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Philosophy Statement Starters Complete each sentence so it best describes your early childhood teaching philosophy. 1. The early education profession is important because ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Quality early education means ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. To ensure a successful early educational experience, children should have ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Children learn best by ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. The physical environment of the early education classroom should ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. The most important quality that a teacher can have is ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. The most important thing a teacher needs to know about a child is ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 8. Play is important for young children because ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 9. Curriculum and classroom planning are important because ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 10. Schedules and routines in an early childhood setting are important because ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 11. Active participation of families in an early childhood program is important because ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 12. I want to be a teacher (or I am a teacher) because ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

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Philosophy Statement Starters Complete each sentence so it best describes your early childhood teaching philosophy.

1. The early education profession is important because

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

2. Quality early education means

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

3. To ensure a successful early educational experience, children should have

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

4. Children learn best by

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

5. The physical environment of the early education classroom should

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

6. The most important quality that a teacher can have is

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

7. The most important thing a teacher needs to know about a child is

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

8. Play is important for young children because

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

9. Curriculum and classroom planning are important because

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

10. Schedules and routines in an early childhood setting are important because

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

11. Active participation of families in an early childhood program is important because

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

12. I want to be a teacher (or I am a teacher) because

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

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ANECDOTAL RECORD

Name of observer: ______________________________________________________________________________

Date: Beginning time: __________________________ Ending time: ________________________

BEHAVIOR OBSERVED SUBJECTIVE INTERPRETATION

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Two-year-olds are still learning through their senses and require a variety of materials to enhance

their developmental needs. This form can be utilized to evaluate the types of developmental

opportunities that are available from the toy selection in a particular classroom.

Evaluating Toys and Materials in a Classroom for Two-Year-Olds

Developmental Task

Name of Toy, Number Available, and

Comments

Promotes large-muscle coordination

Promotes small-muscle coordination

Fosters auditory discrimination

Encourages response to sounds

Emphasizes tactile or multisensory stimulation

Promotes eye/hand coordination

Encourages two-handed coordination

Emphasizes tactile stimulation

Emphasizes color discrimination

Builds vocabulary

Encourages autonomy

Builds self-confidence

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NURSERY RHYME BOOK

You will need to start a collection of 10 nursery rhymes to do with the children. They need to be

in a format that allows for easy access and which can be utilized by children. One suggestion I

have is to go on the Internet and search for nursery rhymes. To find pictures of the nursery

rhymes you can do an image search and type in the name of the nursery rhyme you want. You

will then have to copy and paste to a document and then print it off. A requirement is that the

pictures are in color-not black and white!!!!

Mount the picture on a study piece of poster board [can use manila folders cut in half], laminate

the picture [you can put words on one side, picture on the other], and then punch a hole through a

spot and lace a piece of ribbon, yarn, or metal ring through it for a handy song file. Make sure

the print size you use is large enough to be read when you are holding the picture at a distance of

18 inches.

Make sure you credit the website address you retrieved the picture from and place a © symbol at

the end of the address. This is a requirement because of copyright infringement laws. This

information must be placed under each one of the pictures you use.

You may come up with your own creative way to display your nursery rhymes. Try it out on the

children at your practicum site. Make sure your idea is practical and durable. DO NOT USE

COLORING BOOK PAGES!!!

If you do not know many nursery rhymes, look in books at the library or do a web search by

typing in the words “Nursery Rhymes.” Also, there is a difference between children’s songs,

children’s fingerplays, and children’s nursery rhymes. You need to focus just on NURSERY

RHYMES.

REQUIRED MINIMUM- 10 OF EACH

For example, this is the picture downloaded off the

internet for the nursery rhyme “Jack and Jill.”

http://www.vtaide.com/png/ReadWeb/jack-n-jill.htm ©

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Possible Book Suggestions for Story Mapping

Carle, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar. (1979) (Collins) Philomel

Caseley, J. J. (2002). On the Town: A Community Adventure. New York: Greenwillow.

