Concepts to Mathematical Tools to References - Elementary (G-O)

Geometry -- attribute blocks, calculators, cubes/Unifix cubes, capacity containers, compasses, Cuisenaire rods, fraction models/circles, games/puzzles/toys, geoboards, geometric shapes, geometric solids, miras/mirrors/reflective material, paper/origami/stencil patterns/graph paper, pattern blocks, polyhedrons/nets, tangrams, rulers/tape measures/trundle wheels/callipers, building blocks/Lego, books/journals/newspapers/portfolios, tangrams, candy/food, capacity containers, color tiles, balloons, fabrics/beadwork, maps, pentablocks, toothpicks/rods/sticks, soap, drinking straws

What is Algebra in Elementary School?
Jennifer M. Bay-Williams.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 2001, 8:4, 196-200.
Grade: K-5

Patterns and Symmetry: Reflections of Culture.
Patricia S. Moyer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2001, 8:3, 140-144.
Grade: Elementary

Learning with Games of Strategy from Mongolia.
Marcia Ascher.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2001, 8:2, 96-99.
Grade: Elementary

Bubble-Mania!
Laura J. Cline.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 20-23, 25-26.
Grade: K-5

Response to the Nets and Polyhedra Problem.
Lynae Sakshaug.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 44-48.
Grade: Elementary

Mouse Maze Tournament: Connecting Geometry and Measurement.
Shirley Curtis.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 504-509.
Grade: 5

Summer Fun.
Jolyn Raleigh, Deanna Rigdon, and Shari Goodman.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 528-529.
Grade: Elementary

Do Numbers Have Shapes? Connecting Number Patterns and Shapes through the Vedic Matrix.
Blidi S. Stemn and Jill E. Collins.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 542-547.
Grade: Elementary

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics in the Classroom.
Regina Mistretta and Joseph Porzio.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2001, 7:8, 472-473.
Grade: Elementary

Children Play Mathematics at Camp Invention.
Jo Ann Uslick and Susan G. Barr.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 392-394.
Grade: Elementary

Geometry Must Be Vital.
Mary M. Lindquist and Douglas H. Clements.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 409-415.
Grade: Elementary

And Then There Was Luke The Geometric Thinking of a Young Mathematician.
Janet M. Sharp and Karen Bush Hoiberg.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 432-439.
Grade: Elementary

Elastic Geometry and Storyknifing: A Yup'ik Eskimo Example.
Jerry Lipka, Sandra Wildfeuer, Nastasia Wahlberg, Mary George, and Dafna R. Ezran.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 337-343.
Grade: Elementary

Kenta, Kilts, and Kimonos: Exploring Cultures and Mathematics through Fabrics.
Dorothy Y. White.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 354-359.
Grade: 1

Geometry through Beadwork Designs.
Cathy A. Barkley and Saundra Cruz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 362-367.
Grade: Elementary

Mathematics in the Preschool.
Douglas H. Clements.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2001, 7:5, 270-275.
Grade: Elementary

The Earliest Geometry.
Doublas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2000, 7:2, 82-86.
Grade: Elementary

No Pegs Allowed.
Melfried Olson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2000, 7:2, 94-95.
Grade: Elementary

Math is Art.
Tim Granger.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2000, 7:1, 10-13.
Grade: Elementary

Nets and Polyhedra.
Lynae Sakshaug and Conrad Van Voorst.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2000, 7:1, 34-35.
Grade: Elementary

Implications of Research on Children's Understanding of Geometry.
Thomas B. Fox.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 572-576.
Grade: Elementary

Selecting Books in Spanish to Teach Mathematics.
Victoria R. Jacobs, Tom R. Bennett, and Cathy Bullock.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 582-587.
Grade: Elementary

Young Children's Ideas about Geometric Shapes.
Douglas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2000, 6:8, 482-488.
Grade: Elementary

Engaging Children in the Work of Mathematicians.
Carla Jensen, Tamara Whitehouse, and Rachel Coulehan.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2000, 6:8, 490-494.
Grade: Elementary

Midpoint Shapes.
Rosamond Welchman and Josephine Urso.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2000, 6:8, 506-509.
Grade: 2-6

Transportation.
Janel E. Helms, Matthew J. Hinks, Michelle V. Goodman, Shelly R. Leiby, Luke J.

