THERE'S MATH IN DEVILED EGGS - STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN
(Agency for Instructional Technology, 1993, 27 minutes)

This is an outline of the topics covered in the 1983 AIT film There's Math in Deviled Eggs - Strategies for Teaching Young Children.

Lucinda Lee Katz
Maureen Ellis
Child and teacher as active partners in the learning process
Bridging
Small group activities/individual activities/large group activities (5:00)
Block play
Water play
Birthday chart
Housekeeping area
Pattern blocks/puzzles
Category recognition
Writing/reading areas
Bridging model (10:00)
Counting involving halves
8 strategies for bridging (13:00): observer, validator, participant/converser, extender, problem initiator, role model, instructor, manager/organizer/provider.
"Make 10" game (20:00).
Illustrations of bridging


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