Creative Mathematics is very proud to offer flexible, and affordable staff development through DVD that will allow you to bring our national presenters into your schools! These excellent new DVD training programs are designed to help you strengthen your classroom instruction. Outstanding Creative Mathematics trainers demonstrate and explain powerful, effective strategies and techniques in a workshop setting.
Unlike many video training programs, which give you only a brief overview of teaching methods, these DVD’s will enable viewers to immediately implement these outstanding strategies in their own classroom programs. In the coming months, we will be adding other classes by other presenters.
Use this DVD training program:
as part of a comprehensive staff development program
in staff development training focused on specific topics
in school site faculty, grade level, or department meetings
(Each DVD training program includes a manual master (with duplication rights), plus you have the option of purchasing teacher “tool kits” for each participant so they can follow along and have a hands-on experience.)
Cost of the DVD’s:
Cost for a 2-hour video class is $299. There is also a teacher ”tool kit” available to make the class hands on for $3.00 per teacher. UPS Ground Shipping is included: orders needed earlier than UPS Ground shall be charged additional shipping fees.
Kim Sutton:
Ten Things I WIsh I Had Know Earlier About Teaching Math: (All Day Class) $29.95. - Don’t miss this great opportunity to own Kim Sutton’s VHS video of a wonderful and powerful presentation, ” The 10 Things I Wish I Knew Earlier About Teaching Math”. This 2-hour video was filmed live and includes the video, handout and tool kit so you can participate just like you were there!
This popular presentation by Kim Sutton shares powerful insight into teaching mathematics. Kim offers practical strategies for “big ideas” of mathematics through songs, stories, activities and dance. You will be motivated by Kim and her energy, knowledge and wealth of ideas. Every elementary, instructional aide and student teacher should watch this presentation! You will be delighted with the powerful message about place value, basic facts, patterns and motivation!
We have a limited supply of these video’s left and we are selling them for the incredible price of $29.95 plus shipping. Originally priced at $99.00. You may also earn a 1/2 unit of university credit with a small assignment and an additional fee.
Effective Math Tools: (All Day Class) $699. - What are the most important tools for teaching mathematics at the elementary level? It is easy to be overwhelmed by all of the commercial products out there. The right “math tools” can be a crucial part of the mathematics curriculum to reinforce problem solving and empower students. If you are looking for a math seminar where you sit in a big room and listen to a lecture on math theory – this isn’t the workshop for you! Kim’s class, Effective Math Tools, is an exciting handson workshop where you will build, use and understand amazing “math tools” that will greatly improve your mathematical teaching. Teachers of grades 1-5 will come away with helpful and motivating ideas for every area of the math content; number sense, algebra and functions, measurement and geometry, data analysis and probability and mathematical reasoning. Kim will focus on building correct math language through teaching experiences with the tools of mathematics. Literature links, songs and dances will be used to motivate students to learn intense math content. Teachers will construct many tools like angle makers, circle sizers, mirrors, number chat cards, place value pockets and math dictionaries. These materials include simple instructions for assembling in the
Children’s Literature & Smart Math Strategies to Teach Math Content: (All Day Class) $699. -This 6-hour DVD program for teachers K-5 provides powerful math content instruction with integrated literature that will effectively improve students’ understanding and performance in a standards-based math classroom. Kim models strategies using selected literature titles for real world connections. Teachers will experience Kim’s motivational approach for utilizing “smart strategies” to move students from counting into meaningful computations done without labor or hardship. Some of the “smart strategies” include doubling numbers, short cuts for computation and the power of multiples. Purchase a “tool kit” for each teacher and it’s just like having Kim come to your school for the day!!
Kim’s Number Line Workshop: (2 1/2 hours) $299. - Kim Sutton’s new 2 1/2 hour workshop for grades K-6 features the #1 most important teacher visual - Kim’s Number Line. This is a great workshop for those who already own a number line and also a wonderful opportunity for teachers who are interested in learning about this powerful teacher tool.
Kim shows you how to build and use your number line beginning in Kindergarden and develop more complex ideas to use up through Sixth Grade. You will learn great ideas for counting, skip counting, multiples, factoring, and reducing and simplifying fractions with Kim’s Number Line. The workshop includes music, literature, games and activities to make learning these concepts thrilling for your students.
The Wonder of Place Value: (2 hours) $299.
Kim will be focusing on the critical area of place value. A subject that is hard to teach and an important concept for students to fully understand. Kim will be combining all of her place value materials in one session; books, activities, music and games. You will have a great time with Kim focusing on The Wonder of Place Value.
Computational Strategies To Promote Fluency with Basic Facts: (2Hours) $299.
Kim will share a wealth of ideas to assist students with connections that streamline basic facts. Teachers will walk away with ideas that can be used with all four operations. Kim will use songs, stories, games, and activities to make facts thrilling for your students.
The Importance of Mathematical Language in the Elementary Classroom: (2 hours) $299.
Kim Sutton presents a special class devoted to The Importance of Mathematical Language in the Elementary Classroom. Kim will share powerful strategies for increasing the use of mathematical language in your classroom. Come and experience the powerful connection between mathematical knowledge and the associated correct math language. Kim will share practical strategies for immediate implementation in the classroom!
The Six Guiding Principles of Teaching Elementary Mathematics:
(2 hours) $299.
These are the all important “big” ideas that are the umbrella over the content that elementary math standards are based on. Experience Kim Sutton’s motivating style of using children’s literature, songs, dances and “hands on” strategies that give students evidence of these principles. This class will focus on ready to go ideas that reinforce this important message to all elementary classrooms!
Ron and Nancy Brown
Looking for new ways to energize your reading lessons and teach essential skills? Are you ready to revitalize your language arts curriculum in ways that will engage and accelerate learning? Ron and Nancy Brown’s 2-hour DVD will help you do just that! This video presentation is packed with dozens of easy-to-use songs, games, and activities that will truly make a difference in your teaching. Using original music and rhythmic activities, the Browns demonstrate classroom tested techniques and strategies that make the brain connection to standards, skills, and concepts. $299.
Barbara Ann Novelli
Using Science as a Context to Teach Measurement. $299.
For students to become confident and competent in their measurement skills and understandings they need a meaningful context-Science provides that meaningful context. This DVD for grades K-5 will give you easy to implement, and research based ideas of how to use Science to improve student’s understandings and achievements in measurement.
Supporting Inquiry in the Classroom. $299.
Inquiry is central to science learning. When engaged in science inquiry students describe objects and events, ask questions, construct explanations and then test those explanations as well as communicate their ideas to others. Students need support in getting to this level of doing science. A teacher’s role is critical in scaffolding inquiry in the classroom. This DVD for grades K-5 will give you practical classroom based ideas that will help you use inquiry learning as a powerful tool in your science classroom.
Dr. Judith Hillen:
Simplify and Strengthen: Multiplication and Division Concept. $299.
This hands-on session seeks to make connections between procedural and conceptual understanding of the basic operations of multiplication and division using models and manipulative that enhances visual memory. Key ideas include meaning of basic operations, basic facts, procedural understanding and connections to creative thinking and playful practice.
Simplify and Strengthen: Fraction Concepts (2 hours) $299.
This two-hour session focuses on fraction models that provide visual and mental images to promote understanding of operations and concepts about fractions. Key ideas include symbolic representation, equivalency, comparing and ordering, mixed numbers, and connections to decimals, percent, time and money.
