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Top 5 Hands-on Math for Grades 1-6

By Beverly Hernandez, About.com

Math concepts come to life when taught with hands-on, everyday objects. These are my top picks for hands-on math resources for the elementary grades.

1. Family Math

Using easy instructions and simple objects such as beans, blocks, pennies, buttons, and string, parents and kids solve problems together. Family Math is a rich resource of math curriculum including number and estimation, logical thinking, probability and statistics, geometry, measurement, and calculators.
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2. Family Math II

Family Math II: Achieving Success in Mathematics presents exciting new mathematics materials to help families learn and enjoy mathematics together. This K–6 book provides an interactive approach to understanding algebra, geometry, number sense, estimation, logical thinking, probability, statistics, and much more.
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3. Teaching Math with Favorite Picture Books

Hands-On activities and reproducibles to teach math using more than 25 picture books.
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4. File Folder Games

Super-Fun, super-easy reproducible games that help kids build important math skills - independently!
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5. Math-It

Math-It is a program designed by Elmer Brooks to teach basic facts of addition, subtraction, and multiplication. Full of "tricks" to help students become whizzes in the basics. Children who can count back from 20 as they can tie their shoes with their eyes closed are ready for Math-It.

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