Verna, and Cheryl A. Wetzel.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2000, 6:7, 452-453.
Grade: K-2

Predicting Pattern Blocks on and off the Computer.
Douglas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2000, 6:7, 458-461.
Grade: Primary

Teaching Young Mathematicians: The Challenges and Rewards.
Cyndi Frakes and Kate Kline.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 376-381.
Grade: Kindergarten

Tackling Tangrams.
Deanna Rigdon, Jolyn Raleigh, and Shari Goodman.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 304-305.
Grade: Elementary

The Wonderful World of Digital Sums.
Martha V. Bonsangue, Gerald E. Gannon, and Karen L. Watson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 310-313, 318-320.
Grade: Elementary

Ethnomathematics and Multicultural Mathematics Education.
Claudia Zaslavsky.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 1998, 4:9, 502-503.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten -- 6

The Function Box and Fourth Graders: Squares, Cubes, and Circles.
James S. Sulzer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1998, 4:8, 442-447.
Grade: K-8

Parents as Partners: Supporting Children's Mathematics Learning Prior to School.
Ann G. Anderson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 331-337.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten -- 6

Books + Manipulatives + Families = A Mathematics Lending Library.
Diane McCarty.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 368-375.
Grade: Elementary

Interpreting the Standards: Translating Principles into Practice.
Deborah E. Schifter and Deborah Carey O-Brien.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1997, 4:4, 202-205.
Grade: 3

NCTM's Standards in Japanese Elementary Schools.
Daiyo Sawada.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1997, 4:1, 20-23.
Grade: Elementary

Preparing Student to Enter the Gate.
Michaele F. Chappell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 266-267.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten -- 6

A Foundation for Algebraic Reasoning in the Early Grades.
Erna Yackel.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 276-280.
Grade: K-12

Experiences with Patterning.
Joan Ferrini-Munday, Glenda Lappan, and Elizabeth Phillips.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 282-288.
Grade: K-6

Computers Support Algebraic Thinking.
Douglas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 320-325.
Grade: Elementary

Patterns as Tools for Algebraic Reasoning.
Kristen Herbert and Rebecca H. Brown.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 340-344.
Grade: 6

Perimeter Patterns.
Richard A. Austin and Patricia Biafore.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1995, 2:4, 238-240.
Grade: 5-8

Developing Spatial Abilities in the Early Grades.
Werner W. Liedtke.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1995, 2:1, 12-18.
Grade: Elementary

Creating Opportunities for Children to Think Mathematically.
Ann E. Kajander.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1999, 5:8, 480-486.
Grade: 1-5

Cooking Up Mathematics in the Kindergarten.
Elizabeth Partridge, Sue Austin, Elizabeth Wadlington, and Joe Bitner.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 492-495.
Grade: K

Look! How I Am Growing!
Carol Midgett.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1996, 2:7, 404-407.
Grade: Elementary

Developing Spatial Sense -- a Moving Experience!
Angela Giglio Andrews.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1996, 2:5, 290-293.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten -- Kindergarten

Using Concept Diagrams to Promote Understanding in Geometry.
Jean M. Shaw, Conn Thomas, Ann Hoffman, and Janis Bulgren.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1995, 2:3, 184-189.
Grade: Intermediate -- Middle

Bilingual Lessons in Early-Grades Geometry.
Alfinio Flores.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1995, 1:7, 420-424.
Grade: K-3

Grade-Number Themes for High-Profile Math.
Judy Barford.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1994, 1:4, 234-241.
Grade: 1-6


Maps -- geometric shapes, geometric solids, paper/origami/stencil patterns/graph paper, balloons, computers/Internet/software/spreadsheets, games/puzzles/toys, miras/mirrors/reflective material, video technology/multi-media, calculators, hundreds chart/math tables/number lines/10x10 grid/circle chart, rulers/tape measures/trundle wheels/callipers, maps

Elastic Geometry and Storyknifing: A Yup'ik Eskimo Example.
Jerry Lipka, Sandra Wildfeuer, Nastasia Wahlberg, Mary George, and Dafna R. Ezran.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 337-343.
Grade: Elementary

The Earliest Geometry.
Doublas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2000, 7:2, 82-86.
Grade: Elementary

Celebrate Metric Day.
Regina Mistretta and Joseph A. Porzio.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2000, 7:2, 96-97.
Grade: Elementary

Transportation.
Janel E. Helms, Matthew J. Hinks, Michelle V. Goodman, Shelly R. Leiby, Luke J. Verna, and Cheryl A. Wetzel.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2000, 6:7, 452-453.
Grade: K-2


Measurement/scale -- balance scale/weights/scales, rulers/straightedge/tape measures/meter sticks/trundle wheels/callipers, capacity containers, thermometers, clocks/stopwatches/calendars/sand timers, geometric solids, base-ten blocks, books/journals/newspapers/portfolios, color tiles, maps, polyhedrons/nets, tangrams, counters, paper/origam/stencil patterns/graph paper, building blocks/Lego, play centers, calculators, computers/Internet/software/spreadsheets, candy/food, fabrics/beadwork, pentablocks

