Ep 43 - P2 teachers are MATH TEACHERS too!

May 20, 2025

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Duane and Cole uncork a crucial conversation about why educators working with our youngest learners—preschool through 2nd grade—must embrace the title “math teacher” with the same pride they claim “reading teacher.” They unpack the regrettable disconnect that leaves many early-years classrooms brimming with alphabet charts but light on number talk, then spotlight compelling research showing that strong early-math foundations outshine early-reading skills as predictors of later literacy success. We talk about creating joyful opportunities for play-based learning to nurture numeracy between ages 3 and 8 as the hidden catalyst for lifelong learning.

Join us in this conversation.

RESOURCES…

✚ Count, Play, Explore

https://www.countplayexplore.org/

✚ Play-based Learning in the Early Childhood Mathematics Classroom: Culturally Sustaining Play:

https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/icitl/vol2/iss1/2/

✚ Early Math Collaborative:

https://earlymath.erikson.edu/

✚ Future conference dates:

https://www.cmcmath.org/conferences

REGISTER FOR OUR CONFERENCES:

✚ Register for CMC Central P-2 Conference on August 2, 2025. It is for day care teachers through grade 2: