1st Edition

How Did You Count? Teacher's Guide

By Christopher Danielson Copyright 2025
146 Pages 76 Color & 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

146 Pages 76 Color & 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

“I hope that this Teacher’s Guide supports your own inquiry into children’s mathematics, and I hope that the images elicit brilliance from the children you do math with—wherever you and they may count.” From the author of the award-winning Which One Doesn’t Belong? and How Many? comes How Did You Count? , the latest title in Christopher Danielson’s collection that is sure to spark... Read more

1. What Counts as Counting?  2. How Counting Develops  3. Using How Did You Count?  4. Mathematical Encounters  5. Answers Key

Biography

Christopher Danielson has worked with math learners of all ages, from teens in his former middle school classroom to his own children, from calculus students to elementary teachers to families who visit Math-On-A-Stick, a large-scale math learning and play space at the Minnesota State Fair. Find more of his writing on his websites, talkingmathwithyourkids.com and christopherdanielson.wordpress.com.

"Christopher Danielson’s How Did You Count is an eye-opening, mind-opening way in to helping kids to see their own math intuition and math smarts, before they come to see math as calculation.  An essential tool for opening up pathways towards understanding math differently, for 
kids, parents, and teachers.”


Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, senior writer Mpls.St.Paul Magazine