How Many Marbles in the Jar? Estimation in the Early Grades.
Jennifer Taylor-Cox.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 2001, 8:4, 208-214.
Grade: Elementary

Geo-Dolls: Traveling in a Mathematical World.
Karen S. Karp and E. Todd Brown.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2001, 8:3, 132-138.
Grade: Elementary

Cont "rolling" Variables.
Juli K. Dixon, Thomasenia Lott Adams, and Mary Ellen Hynes.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2001, 8:3, 160-164.
Grade: Elementary

Connecting Mathematics Instruction with the Families of Young Children.
Diane W. Kyle, Ellen McIntyre, and Gayle H. Moore.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2001, 8:2, 80-86.
Grade: Elementary

Bubble-Mania!
Laura J. Cline.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 20-23, 25-26.
Grade: K-5

Mouse Maze Tournament: Connecting Geometry and Measurement.
Shirley Curtis.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 504-509.
Grade: 5

Summer Fun.
Jolyn Raleigh, Deanna Rigdon, and Shari Goodman.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 528-529.
Grade: Elementary

What Is a "Good Guess," Anyway? Estimation in Early Childhood.
Frances Kuwahara Lang.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2001, 7:8, 462-466.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten - Kindergarten

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics in the Classroom.
Regina Mistretta and Joseph Porzio.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2001, 7:8, 472-473.
Grade: Elementary

Mathematics Instruction Developed from a Garden Theme.
Marta Civil and Leslie H. Khan.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 400-405.
Grade: Elementary

And Then There Was Luke The Geometric Thinking of a Young Mathematician.
Janet M. Sharp and Karen Bush Hoiberg.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 432-439.
Grade: Elementary

On the Road with Cholo, Vato, and Pano.
Frederick L. Silverman, Abbilynn B. Strawser, Donna L. Strohauer, and Noel Nevada Manzano.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 330-333.
Grade: Elementary

Mathematics in the Preschool.
Douglas H. Clements.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2001, 7:5, 270-275.
Grade: Elementary

Do Your Students Measure Up Metrically?
P. Mark Taylor, Ken Simms, Ok-Keyeong Kim, and Robert E. Reys.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2001, 7:5, 282-287.
Grade: Elementary

Representation: An Important Process for Teaching and Learning Mathematics.
Francis (Skip) Fennell and Tom Rowan.  
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2001, 7:5, 288-292.
Grade: Elementary

Integrating Measurement Projects: Sand Timers.
Barbara Lemme.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 132-135.
Grade: 2

Celebrate Metric Day.
Regina Mistretta and Joseph A. Porzio.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2000, 7:2, 96-97.
Grade: Elementary

Using Manipulatives to Show What We Know.
Regina Mistretta and Joseph A. Porzio.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2000, 7:1, 32-33.
Grade: Elementary

Selecting Books in Spanish to Teach Mathematics.
Victoria R. Jacobs, Tom R. Bennett, and Cathy Bullock.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 582-587.
Grade: Elementary

Notable Numbers.
Mary Lou Damjanovich and Jane S. Martain.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2000, 6:8, 504-505.
Grade: Elementary

Transportation.
Janel E. Helms, Matthew J. Hinks, Michelle V. Goodman, Shelly R. Leiby, Luke J.

Verna, and Cheryl A. Wetzel.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2000, 6:7, 452-453.
Grade: K-2

100 Activities for the Day.
Cynthia S. Thomas.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 276-280.
Grade: Pre K-6

Generative Topics: Building a Curriculum around Big Ideas.
Ron Ritchart.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1999, 5:8, 462-468.
Grade: Elementary

Educating Hannah: It's a What?
Sir Wilfred H. Cockcroft and John Marshall.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 326-329.
Grade: Elementary

Weather Mathematics: Integrating Science and Mathematics.
David T. Chia.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1998, 5:1, 19-22.
Grade: 3

Incredible Comparisons: Experiences with Data Collection.
Vicki L. Oleson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1998, 5:1, 12-17.
Grade: 6

Adventures in Statistics.
Thomas R. Scavo and Byron Petraroja.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1998, 4:7, 394-400.
Grade: 5-6

Parents as Math Partners: A Successful Urban Story.
Linda M. Carey.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 314-319.
Grade: 2-4

Parents as Partners: Supporting Children's Mathematics Learning Prior to School.
Ann G. Anderson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 331-337.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten -- 6

Parents, Portfolios, and Personal Mathematics.
Jacques Ensign.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 346-351.
Grade: K-5

Books + Manipulatives + Families = A Mathematics Lending Library.
Diane McCarty.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 368-375.
Grade: Elementary

Mining Mathematics through the Internet!
Kristine Tynes.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1997, 3:7, 394-396.
Grade: 4

A Foundation for Algebraic Reasoning in the Early Grades.
Erna Yackel.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 276-280.
Grade: K-12

