Here are some helpful strategies and manipulatives to help your student LOVE math!!!
Here is a list of manipulatives that can be sorted, counted, made into sets, and put into patterns.
Cards..(See activities page)
Coins..(See activities page) Erasers in various shapes
Mixed nuts (with the shells still on)
Beans
Spray painted rocks
Shaped sponges
Small toys such as dinosaurs, cowboys,insects, astronauts that come in tubs , jars or packages
Crayons
Blocks Sea shells
Pasta
Match box cars
Kid's meal toys
Candy
Stickers on cards..laminated
Felt board piece
Jingle bells
Leaves
Stamps
Marbles Small balls
Strategies Addition Here are some addition strategies with the accompanying facts:
Doubles: With doubles, relate the facts to objects you know.
Doubles + One:Knowing the doubles facts is very important for background knowledge of the next strategies. Students are using what they know. With doubles plus one a student should think of a fact like 6 + 7 as the same as 6 + 6 + 1 = 13
The addends can be switched around (6 + 7 or 7 + 6 ). The answers (sums) are all odd numbers. The facts are: 1+0=1 1+2=3 2+3=5 3+4=7 4+5=9 5+6=11 6+7=13 7+8=15 8+9=17 9+10=19
Skip Counting by 5's
Counting Songs: Some students learn the sequence through song, similar to how they learn to sing the alphabet to correctly sequence the letters of the alphabet. Ask students to point to the numbers on the shaded hundred chart as they sing to reinforce number recognition.
Strategies for Teaching Money
Coin antennas: Students draw antennas on coin pictures to represent the value. Each antenna is worth 5 cents. This means a dime has two antennas, a nickel has one antenna, a penny has no antennas. This strategy capitalizes on students' strength in counting by fives. They simply point to each antenna as they count by 5s, then count on by ones to include any pennies. This method is especially effective for K-2 regular and special ed. students who will eventually outgrow the need for antennas.
Here is a list of manipulatives that can be sorted, counted, made into sets, and put into patterns.
Cards..(See activities page)
Coins..(See activities page)
Erasers in various shapes
Mixed nuts (with the shells still on)
Beans
Spray painted rocks
Shaped sponges
Small toys such as dinosaurs, cowboys,insects, astronauts that come in tubs , jars or packages
Crayons
Blocks
Sea shells
Pasta
Match box cars
Kid's meal toys
Candy
Stickers on cards..laminated
Felt board piece
Jingle bells
Leaves
Stamps
Marbles
Small balls
Strategies
Addition
Here are some addition strategies with the accompanying facts:
Doubles: With doubles, relate the facts to objects you know.
0+0=0 1+1=2 (eyes) 2+2=4 (dog's legs) 3+3=6 (insect's legs) 4+4=8 (spider/octopus legs) 5+5=10 (two hands) 6+6=12 (dozen eggs) 7+7=14 (2 weeks/calendar) 8+8=16 (driving age) 9+9=18 (eighteen wheel truck)
Doubles + One: Knowing the doubles facts is very important for background knowledge of the next strategies. Students are using what they know. With doubles plus one a student should think of a fact like 6 + 7 as the same as 6 + 6 + 1 = 13
The addends can be switched around (6 + 7 or 7 + 6 ). The answers (sums) are all odd numbers. The facts are:
1+0=1 1+2=3 2+3=5 3+4=7 4+5=9 5+6=11 6+7=13 7+8=15 8+9=17 9+10=19
Skip Counting by 5's
Strategies for Teaching Money