My students need a variety of 7 math manipulatives including pattern blocks, unifix cubes, colored tiles, tangrams, counting bears, judy clocks and colored links.
Math Manipulative Mania ~ Mathematicians in the Making
I am currently teaching a class of 25 first graders in a public school. These children are in great need of opportunities that go above and beyond the "normal" classroom experiences. Their education is truly a sum of their activities at school.
This is my first year at this school although I have been teaching for more than fifteen years. I often feel like Old Mother Hubbard because when I go to my math cupboards, they are bare. Outside of math books, I have a hodge-podge of hands-on materials for the children to use. It causes me a lot of frustration because I know a math environment rich in manipulatives is the best way to teach young children the different skills and concepts needed to be successful in math.
In order to create a "Math Manipulative Mania" in my classroom I need your help in filling my bare cupboards with pattern blocks, unifix cubes, colored tiles, tangrams, counting bears, Judy clocks and colored links so I don't have to worry about my children's math development any longer.
Your help with this project will give every child in my classroom an opportunity to develop their math skills in a way in which makes sense to them and is developmentally appropriate. Your involvement will help to ensure that they develop a strong mathematical foundation that will carry them into the future.
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