Just Playing Around: Teaching PreK-Grade 3 STEM Through Inquiry, Exploration, and Play (2) - Math

E Childhood Prof Dev | This program is completed

Capitol Plaza ---- 100 State Street Montpelier, VT 05602 United States

Montpelier Room

PreK - 3 Teachers

3/26/2019 (one day)

8:30 AM-3:30 AM EDT on Tue

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$150.00

Children are naturally curious, full of questions, creative, and playful. This three-part workshop series uses the concept of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) as play in which children are engaged in asking questions, making discoveries, experimenting, working with others, and working toward proficiency in NGSS and CCSS standards.
The format of this workshop will use this playful approach to STEM. Participants will interact with each other, ask questions, explore materials, and play. This workshop is the second in a series of three workshops. The series starts with a focus on science followed by mathematics. Engineering is presented as an application of scientific and mathematical concepts. Technology is a tool that is woven throughout the series.
Participants in the mathematics workshop will:
- Develop an understanding of teaching and learning trajectories in
- Number and Operations, Geometry, and Measurement;
- Investigate ways to naturally highlight math in play situations;
- Learn how to provide focused learning opportunities through play;
- Explore and extend their own math understandings during problem solving explorations; and
- Create math toolkits to use in their own learning environments.

  • The series can also be taken as a 2-credit course which requires participation in all three workshops and completion of readings and assignments focusing on purposeful play, cultivating STEM identities, and strengthening both teacher and student mindsets with STEM content. Please register under the COURSE option if you choose to participate this way.
Silvis, Loree

Loree Silvis is an early childhood and elementary mathematics specialist and an instructor in the VT-HEC Early Childhood Program. She researches, develops, and teaches graduate-level courses and workshops focusing on how young children construct an understanding of important foundational mathematics concepts. She also works with school districts throughout Vermont focusing on instructional best practices in mathematics.