Dooley, N. (1991). Everybody Cooks Rice. Illustrated by P.J. Thornton. Minneapolis,

MN:Carolrhoda Books

Galdone, P. (2001). The Gingerbread Boy. New York: Clarion.

Galdone, P. (2001). Little Red Hen. New York: Clarion.

Gilliland, U. H. (1990). The Day of Ahmed’s Secret. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.

Gresko, M. S. (2000). A Ticket to Israel. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books.

Hutchins, Pat. The Doorbell Rang. (1986) Greenwillow

Heiman, S. (2004). Mexico ABC’s: A Book About the People andPplaces of Mexico. New

York: Picture Window Books.

Johnson, C. (1955/1983). Harold and the Purple Crayon. New York: HarperTrophy.

Marshall, James. (1998). Goldilocks and the Three Bears. New York: Puffin.

Marshall, James. (2000). Little Red Riding Hood. U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap.

Numeroff, Laura. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. ( 1985) Harper & Row

Robart, Rose. The Cake that Mack Ate. (1986.) Little, Brown, Sis, P. (2000). Madlenka.

New York: Groundwood Books. (Available in English and Spanish).

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PROPS FOR SPONTANEOUS DRAMATIC PLAY

Write a dramatic play theme that comes to mind for each of these props.

Flowers

Stamps

Mirror

Timer

Pail

Envelopes

Play money

Eggbeater

Cookie cutter

Quilt or wall hanging

Rubber stamp and ink pad

Empty refrigerator box

Furry brown blanket

White twinkle lights

Feather

Long, flowing scarf

Large empty cardboard carpet roll

Sea shell

Wooden picnic basket

Add 10 more ideas! ___________________________________________

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

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___________________________ Just look around you, in every corner and

closet. Props are waiting to be found.

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Chapter 8

Sensory Awareness

Chapter 8 underscores the point that young children are much more in touch with their

senses then adults are. In some ways in order to live in our current society, adults must turn off

their senses to a great degree in order to accomplish the daily tasks of living and meet the

responsibilities of work and studies. If we continued to be ruled solely by our senses we might

always be late and not capable of completing anything because we would have stopped to smell

the roses-constantly!

However, if you are to appreciate the child’s view of the world, it is necessary that you

become more aware of your own senses. If you truly concentrate on taking in information

through your senses do you perceive information differently? In a way this activity requires you

to turn off your analytical mind and turn on your aesthetic perception.

For this activity, you will do the following:

A. Read some information regarding sensory awareness in children. Some of the following

links might be helpful:

Infants and Toddlers: How Children Develop Sensory Awareness

O http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3745968

Promoting Sensory Development O http://hubpages.com/hub/Promoting-Childrens-Sensory-and-Motor--

Development Using Sensory Activities to Teach Wonder, Investigation, and Discovery

O http://www.extension.org/pages/Using_Sensory_Activities_to_Teach_Wonder,_Investigation,_and_Discovery

B. Explore Your Environment

a. Directions: Spend 15 minutes outside or inside your home or school. Use your

senses to answer these questions:

1. List everything you see.

2. Breathe in and describe what you smell.

3. Close your eyes and list the sounds that you hear. Where did they come

from?

4. Touch something (not another person) close by and describe how it feels.

How did it feel to slow down and just utilize your senses?

C. Spend at least 30 minutes in an infant or toddler room experiencing what the child

experiences in the classroom. This will entail you to be on the floor, so dress for comfort.

Try to follow the child’s lead. Note how the child uses his or her senses to make

meaning of the world.

D. Share your feelings about your experience with your classmates.

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Chapter 9

Natural Scientists

Visit a preschool, kindergarten, and primary class during free time. Observe the children and

identify any of the inquiry skills below that you witnessed. Decide if what you observed is

child-directed, teacher-guided (supported), or teacher-directed. Briefly describe what you

observed under each skill and note the overall amount of time children spent utilizing process

skills. Can you conclude whether children are natural scientists or if they have opportunities

to be natural scientists?

Process Skill Description Setting (child-directed,

etc.)

