Yesterday I helped Mrs. Jones with another hands-on math activity. This time the students were taking blocks and building in groups of ten to help with counting and addition. They would roll a die and place that number of blocks on the ones place value chart. Then they would roll again and add the numbers together. Once they had 10 blocks, they built a tower and placed it in the tens. They kept up with the addition facts in their Math journals. This was very complicated for the students to start up. But once we got them going individually, they finally caught on and had a great time.
Note to self: Children at this age for the most part cannot sit still and listen to multiple steps and then remember it. They require a lot of individual attention.
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