Big Ideas of Math for Young Children

This video collection of mathematics teaching was developed by the Early Childhood Advisory Group at The City College of New York in a collaboration with teachers in the early childhood programs of the YMCA during the 2013-14 school year.  The images in this collection represent teachers’ efforts to incorporate the big ideas of the Common Core State Standards into the everyday routines and activities of their early childhood classroom.  The videos are organized around the following:   

CCSS - Counting & Cardinality

Number Sense
Small Group Bag It! #1
Small Group Bag It! #2
Small Group Bag It! #3
Small Group Bag It! #4
Small Group Bag It! #5
Small Group Bag It! #6Counting

CCSS - Operations & Algebraic Thinking

PatternsMeasurement
Another Way to Explore WeightData Analysis

CCSS - Geometry

Shapes
Big City Project #1
Big City Project #2
Big City Project #3
Big City Project #4

We invite you to explore these snippets of classroom interactions and consider possibilities for how you can incorporate mathematical skills and knowledge into the life of your classroom.