Math Continuum Development

Resources Used

Learning Trajectories: a web-based tool for early childhood educators to learn about how children think and learn about mathematics and how to teach mathematics to young children

http://www.learningtrajectories.org

Taking Shape: Activities to Develop Geometric and Spatial Thinking, Grades K-2 by Joan Moss, Catherine D. Moss, Bev Caswell, Tara Flynn and Zachary Hawes. Toronto: Pearson Canada, 2016.

This book explores spatial reasoning as integral and foundational to math understanding. It provides a look at the key themes within spatial reasoning and  includes many tasks, games and challenges to support the many themes.

What to Look For: Understanding and Developing Student Thinking in Early Numeracy by Alex Lawson. Toronto: Pearson Canada, 2016.

This book is based on the documentation and the analyzing of a student group and their mathematical progress over a number of years. It focuses on students’ strategies and key ideas and how they develop over time.