Core Knowledge® Foundation : Mathematics and Number Sense / Orientation in Time and Space

What Your—Grader Needs to Know

<i>What Your—Grader Needs to Know</i> In one volume per grade, this eight-volume series provides parents, teachers, and children with an introduction to the important knowledge outlined in the Core Knowledge Sequence. More…

Kindergarten Readiness

In this 20-minute interview Linda Bevilacqua, President of the Core Knowledge Foundation, outlines indicators of kindergarten readiness and activities that you can do to help prepare your child for kindergarten. More…

Mathematics and Number Sense / Orientation in Time and Space

Audience

Preschool teachers, administrators

Length

2 days (6 hours/day)

Prerequisites

Getting Started with the Preschool Sequence

Objectives

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

summarize research findings on young children's intuitive understanding of mathematical concepts and how this relates to classroom instruction;
identify how preschoolers construct mathematical understanding;
idenfity the mathematics, time, and space goals and objectives of the Preschool Sequence;
identify techniques for assessing mathematical, spatial, and temporal skills;
identify and demonstrate the use of the materials and activities from each component of the Number Worlds^TM program;
identify and demonstrate the types of language and questions to support development of oral language and mathematical concepts; and
describe the manner in which the week-to-week planning guide is used to organize math experiences in the classroom.

Summary

This unit introduces the participant to relevant research and theory, and gives the participants overview instruction in the Number Worlds^TM math program.

Registration:

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For addtional details, please contact the Professional Development Coordinator via email, professionaldevelopment@coreknowledge.org, or by calling (434) 220-3352.

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