Spotlight on Young Children: Exploring Math

Amy Shillady is journal editor for NAEYC’s award-winning Young Children. She facilitates the peer review process, performs developmental editing of articles, and serves as the primary editor for journal columns. Amy also edits selected NAEYC Spotlight Series books.Leah Schoenberg Muccio was editorial associate at NAEYC.

• Introduction / Amy ShilladyThe Patterns of Music: Children Birth through 5 Learning Mathematics through Beat, Rhythm, and Melody / Kamile Geist, Eugene A. Geist, and Kathleen KuznikFive Strategies for Creating Meaningful Mathematics Experiences in the Primary Years / Megan BurtonMathematics and Social Justice in Grade 1: How Children Understand Inequality and Represent It / M. Shaun MurphySecond and Third Grade Mathematical Pattern Hunters / Phyllis Whitin and David J. WhitinEncouraging Preschoolers’ Emerging Mathematics Skills / Andrew M. Tyminski and Sandra M. LinderMath Is Everywhere! Tips for Mathematizing Preschool Settings / Amy ShilladyMathematics and Poetry in Grades 2 and 3: The Right Connection / David J. Whitin and Michelle PiwkoTeaching Mental Computation Strategies in the Primary Grades / Ann Margaret HeirdsfieldMore, All Gone, Empty, Full: Math Talk with Infants and Toddlers—Every Day, in Every Way / Jan GreenbergBooks Count! Children’s Books with Mathematics Themes / Holly BohartResources for Teaching and Learning about Math with Young ChildrenReflecting, Discussing, and Exploring: Questions and Follow-Up Activities