Math inquiry-based play activities for kindergarten

Mar 26, 2020 - Inquiry based learning is a big term, but understanding what it measn will help build play perserverance and motivate problem-solving. Learn all here.

Take a look at these inspirational play based learning experiences for your classroom - and they're curriculum aligned to boot!

“The children experiencing the transformation of the caterpillars to butterflies was magical. I can’t help but relate this experience to the uniqueness of teaching kindergarten and bein…

Journey into Learning 💭 In our community right now lots of educators are sharing their welcome to kindergarten nights that invite new kindergarteners and their families into their schools and show them the types of play based activities that await them in their first year of kindergarten ❤️ These activities are all fun and easy ways to encourage learning through play based inquiry! Activity one: Roll and Count to fill the jar - this is a fun way to work on counting! Activity two: Let's…

By: Diane Kashin, Ed.D, RECE. After three decades of fascination with all things early childhood education, I still wonder where the future path will lead? What will the the field of early childhoo…

Combining math and loose parts play takes the isolation of formal instruction out of the math scene and introduces experimentation and collaboration. There are many ways to encourage children to think mathematically as they explore with loose parts. Try these loose parts play activities in preschool or kindergarten.

We spent lots of time identifying, describing, and sorting three-dimensional objects. Many of our families contributed to our 3D figures museum in the classroom. During the math inquiry our goal wa…