Showing posts with label Virtual Math Manipulatives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Virtual Math Manipulatives. Show all posts

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Virtual Math Manipulatives


Math Man from ABC Ya
Math manipulatives have been a popular way to engage elementary students and even upper grade levels while teaching math skills for as long as I can recall. When I was a child, we used colorful, plastic bears for counting and the other day I stumbled upon them – except they weren’t in a bucket, they were on my computer screen.

Buckets of bears, tiles, candy pieces (yes, we 
love edible manipulatives) and foam block pieces (like the 50 packs you can find at the Dollar Tree stores) are all great aids for teaching