What Does Algebraic Thinking Look Like and Sound Like with Preprimary Children?
Frances R. Curcio and Sydney L. Schwartz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 296-300.
Grade: Pre-primary

Cooking Up Mathematics in the Kindergarten.
Elizabeth Partridge, Sue Austin, Elizabeth Wadlington, and Joe Bitner.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 492-495.
Grade: K

Connecting Decimals and Other Mathematical Content.
Charles S. Thompson and Vicki Walker.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 496-502.
Grade: Elementary -- Middle

Hamster Math: Authentic Experiences in Data Collection.
Beth Jorgenson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1996, 2:6, 336-339.
Grade: Elementary

Pictures, Tables, Graphs, and Questions: Statistical Processes.
Andrew C. Isaacs and Catherine Randall Kelso.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1996, 2:6, 340-345.
Grade: 2

Plotting Margo's Party.
Debra Grummer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1995, 2:3, 176-179.
Grade: 1

The Role of Self-Directed Discovery Time in the Development of Mathematics Concepts.
Angela Giglio Andrews.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1995, 2:2, 116-120.
Grade: Pre-primary

Planting Mathematics in the Classroom.
Sydney L. Schwartz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1995, 2:1, 42-46.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten - Kindergarten

Multiplication and Division: Sense Making and Meaning.
Vicky L. Kouba and Kathy Franklin.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 1995, 1:9, 574-577.
Grade: K-4

Newspapers: Connecting the Mathematics Classroom to the World.
Susan R. O'Connell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1995, 1:5, 268-274.
Grade: Elementary

Using Technology to Enhance "My Travels with Gulliver."
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1994, 1:3, 188-191.
Grade: 6

Making Connections: From Paper to Pop-Up Books.
Vanessa Evans Huse, Nancy Larson Bluemel and Rhonda Harris Taylor.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1994, 1:1, 14-17.
Grade: Elementary


Mental math -- ten-frames, dice/number cubes, spinners, miras/mirrors/reflective material, cubes/Unifix cubes, money, paper/origami/stencil patterns/graph paper, games/puzzles/toys, geometric shapes, counters, hundreds chart/math tables/number lines/10x10 grid/circle chart, books/journals/newspaper/portfolios/learning logs, fraction models/circles, geoboards

Geo-Dolls: Traveling in a Mathematical World.
Karen S. Karp and E. Todd Brown.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2001, 8:3, 132-138.
Grade: Elementary

Teaching Addition and Subtraction Facts: A Chinese Perspective.
Wei Sun and Joanne Y. Shang.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 28-31.
Grade: Elementary

Mouse Maze Tournament: Connecting Geometry and Measurement.
Shirley Curtis.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 504-509.
Grade: 5

Do Numbers Have Shapes? Connecting Number Patterns and Shapes through the Vedic Matrix.
Blidi S. Stemn and Jill E. Collins.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 542-547.
Grade: Elementary

March Ahead to Basics.
Regina Mistretta.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 416-417.
Grade: Elementary

Seeding Ethnomathematics with Oware: Sankofa.
Arthur B. Powell and Oshon L. Temple.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 369-375.
Grade: Elementary

Representation: An Important Process for Teaching and Learning Mathematics.
Francis (Skip) Fennell and Tom Rowan.  
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2001, 7:5, 288-292.
Grade: Elementary

Incredible Equations Develop Incredible Number Sense.
Sally B. Schneider and Charles S. Thompson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 146-148, 165-168.
Grade: Elementary

Basketball Math.
Deborah M. Walters.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 556-559.

Grade: 6

Fractions Attack! Children Thinking and Talking Mathematically.
Patricia C. Alcaro, Alice S. Alston, and Nancy Katims.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 562-567.
Grade: 4

Check Out these Checkbooks: Real-life Banking for the Classroom.
Abby Tuch.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1999, 5:7, 422-429.
Grade: 2-6

"Image Maker": Developing Spatial Sense.
Grayson H. Wheatley and Anne M. Reynolds.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 374-378.
Grade: Elementary

Geometric Flips Via the Arts.
Donald H. Sellke.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 379-383.
Grade: 5-6

Student's Explanations of Place Value in Addition and Subtraction.
Nancy G. Nagel and Cynthia Carol Swingen.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1998, 5:3, 164-170.
Grade: Elementary

The Function Box and Fourth Graders: Squares, Cubes, and Circles.
James S. Sulzer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1998, 4:8, 442-447.
Grade: K-8

Parents, Board Games and Mathematical Learning.
Marion Lee Caldwell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 365-367.
Grade: Elementary

Finding the Number of Cubes in Rectangular Cube Buildings.
Michael Battista and Douglas H. Clements.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1998, 4:5, 258-264.
Grade: Elementary (3-5)

