Mastering Math: Hands-On and Cooperative Learning Tools for Kindergarten
My students need hands-on math games and manipulatives in order to support our partner math stations, math discussion skills, and cooperative learning initiatives.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Smyth's classroom raised $352
This project is fully funded
My Students
Research shows that young students learn best through hands-on experiences. Brain research also shows that continual review of past concepts will help move the learning to long-term memory for recall in the brain. This is how we learn math in kindergarten!
They inspire me each day with their desire to learn about the world around them.
Their eyes sparkle as I introduce a new concept. They are the reason I come to work each day and do my personal best. However, it is getting harder every day to provide the resources that my little learners need in order to keep up with learning methods and hands-on materials that are falling apart. The economic resources in Michigan have been very slim for education. Our community is doing its best, but funds are very limited.
My Project
Each day, we learn a whole-group lesson, have an individual practice time, and then we move to partnerships. With partners, students work on reinforcement activities that align with our current goals. Students also extend their practice with past concepts and skills.
In kindergarten, most of our math is hands-on and then progresses to paper and pencil methods.
Discussion and talking through our methods is a large part of our work. Cooperative learning is demonstrated through our math stations (partnerships) as they play these interactive board games. Many of our games and materials are wearing out and/or do not match our current Michigan standards, so these instant learning center games will create excitement and support our learning objectives. Your donation would introduce an interactive listening station, focused on math and problem solving. The peg board and number bonds will allow students to practice counting, as well as support the concept of quantity, addition and subtraction. The additional stations will support counting and graphing, by integrating research and visual representations of data. Although these may seem like games, the impact of choice, fun and targeted skills will motivate my little learners to develop a love for math.
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