Building Number Sense One Manipulative at a Time
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As an upper elementary teacher with experience in early education, I recognize the value of helping students develop a strong sense of numbers at an early age. It’s important to devote a lot of time to working on combinations. I recommend setting up stations featuring a variety of manipulatives and having children work through these stations in order to gain experience with building simple addition combinations and sentences related to one single-digit sum. I suggest students work on the same sum for 2-3 days; this allows the students time to internalize the notion that numerical amounts (sums) can be made up of smaller sets: it also offers practice with math facts. When children have a good understanding of the number they are working on, I advise having them move on to the next number. Since students work at their own pace, individualizing instruction comes easily.
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