Young Students Investigate Number Cubes.
Alex Friedlander.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1997, 4:1, 6-11.
Grade: 1-3

Too Easy for Kindergarten and Just Right for First Grade.
Kathy Richardson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1997, 3:8, 432-437.
Grade: K-2

Ben's Understanding of One-Half.
Tad Watanabe.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 460-464.
Grade: K-2

Cooking Up Mathematics in the Kindergarten.
Elizabeth Partridge, Sue Austin, Elizabeth Wadlington, and Joe Bitner.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 492-495.
Grade: K

Multiplication and Division: Sense Making and Meaning.
Vicky L. Kouba and Kathy Franklin.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 1995, 1:9, 574-577.
Grade: K-4

En-chanting, Fascinating, Useful Number.
Sydney L. Schwartz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1995, 1:8, 486-491.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten

The 100s Chart: A Stepping Stone to Mental Mathematics.
Carol A. Thornton, Graham A. Jones, and Judy L. Neal.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1995, 1:8, 480-483.
Grade: 2

Geometry Game.
Enrique Ortiz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1994, 1:4, 231-233.
Grade: K-2


Money -- money, candy/food, calculators, books/journals/newspaper/portfolios/learning logs, games/puzzles/toys, hundreds chart/math tables/number lines/10x10 grid/circle chart, balance scale/weights/scales, base-ten blocks, cubes/Unifix cubes, building blocks/Lego

Capturing Students' Interests: A Quest to Discover Mathematics Potential.
Gladis Kersaint and Michaele F. Chappell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 512-517.
Grade: Elementary

March Ahead to Basics.
Regina Mistretta.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 416-417.
Grade: Elementary

Experiencing Mathematics through Literature: The Story of Neil.
Donna M. Jenner and Ann G. Anderson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 544-547.
Grade: Elementary

Notable Numbers.
Mary Lou Damjanovich and Jane S. Martain.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2000, 6:8, 504-505.
Grade: Elementary

Quality Literature as a Springboard to Problem Solving.
Colin K. Ducolon.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2000, 6:7, 442-446.

Grade K-3

Transportation.
Janel E. Helms, Matthew J. Hinks, Michelle V. Goodman, Shelly R. Leiby, Luke J.

Verna, and Cheryl A. Wetzel.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2000, 6:7, 452-453.
Grade: K-2

Check Out these Checkbooks: Real-life Banking for the Classroom.
Abby Tuch.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1999, 5:7, 422-429.
Grade: 2-6

Teaching the Values of Coins.
Randell L. Drum and Wesley G. Petty Jr.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1999, 5:5, 264-268.
Grade: Primary

A Data "Eggs"ploration.
Martha S. Chambless, Sarah Blackwell, Carol Redding, and Angie Oswalt.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1998, 4:8. 448-451.
Grade: 2

Parents as Math Partners: A Successful Urban Story.
Linda M. Carey.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 314-319.
Grade: 2-4

Parents, Portfolios, and Personal Mathematics.
Jacques Ensign.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 346-351.
Grade: K-5

Books + Manipulatives + Families = A Mathematics Lending Library.
Diane McCarty.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 368-375.
Grade: Elementary

Parents, Board Games and Mathematical Learning.
Marion Lee Caldwell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 365-367.
Grade: Elementary

Assessment Through Incredible Equations.
Diana A. D'Aboy.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1997, 4:2, 76-80.
Grade: 1

Mathematics of Change: Ins and Outs or Ups and Downs.
Cornelia C. Tierney and Ricardo Nemirovsky.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 336-339, 345.
Grade: Elementary

Making Cents.
Nancy J. Larsen.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 1996, 2:9, 520-522.
Grade: 2

Connecting Decimals and Other Mathematical Content.
Charles S. Thompson and Vicki Walker.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 496-502.
Grade: Elementary -- Middle

Newspapers: Connecting the Mathematics Classroom to the World.
Susan R. O'Connell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1995, 1:5, 268-274.
Grade: Elementary

Using Technology to Enhance "My Travels with Gulliver."
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1994, 1:3, 188-191.
Grade: 6


Number concepts/operations -- cubes/Unifix cubes, counters, spinners, calculators, base-ten blocks, Cuisenaire rods, fraction models/circles, color tiles, ten-frames, money, balance scale/weights/scales, geometric solids, rulers/straightedge/tape measures/meter sticks/trundle wheels/callipers, dice/number cubes, candy/food, play centers, building blocks/Lego, geoboards, clocks/stopwatches/calendars/sand timers, chalkboard/metal chalkboard/flannel board/magnet board, tangrams, books/journals/newspaper/portfolios/learning logs, games/puzzles/toys, fabrics/beadwork, hundreds chart/math tables/number lines/10x10 grid/circle chart, attribute blocks, fraction models/circles, computers/Internet/software/spreadsheets, marbles, toothpicks/rods/sticks

