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  • Sabin World School
  • Denver, CO
  • More than half of students from low‑income households

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When students are able to use their hands to manipulate a variety of math materials, it supports the development of deep, conceptual math understanding. Creative math materials are visually interesting, kinesthetically pleasing, and intellectually thought-provoking. When working with materials, young mathematicians are also able to embody the critically supportive math practices of perseverance, making sense of patterns, and justifying reasoning. Through the use of math materials, students are able to explore longer in the process of math, rather than simply focusing on getting the correct answer. Students can lay out three 2-bead bars to begin to understand that repeated addition, or 2 + 2 + 2, equals six, laying the important foundation for later understanding the operation of multiplication. Students can pick up and hold three-dimensional figures of various geometric solids, so that they are able to compare the fact that a triangular prism has 6 vertices because the shape of the base is a triangle, whereas a rectangular prism has 8 vertices because the shape of the base is a rectangle. Being able to hold, touch, count, and see these mathematical truths is a much more empowering and lasting experience for a child than being limited to working with a worksheet and pencil. Students are able to discover math rather than being told what to know about math, which fosters a much more profound level of learning. Not only does the use of math materials support students' mastery of different grade-level standards, it also helps children to see how math exists in our lives. The materials take math off the page of a workbook, as students begin to naturally and excitedly have mathematical insights about the world around them!

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When students are able to use their hands to manipulate a variety of math materials, it supports the development of deep, conceptual math understanding. Creative math materials are visually interesting, kinesthetically pleasing, and intellectually thought-provoking. When working with materials, young mathematicians are also able to embody the critically supportive math practices of perseverance, making sense of patterns, and justifying reasoning. Through the use of math materials, students are able to explore longer in the process of math, rather than simply focusing on getting the correct answer. Students can lay out three 2-bead bars to begin to understand that repeated addition, or 2 + 2 + 2, equals six, laying the important foundation for later understanding the operation of multiplication. Students can pick up and hold three-dimensional figures of various geometric solids, so that they are able to compare the fact that a triangular prism has 6 vertices because the shape of the base is a triangle, whereas a rectangular prism has 8 vertices because the shape of the base is a rectangle. Being able to hold, touch, count, and see these mathematical truths is a much more empowering and lasting experience for a child than being limited to working with a worksheet and pencil. Students are able to discover math rather than being told what to know about math, which fosters a much more profound level of learning. Not only does the use of math materials support students' mastery of different grade-level standards, it also helps children to see how math exists in our lives. The materials take math off the page of a workbook, as students begin to naturally and excitedly have mathematical insights about the world around them!

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