Our Books & Resources
Written for Real-World Teaching
In 2014 we authored the book Big Ideas in Early Mathematics: What Children of Young Children Need to Know. For teachers of children ages three through six, the book provides foundations for further mathematics learning and helps facilitate long-term mathematical understanding. It’s the perfect guide for those who want to focus their instruction on mathematics that is central, coherent, and rigorous.
In 2018 we authored the book Growing Mathematical Minds. It is the documentation of an innovative, bi-directional process of connecting research and practice in early childhood mathematics. The book translates research on early mathematics from developmental psychology into terms that are meaningful to teachers and readily applicable in early childhood classrooms.
In 2021, we authored the book Precursor Math Concepts: The Wonder of Mathematical Worlds with Infants and Toddlers. This book helps us think about how to support children ages 0-3 to explore the mathematics in their world right from the start.
The Big Ideas that convey the core concepts of mathematics are at the heart of this book that gives early childhood educators the skills they need to organize for mathematics teaching and learning during the early years.
Our latest book Growing Mathematical Minds bridges research and practice. We translate research on early mathematics from developmental psychology into terms that are meaningful to teachers and readily applicable in early childhood classrooms.
This groundbreaking book looks at the development of mathematical thinking in infants and toddlers, with an emphasis on the earliest stage, from zero to three, when mathematical thinking and problem solving first emerge as natural instincts.
The Best Children’s Books for Early Math Learning
One sure fire way to warm up children’s attitude towards mathematics is to build math activities and lessons out of the books they all love to listen to and read.
We have collected many lists and activity ideas related to some of the best children’s books we know of, all infused with math concepts. We’ve outlined links below, organized under the early math topics of our website. Use math books for kids to show them how to bring math to life!
Other Books By Our Staff
Family child care homes are a vital part of child care, serving nearly 3 million children in the United States. This book lays the groundwork family child care providers need to run a successful program in a warm, welcoming setting for children and their families.
Make math learning both meaningful and fun by building on children’s natural curiosity to help them grow into confident problem solvers and investigators of math concepts.
Drawing from 30 years of teaching and professional development experience, author Mary Hynes-Berry offers a roadmap for using children’s literature to provide authentic learning.
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Our Online Learning Resources
Our goal is to improve and provide resources for real-world teaching. This means not just accumulating and distributing knowledge about foundational mathematics, but providing resources that have practical implications for teaching, affecting attitudes and practices as well. Resources are relevant, easy-to-find, and emphasize importance for classroom or teacher education purposes.
We align to the Common Core State Standards so that educators can find what they are looking for according to learning standards. We connect those standards to our own Big Ideas, drilling down to the heart of what standards intend to do, which is communicate what central concepts children need to understand.
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