Tag Archives: Kindergarten

Playing with symmetry in kindergarten

Posted on April 7, 2017 by

In our kindergarten classroom, there is a big mirror that is usually covered by a giant map.  And for good reason!  As soon as the students find themselves anywhere near the mirror, it attracts them like a magnet.  They make … Continue reading →

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3-digit numbers are tricky! Part II

Posted on April 2, 2017 by

This is a follow-up post to this one, about introducing 3-digit numbers to kindergartners. I start this lesson by asking the students to come up to the board one by one and write down consecutive numbers starting with 100.  There … Continue reading →

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Entertaining kindergartners with caterpillars, dots, and monsters

Posted on March 30, 2017 by

Below is a guest post by my sister, Yulia Shpilman. We had a particularly wonderful class with my Kindergarten Math Circle last week and I wanted to share a few of our activities, in case someone else wants to try … Continue reading →

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3-digit numbers are tricky!

Posted on March 29, 2017 by

For the past several weeks, our kindergartners have been playing with 2-digit numbers: they made numbers out of base-10 blocks, wrote them on the board, translated between the two representations, counted by 10’s from different starting points, and more.  We … Continue reading →

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Time, symmetry, and unexpected turns

Posted on March 16, 2017 by

This is a story of how a kindergarten lesson on telling time turned into a lesson on symmetry.  It all started with a fun, colorful clock, with numbers 1 through 12 made out of shapes (some related to the number, … Continue reading →

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Lots of fun with Tiny Polka Dot

Posted on January 28, 2017 by

For a week in our kindergarten class we have been playing with Tiny Polka Dot!  I had been excited about these cards arriving for a while, and I was not disappointed.  They are colorful, sturdy and creative, and my students … Continue reading →

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Functions in Kindergarten – A favorite

Posted on January 6, 2017 by

A few weeks ago I did a series of lessons with the kindergartners about one of my favorite topics to do with this age group: functions!  I recall being quite surprised when I introduced the concept to my daughter when … Continue reading →

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