Joyful Learning in the Early Years

I am a Reggio Emilia inspired Full Day Kindergarten teacher and mother to three young children. This blog is meant as a communication tool for the families of our children and as a learning tool for the many educators who follow us. Please feel free to comment on posts and participate in our collective understanding of emergent curriculum.

Showing posts with label manipulatives. Show all posts

Showing posts with label manipulatives. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Multiplicative Thinking in the Early Years

Even though multiplication can be an abstract concept for many, the foundation for it can be nurtured in the early years. Multiplicative th...

Sunday, September 25, 2022

Algebra in Kindergarten? Absolutely!

"Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas." Albert Einstein When you think about algebra you might have me...

Sunday, September 16, 2018

Anchor of Five

Anchor of 5 A successful math program for children will have an emphasis on number sense as its foundation. Number sense is a natura...

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Pete's Buttons

"Pete the Cat" is always a favourite character of young children! Today we read the book "Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy B...

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

How Many Presents?

Today we displayed some mini presents and encouraged the children to practice counting how many there were by using the tools we've bee...

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Math Tools

With over 300 food items for our can drive, we are preparing the children for calculating a large amount of objects by using math tools in ...

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