarten? In this podcast, I talk about my results with these math problems for kindergarten, some things I am curious about, and what I would change if I were to start over! Are you ready to try? Try this Free Task! Timestamps1:00 Results6:30 Curiosities, Things I noticed10:10 Things I would change for next time!12:32 Try a Task!14:03 Sharing with Colleagues Helpful LinksGet the Building Thinking...

In this week's episode, I talk all about a quick assessment and data-tracking resource to support you and your students in creating counting and number sense goals and seeing their growth. This data-tracking resource is for you available in English and Spanish! Math conferencing and goal setting is a powerful tool giving your students focus and creates positive momentum with achievable, bite-sized goals!This kindergarten counting data tracker is unlike other assessments that give you no...

Learn more about subitizing, and get your kids excited about math! Subitizing is a useful skill for young mathematicians to learn and will help them develop number sense! In this episode, you'll learn the definition of subitizing and activities and games to reinforce the concept. With subitizing, you can teach your students how to easily recognize number patterns, and groups of objects they can use as they grow as mathematicians. Timestamps: :33 Subitizing is like a turtle covered in...

One-to-one correspondence isn't as easy as it sounds! There is so much involved in learning to count that we don't even think about as adults! In this episode, I go over what one-to-one correspondence is, strategies to help your students with their one-to-one correspondence, and some ideas of one-to-one correspondence activities you can add to your math centers to help! Timestamps :20 Math Story Tidbits 1:19 Teaching foundational skills isn't as easy as it seems 2:05 Counting is hard 3:16...

Ep 4: 5 Amazon Must Haves for the Classroom Teacher appreciation is right around the corner, and I don’t know about you but I have had parents ask me if I have an Amazon wishlist. I don’t think you should have to spend your own money on your classroom but if someone else wants to buy you something… Do you have a few dollars to spend with some PTA money? I've gathered a list of 5 Amazon finds that are versatile, fun, and inexpensive for the math classroom. This episode provides you with five...

Have you been wanting to do math center time in your classroom but are unsure where to start and how to make it run like clockwork? This episode is for you! I go over the 5 Steps to Success I have been using for 10 YEARS that have kept math workshop my students favorite part of the day! Timestamps :58 List of the Steps 1:24 Don’t do math during math workshop 3:00 Set Clear Expectations 5:20 Practice 6:54 Visual Station Chart 8:45 Revisit and Reteach as needed Helpful Links Blog Post: YT...

Have you heard of the Book “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics” by PeterIn this episode, I go over why I was looking for an effective way to teach problem-solving that would work for kindergarten, how I started using the Building Thinking Classrooms in my Kindergarten class, my results, and my next steps! If you are hesitant to try it out in an early elementary classroom this podcast is for you! Timestamps 1:34 What is a Thinking Classroom in this Context 4:33 Set Up, 3 Things you...

Hi! I'm Lara and I didn't used to be a math person. Through a winding series of events, I have developed a passion for early elementary mathematics! Learn about it in this episode and stay tuned for future episodes about developing number sense in math!Follow me on InstagramVideo Podcast/YouTube ChannelBlog: Making Number Sense Make SenseTimestamps:0:24 What to Expect0:40 Math Origin Story (I didn't think I was a Math Person)6:00 Counting is hard!7:00 Developing Number Sense Class, My math...