Preschool Data Toolbox

Collect data, create graphs, and analyze your findings with Gracie & Friends® in the Preschool Data Toolbox app! Choose one of our six investigations with preschool-appropriate research questions, or create your own investigations and turn them into a data story. These data collection and analysis activities help children to engage in meaningful mathematics while developing computational thinking and problem-solving, communication, and inquiry skills.Features- 6 investigations provided- Create your own investigations- Collect data in the app- Visualize data with pictographs, bar graphs, and tally charts- Tools to analyze and sort data- Drawing tool to annotate on top of graphs- Graph comparison - Slider to change pictograph to bar graph- Discussion prompts to guide analysis and learning- Data story feature to present your findings- Teachers Guide with lesson plans- Alignment with research-based early math learning trajectories- No in-app purchases- No advertisingLearning GoalsThis app and its corresponding data collection and analysis investigations are designed to help preschool-aged children practice and learn early mathematics concepts, engage with meaningful questions about the world around them, and use active problem-solving to answer these questions. Specifically, children will:- Collect and organize data, create visual representations like charts and graphs, and use and discuss data to answer real-world questions- Practice mathematical concepts like (counting, sorting, comparing, and ordering)Early Math with Gracie & Friends® is a math-focused preschool curriculum supplement that includes resources for classroom and home use. The Preschool Data Toolbox app and the corresponding hands-on investigations were designed to support children’s data collection and analysis skills as well as their computational thinking. The app and hands-on investigations are based on rounds of iterative research and development with preschool children and teachers. Research has shown that the use of this app and hands-on investigations help preschoolers learn about data collection and analysis, and improve their mathematical knowledge.Early Math Gracie & Friends® is not just apps! Our research shows the importance of engaging learners in hands-on, non-digital play. In fact, for every Gracie & Friends® app, we have created and researched around five hands-on activities!Check them out at http://first8studios.orgAbout First 8 Studios @ GBH Kids GBH Kids has pioneered childrens educational media for decades. First 8 Studios @ GBH Kids is dedicated to carrying this pioneering spirit into the digital, mobile world.First 8 Studios creates mobile experiences to support the healthy growth of children from birth through age 8. At the heart of this work is a commitment to research-based development and an ongoing collaboration with teachers and children to give them a voice in the digital media development process. Youll find evidence of the big hearts and little fingerprints of our partners throughout each Gracie & Friends® experience.Privacy PolicyFirst 8 Studios @ WGBH is committed to childrens safety and well-being. No personally identifiable data is collected. For our complete Privacy Policy, please visit: https://first8studios.org/privacypolicy.htmlCopyrightEarly Math with Gracie & Friends® and the characters and related indicia are trademarks of First 8 Studios @ GBH Kids. ®/© 2022 WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved.This Early Math with Gracie & Friends® app was produced by GBH Kids.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DRL-1933698. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NSF.