Category Archives: Tools

Keep it in balance

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If you can not sit together with your student and have a real life balance, you can use this free gadget from the good people from Geogebra to explain how algebraic expressions need to stay in balance always.

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The Elephant in the room

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See the wonderful moving image from the Fibonacci Elephant by Geogebra, a great conversation starter.

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Math snacks

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Math Snacks inspire families to find and talk about math in everyday life. These are some ideas to get started! The Development and Research in Early math education site from Stanford shares a few starters.

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A picture paints a thousand words

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Amber Gardner reminds us that moving from concrete experiences to abstract symbols with manipulatives and pictorial representations creates learning, not just memorization.

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Great visual manipulatives

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We have been fans of Geogebra for a while now. Today they announced a revamp of their offering of visual aids and manipulatives for math. Consider it the best alternative to working with real manipulatives for your students.

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