Kids Math Talk

Are you wondering what makes something a rich math task? Or how you implement them into your classroom?
In this episode, host Desiree Harrison talks with Delise Andrews and Sorsha T. Mulroe, two of the co-authors of the grades 4-5 version of the Corwin book series, Classroom-Ready Rich Math Tasks: Engaging Students in Doing Math, to answer these questions and more. 

Classroom-Ready Rich Math Tasks: Engaging Students in Doing Math Series Links
K-1 version
2-3 version
4-5 version

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In Episode 30, Kids Math Talk host Desiree Harrison talks with the authors of The Math Pact series, Karen Karp, Barbara Dougherty, and Sarah Bush about:

1. What is a Mathematics Whole School Agreement?
2. How does using this Agreement build coherence and increase mathematical identities and student agency?
3. How do parents and educators get started?

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Season 3 of the Kids Math Talk podcast is almost here! We will continue to explore mathematics teaching and learning with interviews from scholars in the math education world, and we’ll also continue to break down definitions and offer practical tips for educators and parents. There’s also going to be another giveaway of professional learning books and digital manipulatives subscriptions. You can enter this giveaway starting July 27, 2021 by heading to kidsmathtalk.com or by finding the entry form link on Twitter by searching the hashtag #kidsmathtalk. Stay safe and keep the Kids Math Talk going strong. Season 3 of the Kids Math Talk podcast starts August 3, 2021.

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Looking for some professional learning opportunities this summer? One focused on children ages 0 to 8 years is happening on June 25, 2021 - The Early Math Symposium. Tickets are absolutely free and there is a great lineup of speakers and breakout sessions. Listen to this episode for details about the symposium and all the Early Math Project has to offer. 

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Today’s guests are Dr. Ernest and Karen Harrison - my parents. I have to thank them for taking this risk and allowing me to interview them and upload this for the world to hear a small part of their stories. 

I hope this will encourage you to interview your families and reflect on how this history might be influencing your thoughts and beliefs about the teaching and learning of mathematics.

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Here on the Kids Math Talk Podcast we talk a lot about how children have so much to say. But do we as educators and parents really always take the time to listen? 

Today’s guests - Berkeley Everett, Christine Allen, and Karen Recinos - challenge us to shift our thinking about time as a constant and invite us to embrace the power that comes with slowing down and listening to children’s thinking. 

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KMT Spotlights Math Intervention Teacher Nick Harris and his successful framework for using a video feedback loop to create meaningful partnerships with parents of elementary students.

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This episode gives us a sneak peek into the Math is Play! Presentation by Dr. Emille Davie Lawrence that is a part of the the 2021 National Math Festival. 

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In this episode, Part 2 of the Everything You Never Learned About Fractions Series, we define the term and also discuss instructional moves for all elementary teachers, kindergarten through 5th grade, that lead to a deeper understanding of fractions. Be sure to pause right now and press that subscribe button to know when the next episodes about fractions understanding are released. 

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In Episode 21 we talk to a few of the authors of Mathematizing Your School: Creating a Culture for Math Success  (2018) where we will learn what that term mathematize means, and about actionable items that can promote excitement, and a positive mindset towards math in the classroom, school, and district, no matter what math concept is being emphasized at the moment. 

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