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A Focus on Math

Spring 2022

Feature Teacher Curti Dunmore reading with her students,

This issue of Teaching Young Children is packed with suggestions to make math meaningful, engaging, and playful for young children, with recommended activities and materials adaptable for every setting. Also explore how to develop confidence in early math teaching, how to help children think about data, nature-based alternatives to class pets, and more.

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Message from Rhian

Rhian Evans Allvin

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Message from the TYC Editorial Team

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Feature Teacher: Curti Dunmore

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Playing Around with Number Composition: Games, Stories, and Everyday Problem Solving in the Preschool Classroom

Alissa A. Lange Hagit Mano Sylwia Lech Irena Nayfeld

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Message in a Backpack: Helping Your Preschool Child with Computational Thinking

Heather Lavigne Jillian Orr Marisa Wolsky

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Promoting Spatial Orientation: A Math Activity for Teachers and Families

Lindsey Perry Eloise Aniag Kuehnert Leanne Ketterlin Geller

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9X. Grow in Confidence as an Early Math Teacher

Anita Kumar

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Make Picture Books Count: Effective Ways to Integrate Math and Literacy

Carrie S. Cutler

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Exploring Children’s Thinking About Data

Angela Chan Turrou Nicholas C. Johnson Megan L. Franke

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Now Read This! Supporting Positive Racial Identity with Literacy-Based Math

Toni Sturdivant

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Beyond Classroom Pets: Innovative Ways to Connect Young Children with Animals

Annemarie Hindman

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Ask Hello. Transitions Within the Day

Audience: Teacher

Topics: Child Development, Cognitive, Higher Level Thinking, Brain Science, Subject Areas, Math, TYC