About Mary Hynes-Berry

Mary Hynes-Berry brings five decades of working with young children and families, as well as preservice and in-service early childhood teachers, using questions and conversations about stories to promote inquiry and learning. Her book titled "Don't Leave the Story in the Book" (Teacher's College Press, 2011) explored how they spark inquiry across the curriculum. In the "Precursor Math Concept: The Wonder of Mathematical Worlds with Infants and Toddlers" (Teacher's College Press, 2021) Hynes-Berry, Jie-Qi Chen, and Barbara Abel focus on how language and cognitive development is grounded in positive interactive communication between caregivers, infants, and toddlers.