Observing

Comparing

Classifying

Measuring

Communicating

Inferring

Predicting

Recording data

Overall Conclusion:

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Chapter 10

Math Knowledge and Competencies Rating Scale

Rate (on a scale of 1 to 10) your knowledge and competency for each of the identified mathematical

content components and process skills listed below.

For the knowledge scale: What is your confidence level regarding your ability to be able to explain to

someone else what each of these terms mean? As you observe children, would you be able to identify if

their play demonstrated involvement in any of these content components?

For the competency scale: What is your skill level for each of these mathematical content components?

Do you feel that you would know what kinds of materials you could use with children to enhance their

skill level in each of these categories? How confident to you feel about your ability to take advantage of

teachable moments or to design lessons that would enhance children’s knowledge and skills for these

mathematical content components and process skills?

Rating Scale: Poor (1) to Excellent (10)

Knowledge Competency Number sense and counting

One-to-one correspondence

Classifying and sorting

Patterns, functions, algebra

Geometry (shapes) and spatial

sense

Seriation

Measurement

Data analysis and probability

Problem Solving

Connecting

Reasoning

Communicating

Representing

Memories

Describe memories of your early math experiences and how they might have affected your current

knowledge level and competencies in the different categories.

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Plan of Action A.

If you are an individual who has math phobias, had unfortunate experiences with math, or found your

ratings to be on the low side, discuss how you plan to resolve those issues.

B.

What do you think are the positive and negative aspects of learning about mathematical content and

process skills?

C.

Can you envision preparing yourself as a teacher who has developed math competencies and knowledge?

Identify potential barriers that you might have to overcome.

D.

Outline an initial plan to institute a developmentally appropriate math curriculum that would encompass

teaching mathematical content components and the utilization of process skills. To start, identify at least 2

Goals for yourself and 2 Goals for your potential classroom.

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Books on Mathematical Concepts

Books on Numbers, Counting, Equations, & Fractions from

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/theme2.html

Other Books on Counting:

1 2 3 Pop! by Rachel Isadora

Arlene Alda's 1,2, 3 by Arlene Alda

City By Numbers by Stephen Johnson

Cookie Count, A tasty pop-up book by Robert Sabuda

Count by Denise Fleming

Counting Wildflowers by Bruce McMillan

Each Orange Had 8 Slices - A Counting Book by Paul Giganti, Jr. illustrated by Donald Crews

Farm Counting Book by Jane Miller

Have You Seen My Duckling? By Nancy Tafuri

How Many Feet In The Bed? by Diane Hamm

I Can Count 100 Bunnies, and so can you! by Cyndy Szekeres

Jelly Beans For Sale by Bruce McMillan

Look Whooo's Counting Suse MacDonald

Mouse Count by Ellen Walsh

My Red Umbrella by Robert Bright

One Two, One Pair! Bruce McMillan

One Two Three: An Animal Counting Book by Marc Brown

Over In The Meadow by Olive A. Wadsworth and illustrated by Mary Maki Rae

Roar! A Noisy Counting Book by Pamela D. Edwards and illustrated by Henry Cole

Roll Over! A Counting Song Illustrated by Merle Peek

Splash by Ann Jonas

Ten in A Bed Mary Recs

Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews

Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang

The Bad Babies Counting Book by Tony Bradman and illustrated by Debbie van der Beek

The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins

The Icky Bug Counting Book by Jerry Pallotta and illustrated by Ralph Masiello

What Comes In 2's, 3's, and 4's? by Suzanne Aker

When We Went to the Park by Shirley Hughes

Picture books that introduce different math concepts:

Bigger and Smaller by Robert Froman

Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs

Kathy's First Haircut by Gibbs Davis

The Line Up Book by Marisabina Russo

When Is Tomorrow? by Nancy Dingman Wilson

The Wing on a Flea by Ed Emberly

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Books on Measurement (Comparison):

Adams, Pam, Ten Beads Tall

Alborough, Jez, Tall

Aker, Suzanne, What Comes in 2’s,

3’s and 4’s?