Second Graders Circumvent Addition and Subtraction Difficulties.
Joy W. Whitenack, Nancy Knipping, Sue Novinger, and Gail Underwood.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 2001, 8:4, 228-233.
Grade: 2

Culture in the Curriculum: Enriching Numeration and Number Operations.
Carla C. Moldavan.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 2001, 8:4, 238-243.
Grade: 4

What is Algebra in Elementary School?
Jennifer M. Bay-Williams.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 2001, 8:4, 196-200.
Grade: K-5

Building and Using the Amazing Abacus.
Michael Naylor and Pamela Naylor.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 2001, 8:4, 202-205.
Grade: Elementary

How Many Marbles in the Jar? Estimation in the Early Grades.
Jennifer Taylor-Cox.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 2001, 8:4, 208-214.
Grade: Elementary

Early Number Instruction.
Arthur J. Baroody and Alexis Benson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2001, 8:3, 154-158.
Grade: Preschool

Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe…Building on Intuitive Notions of Chance.
Jeffrey A. Frykholm.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2001, 8:2, 112-118.
Grade: Elementary

Developing Mathematical Thinking Using Codes and Ciphers.
Lisa J. Evered and Serigne Gningue.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 8-15.
Grade: Elementary

Teaching Addition and Subtraction Facts: A Chinese Perspective.
Wei Sun and Joanne Y. Shang.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 28-31.
Grade: Elementary

Are Rules Interfering with Children's Mathematical Understanding?
Jean L. Behrend.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 36-40.
Grade: Elementary

Achievable Numerical Understandings for All Young Children.
Karen C. Fuson, Laura Grandau, and Patricia A. Sugiyama.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 522-526.
Grade: Elementary

Summer Fun.
Jolyn Raleigh, Deanna Rigdon, and Shari Goodman.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 528-529.
Grade: Elementary

Do Numbers Have Shapes? Connecting Number Patterns and Shapes through the Vedic Matrix.
Blidi S. Stemn and Jill E. Collins.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 542-547.
Grade: Elementary

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics in the Classroom.
Regina Mistretta and Joseph Porzio.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2001, 7:8, 472-473.
Grade: Elementary

Alternative Algorithms: Increasing Options, Reducing Errors.
Tamela D. Randolph and Helene J. Sherman.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2001, 7:8, 480-484.
Grade: Elementary

March Ahead to Basics.
Regina Mistretta.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 416-417.
Grade: Elementary

Equal Sharing and the Roots of Fraction Equivalence.
Susan B. Empson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 421-425.
Grade: Elementary

Developing Number Sense: What Can Other Cultures Tell Us?
Claudia Zaslavsky.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 312-319.
Grade: Elementary

Exploring the Game of "Julirde": A Mathematical-Educational Game Played by Fulbe
Children in Cameroon.
Paulus Gerdes.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 321-327.
Grade: Elementary

Multiply with MI: Using Multiple Intelligences to Master Multiplication.
Jody Kenny Willis and Aostre N. Johnson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2001, 7:5, 260-267, 269.
Grade: Elementary

Mathematics in the Preschool.
Douglas H. Clements.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2001, 7:5, 270-275.
Grade: Elementary

Oil and Water Don't Mix, but They Do Teach Fractions.
Cindy L. Anderson, Kevin M. Anderson, and Edward J. Wenzel.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 174-178.
Grade: Elementary

Incredible Equations Develop Incredible Number Sense.
Sally B. Schneider and Charles S. Thompson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 146-148, 165-168.
Grade: Elementary

Developing Computational Fluency with Whole Numbers.
Susan Jo Russell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 154-158.
Grade: Elementary

Developing Numbers and Operations with Affordable Handheld Technology.
Denny St. John and Douglas A. Lapp.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 162-164.
Grade: Elementary

From Habitats to Legs: Using Science-Themed Counting Books to Foster Connections.
Pamela O. Fleege and Denisse R. Thompson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2000, 7:2, 74-78.
Grade: Pre-K-3

Using Language and Visualization to Teach Place Value.
Joan A. Colter.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2000, 7:2, 108-114.
Grade: Elementary

Uncovering the Magic.
Peggy O'Conner.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2000, 7:1, 16-21.
Grade: 2-6

Fractions Attack! Children Thinking and Talking Mathematically.
Patricia C. Alcaro, Alice S. Alston, and Nancy Katims.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 562-567.
Grade: 4

Selecting Books in Spanish to Teach Mathematics.
Victoria R. Jacobs, Tom R. Bennett, and Cathy Bullock.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 582-587.
Grade: Elementary

Notable Numbers.
Mary Lou Damjanovich and Jane S. Martain.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2000, 6:8, 504-505.
Grade: Elementary

A Remainder of One: Exploring Partitive Division.
Patricia Seray Moyer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2000, 6:8, 517-521.

