RUTH LEBLANC spoke of Math to DAN TRIPLETT on 08-22-96
RL>Hi Dan,
RL>Regarding Mary Baratta-Lorton.
RL>I'm starting a new thread here....
Math their way is to math as Whole Language is to Literacy   IMHO   :)
RL> 
RL>I just recently took the Mathematics Their Way course after waiting
RL>since 1988 to do it (My first year of Student Teaching where my Host
RL>Teacher implemented parts of it - Thanks go to Donna Ransdale for
RL>posting me the information about the location of the course, etc.)
RL> 
RL>Have you ever taken this course, or are familiar with the book, etc?
Yes...I took Math Their Way last summer.  Am still making kits...I took 
the Box It And Bag It course.
RL> 
RL>I thought the course was absolutely fantastic. Now my board has
RL>taught with manipulatives for years so I didn't take it for the
RL>reasons it was originally designed. I liked the philosophy behind it.
RL>The idea of teaching and grounding in the concept of number and
RL>operation before the children ever write down any symbols. I have
RL>spent the rest of my summer making up activities for the program. (No
RL>wonder I am so tired.)  
RL>More to come.....
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 
to hole and fractions.  Now as for complex aquatic equations (that's 
math concepts having to do with water) manipulatives must float . 
Dan   
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