Manipulatives are games and hands-on activities that get the student’s senses involved in the learning process. Ideally, manipulatives will aid in the learning process for auditory, visual and rote learners. Students are able to listen, look, repeat, and actively participate in the learning process.

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Ways to Make Math Fun Again

Throughout the years, concepts introduced in elementary math have seen few changes. This can sometimes make teaching elementary math to young eager minds hard. Now if you toss in different ways to learn elementary math than you have another type of ball game. Students love games and what better way to learn elementary math than to give them a game with a twist to it. Let us look at some of the exciting ways that elementary math can be taught in a game form.

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