In their homes and other early education and care settings, children make initial explorations into everyday mathematics, progressively developing and refining knowledge and skills and acquiring expectations, motivations, and beliefs about their math abilities. The DREME Family Math project develops playful and engaging activities to maximize high-quality math interactions with preschool children. The project’s ultimate goal is to produce and disseminate free research-based resources that parents and caregivers can use to promote math learning among young children.
Publications
Early number knowledge and skills
Authors: Nelson, G. & Mazzocco, M.
2020 in Healthy Development in Young Children: Evidence-Based Interventions for Early Education
Introduction to the special issue: Parents supporting early mathematical thinking
Authors: Mazzocco, M. & Claessens, A.
2020 in Early Childhood Research Quarterly
Variation in early number skills and mathematics achievement: Implications from cognitive profiles of children with or without Turner syndrome
Authors: Lukowski, S. L., Padrutt, E. R., Sarafoglou, K., Ross, J. L., Law, J. R., Olson, R. E. & Mazzocco, M.
2020 in PLOS One
Leveraging research on informal learning to inform policy on promoting early STEM learning
Authors: Hurst, M., Polinsky, N., Haden, C.A., Levine, S. & Uttal, D.
2019 in Social Policy Report
Early maternal spatial support for toddlers and math skills in second grade
Authors: Ribeiro, L. A., Casey, B., Dearing, E., Nordahl, K. B., Aguiar, C. & Zachrisson, H.
2021 in Journal of Cognition and Development
Maternal support of children’s math learning in associations between family income and math school readiness
Authors: Lombardi, C. M. & Dearing, E.
2021 in Child Development
Blog posts
Research & Policy
May 3, 2024
Advances in Early Math Education: Critical Issues in Policy and Practice
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Family Math
February 26, 2024
Stories About Young Children’s Amazing Math Thinking
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Family Math
October 2, 2023
Celebrate Culture and Math with Papel Picado
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Reading Together
August 3, 2023
Guides to Help You Read Math Storybooks to Young Children
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Family Math
May 22, 2023
Exploring the Number Zero: Helping Children Understand the Empty Set
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Family Math
April 25, 2023