by MathPickle | Sep 11, 2015 |
Unifix cubes. (MathPickle, 2011) Use Unifix to play with patterns. One new unifix mime vignette I did with kindergarten children in 2013 was to enter a new classroom with unifix cubes sorted out in color piles. I lay down in the middle of the cubes. The teacher hit a...
by MathPickle | Sep 11, 2015 |
Tribute to Eric Carl (MathPickle, 2010) Kindergarten students experience mathematical pattern and structure in many of their books. Some enjoy the predictive qualities of pattern. They like the rhythm of words and benefit from the repetition of meaningful phases....
by MathPickle | Sep 11, 2015 |
Venn diagrams are not taught well anywhere. With little effort, these diagrams can be brought to life with beauty and by going beyond that little 3 circle Venn diagram. At the very least a teacher should end a lesson on the three circle Venn diagram with a question:...
by MathPickle | Sep 11, 2015 |
Find the Attribute (MathPickle, 2013) This is a filler puzzle when you have a little chunk of time to fill and want to get your students talking about attributes. The puzzle creator chooses an attribute and publicly declares which items belong to the set and which...
by MathPickle | Sep 11, 2015 |
Beetle Sort! (MathPickle, 2011) Kindergarten students argue about which beetles belong to the collectible family. The photographs of these beetles are from Dr. Udo Schmidt, a retired beetle collector in Germany. Thanks Udo! Mathematics is a game played according to...
