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Children add and remove core units from a pattern to fill the spaces on a board.
All activities use common classroom materials or printables, including:
All activities use common classroom materials or printables, including:
Children add and remove core units from a pattern to fill the spaces on a board.
Compare the relative length of body parts to other objects using words such as longer or shorter.
Children figure out the sorting rule based on pictures and then sort objects as quickly as possible.
One child hides some counters from a small set, and a second child estimates how many were hidden.
Compare the weights of objects using a balance and then sort the objects into two groups
based on their weights.
Practice counting-on and adding in this short path board game
Compare the number of objects in different sets to feed an animal.
Copy a geometric design or building shown in a picture using blocks or square color tiles.
Children draw a picture of a building they made to explore spatial relationships
Work together to create a unique building that includes a certain number of features, such as stairs, towers, doors.
Roll a die to determine how many blocks to add to a tower. Keep going until the tower falls over.
Practice symmetry by placing blocks on one side of a line to create a mirror image of the blocks on the other side of the line.
The Math Center Activities were developed by the DREME Vanderbilt University team led by Kelley Durkin and Dale Farran and composed of Luke Rainey, Rachel Kasul, Katie Roland, and Danielle Davis. Eric Dearing, Lindsay Clements, Ariadne Nelson, Julie Kim, Alden Burnham, and Alexia Kovatsis at Boston College also contributed to the creation of these resources. The authors are grateful to their collaborating teachers in Nashville, Boston, and the greater Minneapolis-St Paul metropolitan region.