I made this number bond diagramme quite a while back when I was teaching #3 Number Bond. Number Bond concept is a very important topic in lower primary mathematics and this diagramme can be found in the primary school textbooks and workbooks. The kids see this all the time. They don’t just learn about Number Bond within 10, but use
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I mentioned in My Favourite Mathematics Manipulatives that you can easily find fraction discs printables off the internet, print on cardstock, laminate and cut out to use. Recently, I tried making them using foam sheets instead of just printing them on cardstock. It is more work but I figured foam sheet may be easier to handle because of the thickness.
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I mention in my earlier post that I created a set of Place Value Mat that I use with my Base 10 Blocks. I also said that I made up a little story based on Max Lucado’s (christian) children books on the Wemmicks. The Wemmicks are little wooden people created by Eli, a carpenter. They are quite lovable but
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I use mathematics manipulatives a lot to teach mathematics at home. For very young children, who are very tactile and visual, the best way to approach maths, which is a pretty abstract concept, is to go from concrete towards abstract. The Singapore Maths is based on this concept. First, you introduce the concrete. After that, from concrete you move
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