Francesca Granone received a degree in Physics in 2002 and a PhD in Material Science in 2006. She is an associate professor of mathematics at the University of Stavanger in the Early Childhood Education Department. She attended courses related to specific pedagogical methods (the Montessori method, Feuerstein method, and methods for teaching mathematics to children with dyscalculia) in order to help children understand mathematics (typically developing children, children with learning difficulties, and children with disabilities). She is currently attending a special pedagogy university course. In her research, she works primarily in three fields: the first is to define activities that can support cognitive development in children with disabilities through a mediational approach (the Come in! project); the second is technology in ECEC, with focus on computational thinking and inclusion (DiCoTe project) financed by the Research Council of Norway; and the third is outdoor mathematics in ECEC. She has a tight relationship with the field of practice, both in Italy and in Norway, and she has worked on writing proposals based on the partnership between ECEC teachers and researchers. Her interests are also related to the important mathematical competences that children should learn in ECEC in order to better understand the world around them.