Allen, Pamela, Who Sank the Boat?

Barner, Bob, Parade Day

Bernhard, Durga, Earth, Sky, Wet, Dry

Clark, Emma Chichester, Mimi’s Book

of Opposites

Eastman, P.D., Big Dog…Little Dog

Gordon, Sharon, Just the Opposite:

Fast/Slow

Gordon, Sharon, Just the Opposite:

Up/Down

Harper, Dan, Telling Time with Big

Mama Cat

Hoban, Tana, Big Ones, Little Ones

Hoban, Tana, Exactly the Opposite

Hoban, Tana, Is It Larger? Is It

Smaller?

Hoban, Tana, More, Fewer, Less

Jenkins, Steve, Actual Size

Jenkins, Steve, Biggest, Strongest,

Fastest

Jocelyn, Marthe, and Slaughter, Tom,

One Some Many

Lillie, Patricia, When This Box is Full

McBratney, Sam, Guess How Much I

Love You

Miller, Margaret, Big and Little

Minters, Frances, Too Big, Too Small,

Just Right

Murphy, Stuart J., The Best Bug

Parade

Murphy, Stuart J., The Greatest

Gymnast of All

Murphy, Stuart J., A House For Birdie

Murphy, Stuart J., Just Enough

Carrots

Murphy, Stuart J., Mighty Maddie

Nathan, Cheryl and McCourt, Lisa,

The Long and Short of It

Rathmann, Peggy, 10 Minutes till

Bedtime

Rosa-Mendoza, Gladys,

Opposites/Opuestos

Russo, Marisabina, The Line Up Book

Schreiber, Anne, Slower Than a Snail

Serfozo, Mary, What’s What: A

Guessing Game

Stickland, Paul and Henrietta,

Dinosaur Roar!

Tompert, Ann, Just a Little Bit

Books on Algebra (Patterns):

Adams, Pam, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

Arenson, Roberta, One, Two, Skip a Few: First Number Rhymes

Arnold, Tedd, Five Ugly Monsters

Andrews-Goebel, Nancy, The Pot that Juan Built

Baer, Gene, Thump, Thump, Rat-a-Tat-Tat

Baker, Jeannie, Window

Bartlett, Alison, and Wilson, Anna, Over in the Grasslands

Beaton, Clare, Daisy Gets Dressed

Benton, Linda, I See Patterns (Creative Teaching Press)

Berkes, Marianne, Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef

Brown, Marc, Hand Rhymes

Boynton, Sandra, Doggies

Boynton, Sandra, Hippos Go Berserk!

Burris, Priscilla, Five Green and Speckled Frogs

Cabrera, Jane, Over in the Meadow

Cabrera, Jane, Ten in the Bed

Christelow, Eileen, Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Christelow, Eileen, Five Little Monkeys Sitting on a Tree

Cole, Henry, Jack’s Garden

Dunn, Opal, Number Rhymes to Say and Play!

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Durango, Julia, Cha Cha Cha Chimps

Ellwand, David, Ten in the Bed

Emmett, Jonathan, Through the Heart of the Jungle

Evans, Michael, Over in the Meadow

Freeman, Tina, Ten Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Geddes, Anne, Ten in the Bed

Gunson, Christopher, Over on the Farm

Harris, Trudy, Pattern Bugs

Harris, Trudy, Pattern Fish

Henkes, Kevin, Shhhh

Ives, Penny, Five Little Ducks

Kalan, Robert, Jump, Frog, Jump!

Kimmelman, Leslie, How Do I Love You?

Kelly, Martin and Learis, Phil, Five Green and Speckled Frogs

Kubler, Annie, There Were Ten in the Bed

Langstaff, John, Over in the Meadow

Lass, Bonnie, and Sturges, Philemon, Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?

