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math manipulatives for the elementary classroom

Teachtopia teaches MATH

Our Guide to teaching with Math Manipulatives

 
Traditional Math Manipulatives allow students to have visual and concrete experiences with numbers.

Counting Bears 
A set of Counting Bears of with 60 Bears  will be good for about 5 students assuming you go up to sums of 12.  Therefore order about 5 sets for class.

Unifix Cubs
A class set of  set of 300 Cubes would allow a class of 20 students to have 15 cubes to work with each.