“Why can’t we just do it the way we learned it?” T-Pops understands that building number sense and the ability to communicate thinking is much more important!
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Math Mights Mania: The Value Pak
Place value is a fairly abstract concept for kids. They often have a hard time manipulating and seeing the different parts of the numbers. The Value Pak can help!
Playing with Numbers: SumBlox
Wouldn’t it be great if there were blocks that could specifically support play in math and allow our students participate in mathematical self-discovery?
Children at Play: Putting Play Back in Education
I go into hundreds of classrooms a year, and I find the kindergarten classrooms to be the most interesting. At one time, we thought kindergarten was going to be a great, developmentally appropriate idea for our youngest students. I was part of the planning...
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