Lorenz. Juergen. Let’s Look at Patterns (Anness Publishing Limited, 2001)

Martin, Bill, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Martin, Bill, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Miller, Margaret, Now I’m Big

Miranda, Anne, Let’s Get the Rhythm

Morozumi, Atsuko, One Gorilla

Murphy, Stuart J., Beep Beep, Vroom Vroom

Murphy, Stuart J., A Pair of Socks Peek, Merle, Roll Over! A Counting

Song

Roberts, Sheena, We All Go Traveling

By

Scherer, Jeffrey, The Ants Go Marching

Sharratt, Nick, My Mom and Dad Make

Me Laugh

Singer, Marilyn, Quiet Night

Stockham, Jess, Ten Little Speckled Frogs

Sweet, Melissa, Fiddle-I-Fee

Swinburn, Stephen R., Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes

Taback, Simms, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

Taback, Simms, This is the House that Jack Built

Tuxworth, Nicola, Let’s Look at Patterns

Ward, Jennifer, Over in the Garden

Webb, Steve, Tanka Tanka Skunk

Westcott, Nadine Bernard, I Know and Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

Williams, Rozanne Lanczak, Mr. Noisy’s Book of Patterns (Creative Teaching Press)

Yaccarino, Dan, Five Little Pumpkins

Zelinsky, Paul O., The Wheels on the Bus

Picture Books for Patterns See Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site at http://www.carolhurst.com. Click on “Curriculum;” Scroll

down to Math and click on “Picture Books for Patterns.”

Shapes/Geometry

A Wing On A Flea: A Book About Shapes by Ed Emberley

Baby Bop Discovers Shapes by Stephen White

Boxes! Boxes! by Leonard Everett Fisher

Circles, Triangles, and Squares by Tana Hoban

Magic Monsters Look For Shapes by Jane Belk Moncure

Pancakes, Crackers, and Pizza: A Book of Shapes by Marjorie Eberts and Margaret Gisler

Shapes by John Reiss

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Shapes and Colors by Denise Lewis Patrick

Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban

Shopping Spree Identifying Shapes by Monica Weiss

Spence Makes Circles by Christa Chevalier

Wilbur Worm by Richard and Nicky Hale and Andre Amstutz

Geometry Position and Space

Baicker, Karen, I Can Do It Too!

Carle, Eric, From Head to Toe

Cauley, Lorinda Bryan, Clap Your Hands

Cohen, Caron Lee, Where’s the Fly?

Crews, Nina, A High, Low, Near, Far, Loud,

Quiet Story

Dodds, Dayle Ann, Wheel Away!

Ellwand, David, Clap Your Hands

Hartman, Gail, As the Crow Flies: A First

Book of Maps

Hill, Eric, Where’s Spot?

Hoban, Tana, All About Where

Hoban, Tana, Over, Under and Through

Hutchins, Pat, Rosie’s Walk

Martin, Bill and Archambault, John, Here

Are My Hands

Marzollo, Jean, Pretend You’re a Cat

Newcome, Zita, Head, Shoulders, Knees,

and Toes and Other Action Rhymes

Portis, Antoinette, Not a Box

Reasoner, Charles, Who’s Hatching?: A

Sliding Surprise Book

Rosen, Michael, and Oxenbury, Helen,

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

Walton, Rick, How Can You Dance?

Shapes

Aber, Linda. Grandma's Button Box

Arnosky, Jim. Mouse Shapes

Baker, Alan. Brown Rabbit's Shape

Book

Blackstone, Stella, Bear in a Square

Bryant, Megan. Shape Spotters

Burns, Marilyn. The Greedy Triangle

Carle, Eric, My Very First Book of Shapes

Carle, Eric, The Secret Birthday Message Carle, Eric. The Secret Birthday

Message

Charles, N.N., What am I? Looking Through Shapes at Apples and Grapes

Crosbie, Michael J., Architecture Shapes

Dodds, Dayle Ann, The Shape of Things Dodds, Dayle Ann. The Shape of Things

Dotlich, Rebecca. What is Round?

Dotlich, Rebecca. What is Square?

Dotlich, Rebecca. What is a Triangle?

Dotlich, Rebecca Kai, What is Round?

Dotlich, Rebecca Kai, What is Square?

