Hi Dan,
We were discussing Math and manipulatives:
DT>Math their way is to math as Whole Language is to Literacy   IMHO   :)
Have been thinking the same thing myself. Of course teaching with
manipulatives has often been as misunderstood as Whole Language has. Or
maybe I should say as Invented Spelling has.
DT>Yes...I took Math Their Way last summer.  Am still making kits...I took
  >the Box It And Bag It course.
What is the Box It and Bag It course? The Workjobs II kit and
correspondence course is the only other one that I know that they do -
however the title does sound familiar.
DT>It's the only way to teach beginning math...even higher level math
  >benefits from manipulatives.  Unifix cubes are great for multiplication
  >and division.  Pattern blocks teach geometric concepts as well as part
That's the reason I just took a 20 hour course with our board on Math
from a junior division perspective. (jnr division is grades 4 - 6, here)
We folded paper into shapes and did tangrams and made polyhedrons out of
flexible straws, etc. It was fun.
  >to hole and fractions.  Now as for complex aquatic equations (that's
  >math concepts having to do with water) manipulatives must float .
Well we did a whole morning on science and technology and how it used
many math skills. We were given a binder called SMART which stands for
Science Mathematics And Real Technology and is put out by Exclusive
Educational Products. I think that's a Canadian company so don't know
whether you get it there.
                        Bye for now----Ruth
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