Grade: 4

Quality Literature as a Springboard to Problem Solving.
Colin K. Ducolon.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2000, 6:7, 442-446.

Grade K-3

Transportation.
Janel E. Helms, Matthew J. Hinks, Michelle V. Goodman, Shelly R. Leiby, Luke J.

Verna, and Cheryl A. Wetzel.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2000, 6:7, 452-453.
Grade: K-2

How Many Spots Does a Cheetah Have?
Kristine M. Reed.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 346-349.
Grade: 1

Investigating Mathematics as a Community of Learners.
Hollylynne Stohl Drier.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 346-349.
Grade: Elementary

Teacher-Clinicians Encourage Children to Think as Mathematicians.
Rochelle G. Kaplan, Bonnie King, Nancy Dickens, and Viola Stanley.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 406-411.
Grade: 2-8

Children's Inventions for Multidigit Multiplication and Division.
Christine Koller Caliandro.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 420-424, 426.
Grade: Elementary

Amanda Bean and the Gator Girls: Writing and Solving Multiplication Stories.
Maryann S. Wickett.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 282-285,303.
Grade: 3

The Wonderful World of Digital Sums.
Martha V. Bonsangue, Gerald E. Gannon, and Karen L. Watson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 310-313, 318-320.
Grade: Elementary

Helping at Home.
Kate Kline.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1999, 5:8, 456-460.
Grade: Elementary

Check Out these Checkbooks: Real-life Banking for the Classroom.
Abby Tuch.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1999, 5:7, 422-429.
Grade: 2-6

Educating Hannah: It's a What?
Sir Wilfred H. Cockcroft and John Marshall.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 326-329.
Grade: Elementary

Solving Geometric Problems by Using Unit Blocks.
Angela Giglio Andrews.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 381-323.
Grade: K-Primary

Developing Geometric Thinking Through Activities that Begin with Play.
Pierre M. van Hiele.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 310-316.
Grade: Elementary

Teaching the Values of Coins.
Randell L. Drum and Wesley G. Petty Jr.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1999, 5:5, 264-268.
Grade: Primary

Student's Explanations of Place Value in Addition and Subtraction.
Nancy G. Nagel and Cynthia Carol Swingen.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1998, 5:3, 164-170.
Grade: Elementary

Kindergarten Is More Than Counting.
Kate Kline.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1998, 5:2, 84-87.
Grade: Primary

Ethnomathematics and Multicultural Mathematics Education.
Claudia Zaslavsky.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 1998, 4:9, 502-503.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten -- 6

The Function Box and Fourth Graders: Squares, Cubes, and Circles.
James S. Sulzer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1998, 4:8, 442-447.
Grade: K-8

In the Comfort of Their Own Homes: Engaging Families in Mathematics.
Jean M. Ehnebuske.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 338-343.
Grade: K-3

Parents, Portfolios, and Personal Mathematics.
Jacques Ensign.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 346-351.
Grade: K-5

Books + Manipulatives + Families = A Mathematics Lending Library.
Diane McCarty.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 368-375.
Grade: Elementary

Parents, Board Games and Mathematical Learning.
Marion Lee Caldwell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 365-367.
Grade: Elementary

Number Operations from an Algebraic Perspective.
James H. Vance.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1998, 4:5, 282-285.
Grade: Primary

Finding the Number of Cubes in Rectangular Cube Buildings.
Michael Battista and Douglas H. Clements.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1998, 4:5, 258-264.
Grade: Elementary (3-5)

Connecting Instructional Practice to Student Thinking.
Patricia F. Campbell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1997, 4:2, 106-110.
Grade: Elementary

NCTM's Standards in Japanese Elementary Schools.
Daiyo Sawada.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1997, 4:1, 20-23.
Grade: Elementary

Young Students Investigate Number Cubes.
Alex Friedlander.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1997, 4:1, 6-11.
Grade: 1-3

Too Easy for Kindergarten and Just Right for First Grade.
Kathy Richardson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1997, 3:8, 432-437.
Grade: K-2

Place Value as the Key to Teaching Decimal Operations.
Judith Sowder.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1997, 3:8, 448-453.
Grade: Elementary and Middle

Probing the Foundations of Algebra: Grade-4 Pattern Items in NAEP.
Patricia Ann Kenney and Edward A Silver.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 268-274.
Grade: 4

Spreadsheets, Patterns, and Algebraic Thinking.
Don Ploger, Lee Klingler, and Michael Rooney.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 330-334.
Grade: Elementary

