Teaching with the Materials
For Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade
Counting Board with Number Markers and Blocks 1 to 10
Teaches the meaning of numbers; understanding quantity; number names; numerals (number symbols); sequencing; counting; and relationships between numbers: more and less, before and after, in between, one more.
Teaching with the Counting Board
Pattern Boards and 1-Blocks
Teaches counting, number names, quantity, odd and even patterns, one more, two more, subitizing, doubles and their neighbors, addition and subtraction, problem solving up to 10.
Teaching with the Pattern Boards
Number Boxes 1 to 10
Teaches the fact families for the numbers up to 10, the relationship between addition and subtraction, problem solving with addition and subtraction.
For Second and Third Grades
Dual Board, 10-Blocks, 1-Blocks and Number Markers
Teaches place value; addition and subtraction of 2 digit numbers; regrouping; multiplication of 10, 9, 8, and 5.
Teaching with the Dual Board
20-Tray Showing the Stair from 1 to 20
Teaches understanding of the teen numbers, adding 10 and 9 to a number, and ways of making 20.
Teaching with the 20-Tray
Number Track 1 to 100
Teaches multiplication and division, addition and subtraction, understanding of the numbers from 0 to 100, and the decades and the base ten system.
Teaching with the Number Track and Blocks
Each of these items can be used for several different teaching goals, thereby reinforcing and deepening understanding of concepts and promoting number sense.