Virtual... remote... Zoom... unprecedented... each of these words have become a part of our daily educational vocabulary. It's not that you didn't know what they meant pre-CoVid, it's just that now they are part of your new normal.
And new normals always bring new challenges. One challenge that was mentioned often this past spring was, 'How do I teach math without manipulatives?' Not an easy question, but I hope to help with one resource today. (Actually the genius of this resource is that an ed tech enthusiast curated multiple resources into one link so that you only have to share one resource with your class!)
This resource comes from one of my favorite bloggers Julie Smith, The TECHIE Teacher (read her blog here). Julie created a compilation of the most basic and most used virtual manipulatives for teaching math remotely or in person. (Click heading or image below for resource.)
Virtual Math Manipulatives
Place the link to this resource in your favorite LMS, in your math lesson, or on your classroom website - then have students access it for math learning time whether remotely or face-to-face!
🕐 Use the clock for practicing telling time
🎲 Use the dice for math games and practice with addition or subtraction
💯 Use the hundreds board for patterns, skip counting, etc.
🐻 Use the colored bears for counting and graphing
💲 Use the virtual bills and coins for counting money
📏 Use the ruler for measuring
You get the point, the possibilities are endless (and I'm out of applicable emojis!). Let's have some fun teaching math while letting our students explore with manipulatives and solidifying these sometimes abstract concepts.
Julie's blogpost also has iframe embed code for the Virtual Math Manipulatives here. Virtual Math Manipulatives created by Julie Smith, The TECHIE Teacher.
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