Download - Math Keynote2008
Click Your Heels 3 Times!Using the Power of Storytelling to Bring Math Concepts Home
• Tina Rohde and Colleen Shaskin• WonderWeavers - Storytellers
• www.wonderweavers.com
Math is more than numbers!
Stories are more than
words!
From the beginning
of time there was Story. . .
Storytelling and Story Listening!
• Builds relationships and creates community• Is interactive• Increases comprehension and
prediction skills• Exercises imagination• Entertains• Increases language and reinforces math skills
How we
learn
Neurons: Building Blocks of the Brain
• 100,000,000,000 neurons at birth
• Each has about 10,000 dendrites (branches)
• 1,000,000,000,000,000 possible configurations
• 17% of the neurons are wired at birth
A Baby’s Brain
A child’s journey into
literacy
What Children Need for Language Development
• Enriched environment
• Secure environment
• Loving environment
• Conversation
• Exploration
• Limited TV
600 words/ hour 1200 words/ hour 2100 words/ hour
Our words make a positive difference
in a child’s life!
When asking questions allow Wait Time.
Stories & Math are all around us!
Standards of Mathfrom the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• Thinking Math• Problem Solving• Communications• Reasoning• Connections
• Content Math• Patterns and Relationships
• Number Sense & Numeration
• Geometry and Spatial Sense
• Measurement
• Fractions
• Estimation
• Statistics and Probability
Thinking Math• Problem Solving• Communications
• Reasoning• Connections
Problem Solving is key in being able to do all other aspects of math.
Storytelling and story play stimulate children to use all of the Thinking Math skills
Content Math• Patterns and Relationships
• Number Sense & Numeration
• Geometry and Spatial Sense
• Measurement
• Fractions
• Estimation
• Statistics and Probability
Patterns and Relationships
Relationships are things that are
connected by some kind of reason.
Patterns are things that
repeat.
Number Sense & Numeration
• Ability to think and work with numbers easily
Geometry and Spatial Sense
• Shape, Size, Space, Position,
Direction and Movement
Measurement
• Length, Height, Weight, Time, How Big or Little
Fractions
• Parts of a whole
Estimation
• More than, Less than, and educated guess about size or amount
How Many?
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
98th
percentile 80th
percentile 50th percentile
20th
percentile
Reading Outside School
Minutes/Day
•Using graphs and charts•Statistics tells the stories about our
world•Probabilities tell the likelihood of
something occurring
Statistics and Probability
Putting it all together!
Using a story across the math curriculum
Use What You Know!
• Playing with Math and Story
Storytelling, Literacy and Math experiences lead to …
Click your heals three times…
• Make learning fun for you and for your students.
• Hands on learning experiences work best.
• The things we do each day shape children’s lives and build strong foundations for their future.