Growing math minds... Changing math mindsets
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Early Math Symposium
June 21, 2024 from 9 am to 1 pm (PST)
Developing and presenting a Family/Community Math Night
Inviting families and the community into school events is always a worthwhile experience. Engaging in a math-related event is a great way to encourage and support the math occurring at your site. This session is all about what a Family Math Night can look like and how to prepare for one. We will be looking at what has worked well, and discussing how an event like this might be planned at your school. Jon has facilitated and co-facilitated Family Math Nights with preschools, primary and upper elementary students and their families. This session will be focused on geometry and shapes that are connected to literature books and activities. Come with ideas and questions about how to include family members in the math program that all of your students are a part of.
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Jon Dueck helps coordinate the California Early Math Initiative as a part of the Fresno County Early Care & Education Team. Jon works with teachers and administrators to build programs that promote a worthwhile and optimistic view of math and science, and help show families and the community that math is all around us. As a part of the CA Early Math Initiative, he leads the countplayexplore.org site, coaches preschool and primary teachers, and supports community math events. Jon leads STEM initiatives in the region while supporting schools and districts with comprehensive math program tools. Jon has spoken at local, state-wide, and international conferences about building strong math understanding and deepening math concepts in daily math lessons. He has worked in preschools, TK-12 schools and at the secondary level. Jon enjoys talking about numbers with young children.
Jon Dueck