Kids Math Talk

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.  S...

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.  Support the show

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. Support the show

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.  Support the sh...

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.  Support the show

Kids should have time and space to learn concepts and should have the chance to talk about math and demonstrate understanding through performance tasks, not just paper and pencil activities.  What follows is not an exhaustive explanation of fractions - This episode is focused on giving educators and parents some “look fors” and questions to ask to help children begin to explore their understanding...

Today’s guest, Dr. Peg Smith, has written almost one hundred books and articles (that's so impressive) and she has devoted over two decades to creating research-based materials for teachers and teacher educators.  In addition to receiving numerous awards for her accomplishments, she was an NCTM Lifetime Award recipient in 2019. She is an amazing gift to the mathematics education community and...

Today is the first of a new type of episode for our podcast. It’s called the KMT Spotlight which aims to highlight additional voices in the math community and celebrate all of the amazing things happening.  We are looking for additional teachers, teacher educators, and parents for these episodes. If you would like to be a KMT Spotlight guest, email Desiree Harrison at kidsmathtalk@gmail.com or con...

In this 17th episode of the Kids Math Talk Podcast, host Desiree Harrison talks with educator Vada  Gray about representation in the math classroom.  Support the show

In episode 16, host Desiree Harrison talks with researcher and author Peter Liljedahl  about his new book - Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics Grades K-12: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning (2020) - which focuses on unpacking practices that promote growth, community, engagement, and positive mathematical identities in order to promote student centered classrooms. Support the sh...

In the 15th episode of the Kids Math Talk Podcast, Desiree Harrison talks to educator Kaneka Turner to learn more about the impact of labeling students in the math classroom. Support the show

In episode 14, The Kids Math Talk Podcast host Desiree Harrison interviews economist Anna Gifty, who shares how she found the field of economics and is using her passion for the field to encourage and inspire others to connect numbers to our world. Support the show

Strategies for getting kids to talk about math, don’t always come naturally to us and that’s why I’m so excited for this week’s episode where we talk to two of the authors of the text, Activating Math Talk: 11 Purposeful Techniques for your elementary Students . Support the show

In the Season 2 opener, Podcast host and mathematics coach Desiree Harrison interviews Dr. Theresa Wills, author of the new book Teaching Math at a Distance (2020). Support the show

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In this episode host Desiree Harrison talks to math educator professor and author DeAnn Huinker about the Mathematics Teaching Framework and how this can be used to empower students in both the face to face and online teaching environment. Support the show

Mathematics Coach and Kids Math Talk Founder Desiree Harrison breaks down the three dimensions of engagement (Behavioral, Cognitive, Emotional) and gives practical suggestions for implementing strategies to increase each type of engagement.   Strategies discussed: 1. Math Talk Moves 2. Wait Time 3. Classroom Jobs 4. "One of Three" Technique Support the show

In this 8th episode of the podcast, math coach and Kids Math Talk founder Desiree Harrison discusses how to create a productive online Kids Math Talk Community with three strategies: 1. Knowing your own beliefs about teaching and learning 2. Easing into the school year 3. Establishing sociomathematical norms Support the show

In this 7th episode of the Kids Math Talk Podcast, mathematics coach and Kids Math Talk founder Desiree Harrison talks about using productive beliefs to help create our next normal for the 2020-2021 school year and beyond.  Support the show

In this 6th episode, we talk about why everyone should be using concrete manipulatives to help children create powerful visual images.  Fact #1 - Humans place meaning onto manipulatives Fact #2 - Children Hear Us Fact #3 -  Visual Images are difficult to replace Fact #4 - Manipulatives + Meaningful Tasks Fact #5 - Visual Images + CRA Support the show

In this 5th episode of the Kids Math Talk Podcast, mathematics coach and Kids Math Talk founder Desiree Harrison breaks down the 4 components of procedural fluency and the 3 phases of fluency.  Support the show

While daily life requires adults to apply math skills on a consistent basis-which the vast majority of Americans are actually capable of doing-“approximately 93 percent of Americans indicate that they experience some level of math anxiety” (Blazer 2011). In episode four, we discuss three strategies to stop math anxiety before it starts: Strategy #1 - Moving from judgement calls to words of affirma...

Episode 3 of The Kids Math Talk Podcast is all about taking a pause without anything new being added on-so that we can reflect on what has arguably been the most unpredictable and energy draining year. It’s okay to pause before moving forward. Support the show

What is your math story? Who are the main characters and what do they look like? In Episode 2, we discuss how to help kids start to talk about and build a positive mathematics identity.   Mathematics identities are defined as not only how someone sees themselves fitting into a mathematics space, but also how they are seen by others, including teachers, parents, and peers --as doers of mathematics....

This episode explains what Kids Math Talk is all about. Join elementary mathematics coach and Kids Math Talk founder, Desiree Harrison, starting in June 2020 for weekly episodes centered around helping parents and educators keep the conversation about math active and positive.   Support the show