Help me give my students hands-on math manipulatives such as bears, buttons, magnetic ten frames, rekenreks to 20, bead strings, spinners, and Kleenslate whiteboards with interchangeable graphic organizers.
I've been teaching special education for the past 8 years but will be embarking on a new journey next year, 2024-2025, and I will be teaching Kindergarten instead. I've been participating in a math professional development course about the 8 mathematical practices in the younger grades. There is a large emphasis on mathematical discourse, and working back and forth between concrete, representational, and abstract math practices.
I know these math manipulatives will support our earliest learners to be able to represent math in a variety of ways, talk with their classmates about solving the problems and help them enjoy, investigate, and understand math at a deeper level rather than memorizing rules or procedures that they can not apply on new and novel problems.
After working with the lowest population in the school, I have seen firsthand how math manipulatives engage and invite mathematicians at all levels in math tasks. I believe that differentiation in the classroom is essential to meet all of my learners' individual needs.
Coogam Magnetic Ten-Frame Set, Math Manipulative EVA Number Counting Games, Montessori Educational Toy Gift for Kindergarten Classroom Kids 3 4 5 Year Old
• Amazon Business
$19.98
5
$99.90
edxeducation Math Cubes - Set of 100 - Math Manipulatives - Classroom Learning Supplies, Homeschool Supplies, Preschool Learning, Counting Toys, Linking Cubes, Math Linking Cubes
• Amazon Business
$16.99
4
$67.96
Round Bead Strings - 20 Beads
• Nasco
$0.98
52
$50.96
Round Bead Strings - 100 Beads
• Nasco
$3.36
15
$50.40
Gejoy 10 Pack Transparent Spinners Dry Erase Math Game Spinner with Rotating Arrow
• Amazon Business
$10.58
3
$31.74
XINHUIDALSQ Rainbow Counting Bears Set of 100, 10 Colors Sorting Teddy Plastic Bears Math Manipulatives for Toddlers, 1 Inch Bear Conters Ages 3+ Kids
• Amazon Business
$12.99
2
$25.98
Creativity Street Shaped Craft Buttons, Assorted Colors, 1 Pound
• School Specialty
$14.24
1
$14.24
Materials cost
$662.00
Vendor shipping charges
$24.19
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$9.93
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$726.12
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