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Playing with Numbers: K-1 Hands-On Math from the Chicago Children’s Museum Ramona Richards Education Programs Manager Birth-to-Third Grade (B-3) Continuity Conference 10:00 AM Thursday, June 14 th

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Page 1: Chicago Children’s Museum - Illinois State...Chicago Children’s Museum Ramona Richards Education Programs Manager Birth-to-Third Grade (B-3) Continuity Conference 10:00 AM Thursday,

Playing with Numbers:K-1 Hands-On Math from the

Chicago Children’s Museum

Ramona Richards

Education Programs Manager

Birth-to-Third Grade (B-3) Continuity Conference

10:00 AM Thursday, June 14th

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Introductions

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Session Objectives

Understand the mission and motivations behind our museum-based professional development

Playing with Numbers.

Connect math to the real world through children’s literature.

Engage in age-appropriate, FUN, hands-on math activities.

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Why Playing with Numbers?

• Early math is a predictor of achievement

• Marginalized populations

• Math anxiety for early educators

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Our CCM Mission:

To improve children’s lives by creating

a community where play and learning

connect.

Inform, Inspire, Enable:

Empower adults to understand and extend

play and learning experiences for children

beyond the museum’s walls.

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What is Playing with Numbers?

CONTENT COLLABORATION REFLECTION

hands-on materials

learning trajectories

conceptual knowledge

school teams

PLCs

Reflective Practice

PWN cohorts

math work stations

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Procedural Knowledge

• Rules• Procedures• Algorithms• Step-by-step

…often learned separate from concepts, and memorized.

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Conceptual Knowledge

• Focus on relationships• Interconnected• Synthesizes old and

new knowledge• Multiple paths to

solutions• Uses reasoning

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Trajectory of Learning

CONCRETE PICTORIAL SYMBOLIC

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Utilizing Literature

in Mathematics

Explicit mathematical

concept

Includes a mathematical

problem

Supports big ideas in math

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Math Work Stations

• Exploratory, open-ended

• Increase learner independence

• Increase academic talk

• Focus on a specific math concept

• Opportunities to differentiate

• Fun!

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Let’s Try It Out!

• Counting & Cardinality

• Mouse Count

• Operations & Algebraic

Thinking“

• Bears in a Cave”

• Geometry

• MagnaTiles

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Debrief & Conclusion

What did you notice while you were at play?

How do you think you could apply this in your teaching?

Did you have any “aha moments” today?

Questions and comments?

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Thank you!