Ehlert, Lois, Color Farm

Ehlert, Lois, Color Zoo

Emberley, Ed, Picture Pie

Emberley, Ed, Picture Pie 2

Emberley, Ed, The Wing on a Flea: A Book About Shapes

Falwell, Cathryn. Shape Space

Freeman, Don. Corduroy

Greene, Gowler, When a Line Bends…A

Shape Begins

Hoban, Tana . Round and Round and

Round

Hoban, Tana Shapes, Shapes, Shapes

Hoban, Tana, Circles, Triangles and

Squares

Hoban, Tana, Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, and Spheres

Hoban, Tana, Round and Round and Round

Hoban, Tana, Shapes, Shapes, Shapes

Hoban, Tana, So Many Circles, So Many Squares

Hoban, Tana, Spirals, Curves, Fanshapes and Lines

Hoban, Tana. So Many Circles, So Many

Squares

Hoban, Tana. Shapes and Things

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Hutchins, Pat, Changes Changes

Kaczman, James. When a Line Bends...A

Shape Begins

MacDonald, Suse, Sea Shapes MacDonald, Suse. Sea Shapes

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum

Micklethwait, Lucy, I Spy Shapes in Art Murphy, Stuart. Circus Shapes

Pallotta, Jerry. Twizzlers: Shapes and

Patterns

Pienkowski, Jan. Shapes

Portis, Antoinette, Not a Box

Rau, Dana Meachen, A Star in My Orange: Looking for Nature’s Shapes

Reasoner, Charles, Shapes for Lunch

Reid, Margaret. The Button Box

Rogers, Paul. The Shapes Game

Rosa-Mendoza, Gladys, Colors and

Schlein, Miriam. Round and Square

Seuss, Dr. The Shape of Me and Other

Stuff

Shaw, Charles G., It Looked Like Spilt Milk

Theobalds, Prue. Shapes for Ten Tired

Teddies

Thong, Roseanne, Round is a Mooncake

Van Fleet, Matthew, Spotted Yellow Frogs

Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth, Look! Look! Look!

Williams, Rozanne Lanczak. I Have Shapes

Wilson, Zachary, A Circle in the Sky

Data Analysis and Probability Accorsi, William, Billy’s Button

Ahlberg, Janet and Allan, The

Baby’s Catalogue

Alborough, Jez, Clothesline

Anholt, Catherine and Laurence, All

About You

Cheltenham Elementary School

Kindergartners, We Are All

Alike…We are All Different

Grayes, Kimberlee, Collecting

Things is Fun (Creative Teaching

Press)

Hill, Sandi, Just Graphi It! (Creative

Teaching Press)

Hill, Sandi, Look and See (Creative

Teaching Press)

Hoban, Tana, Dots, Spots, Speckles

and Stripes

Hoban, Tana, Is It Red? Is It Yellow?

Is It Blue?

Hoban, Tana, Is it Rough? Is It

Smooth? Is It Shiny?

Hutchins, Pat, Which Witch is

Which?

Jocelyn, Marthe, Hannah’s

Collections

Machotka, Hana, What Neat Feet

Miller, Margaret, Whose Shoe?

My First Look at Sorting (Random

House, 1991)

Nagda, Ann Whitehead, Tiger Math:

Learning to Graph from a Baby

Tiger

Nechaev, Michelle Wagner, Our

Favorites (Creative Teaching Press)

Perry, Sarah, If…

Van Fleet, Matthew, Tails

Widdowson, Kay, Please, Mr.

Crocodile

Williams, Rozanne Lanczak, Buttons, Buttons

Winthrop, Elizabeth, Shoes

Picture books for Data Gathering

See Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site at http://www.carolhurst.com. Click on “Curriculum;” Scroll down to

Math and click on Data Gathering and Picture Books.

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The Young Child and Mathematics, 2d ed. by Juanita V. Copley and published by NAEYC (2010) has a disc that contains lists of children’s books, both fiction and non-fiction, that could be used to explore mathematics with young children.

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Chapter 11

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Chapter 12

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Chapter 13

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Chapter 14