What Does Algebraic Thinking Look Like and Sound Like with Preprimary Children?
Frances R. Curcio and Sydney L. Schwartz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 296-300.
Grade: Pre-primary

Mathematics of Change: Ins and Outs or Ups and Downs.
Cornelia C. Tierney and Ricardo Nemirovsky.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 336-339, 345.
Grade: Elementary

A Foundation for Algebraic Reasoning in the Early Grades.
Erna Yackel.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 276-280.
Grade: K-12

Patterns as Tools for Algebraic Reasoning.
Kristen Herbert and Rebecca H. Brown.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 340-344.
Grade: 6

What I Learned From Teaching Second Grade.
Marilyn Burns.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1996, 3:3, 124-127.
Grade: 2

Multicultural Mathematics and Alternative Algorithms.
Randolph R. Philipp.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1996, 3:3, 128-133.
Grade: Elementary

Understanding Children's Reasoning.
George W. Bright.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1996, 3:1, 18-22.
Grade: 1

Making Cents.
Nancy J. Larsen.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 1996, 2:9, 520-522.
Grade: 2

An Alternative to Basic-Skills Remediation.
Judith E. Hankes.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 452-458.
Grade: Primary

Ben's Understanding of One-Half.
Tad Watanabe.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 460-464.
Grade: K-2

Connecting Decimals and Other Mathematical Content.
Charles S. Thompson and Vicki Walker.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 496-502.
Grade: Elementary -- Middle

Hamster Math: Authentic Experiences in Data Collection.
Beth Jorgenson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1996, 2:6, 336-339.
Grade: Elementary

Seamless Assessment/Instruction = Good Teaching.
Diana V. Lambolin and Clare Forseth.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1996, 2:5, 294-299.
Grade: Elementary

Manipulatives for the Metal Chalkboard.
Janet M. Sharp.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1996, 2:5, 280-281.
Grade: Elementary

What's In A Glyph?
Patricia E. Cartland.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1996, 2:5, 324-328.
Grade: Elementary

Nominals: Numbers as Names.
Lawrence Shirley.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1995, 2:4, 242-245.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten -- Elementary

A Common-Cents Approach to Fractions.
Judy Rocke.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1995, 2:4, 234-236.
Grade: Middle (5-8)

Pause, Prompt, and Praise: Cross-Age Tutoring.
Janie E. Eggers.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1995, 2:4, 216-218.
Grade: 1-4

Communicating About Fractions with Pattern Blocks.
Janet H. Caldwell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1995, 2:3, 156-161.
Grade: 5-6 (upper elementary -- middle)

Using Sharing Situations to Help Children Learn Fractions.
Susan B. Empson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1995, 2:2, 110-114.
Grade: 1-5

The Role of Self-Directed Discovery Time in the Development of Mathematics Concepts.
Angela Giglio Andrews.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1995, 2:2, 116-120.
Grade: Pre-primary

Multiplication and Division: Sense Making and Meaning.
Vicky L. Kouba and Kathy Franklin.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 1995, 1:9, 574-577.
Grade: K-4

En-chanting, Fascinating, Useful Number.
Sydney L. Schwartz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1995, 1:8, 486-491.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten

The 100s Chart: A Stepping Stone to Mental Mathematics.
Carol A. Thornton, Graham A. Jones, and Judy L. Neal.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1995, 1:8, 480-483.
Grade: 2

Teaching Patterns, Relationships, and Multiplication as Worthwhile Mathematical Tasks.
Barbara E. Armstrong.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1995, 446-450.
Grade: Elementary

Communicating with Young Children in Mathematics: A Unique Challenge.
Sydney L. Schwartz and Anna Beth Brown.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1995, 1:6, 350-353.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten -- Kindergarten

Promoting Calculator Use In Elementary Classrooms.
Carola C. Drosdeck.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1995, 1:5, 300-305.
Grade: Elementary

How Old Do You Want to Be?
Kenneth P. Goldberg.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1994, 1:3, 184-187.
Grade: 5-6


Odd/even/prime/composite numbers -- color tiles, cubes, Cuisenaire rods, counters

A Teacher's "Try"angles.
Connie H. Yarema, Rhonda H. Adams, and Rachel Cagle.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 299-302.
Grade: K-4

A Four-Point Instructional Model.
Azita Manouchehri.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2001, 8:3, 180-186.
Grade: 6

The Wonderful World of Digital Sums.
Martha V. Bonsangue, Gerald E. Gannon, and Karen L. Watson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 310-313, 318-320.
Grade: Elementary

Too Easy for Kindergarten and Just Right for First Grade.
Kathy Richardson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1997, 3:8, 432-437.
Grade: K-2
 


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