Early Childhood Mathematics Education Links

NCTM Homepage for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Standards 2000 Connect directly to the eletronic version of the NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (PSSM) 2000.

Illuminations Internet resources for PSSM, including investigations, reflections, web-based resources, and lesson plans.

Center for Innovation in Education This site lists and presents classroom ideas from the Math Their Way book.

Math Forum This site includes lessons plans, activities, and information on assessment and technology.

SMILE The SMILE program is designed to enhance the elementary and high school learning of Science and Mathematics through the a phenomenological approach. There are currently almost 800 lesson plans available which include the materials needed, suggested strategy, and expected outcomes.

Explorer ExplorerTM is a collection of educational resources (instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans, student created materials...) for K-12 mathematics and science education.

The Lesson Plans Page This site is a searchable archive of lesson plans for arithmetic, patterns, basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), time, estimation, graphs, place value, fractions, measurement, number sense, and many more.

Terri's page This page was created by a math teacher with ideas and suggestions for beginning teachers. It has connection to Early Childhood materials and lesson plans.

Math.com Provides K-12 teachers with lesson plans and other resources with additional connections for students and parents.

PBS Math This site has resources and ideas for teachers including lesson plans and clips of lessons in the Mathline.

Mathstories Many word problems and open-ended activities for the classroom, sorted by topic and level of difficulty. Problems are based on popular children's stories such as Harry Potter.

Laniu's page Interactive, online lessons and ideas for the classroom.

Education World This site has many different features, including ideas and resources for the math classroom.

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse This site offers curriculum and professional resources as well as web links and articles.

Annenberg Teachers Lab Allows teachers to explore aspects of mathematics and science through the Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project.

Georgia Learning Center A site with lesson plans, web resources, and an overview of Georgia's QCC's with search capabilities.

Marco Polo This site includes panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, lesson plans, classroom activities, materials to help with daily classroom planning, and powerful search engines.

Other Activities for the Classroom

Funschool This site includes games for K-6.

Funbrain More online math games.

Mathematics

Figure This! Math challenges for families.

MEGA Mathematics The frontier of mathematics is an exciting place, where mathematicians experiment and play with creative and imaginative ideas, many of them accessible to young children.

Cereal Box Problem An interactive java program to simulate expected value.

AskERIC This is a specialized search site. Since one of the fields is lesson plans, it provides ideas for the classroom.

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