K-2nd Problem Solving: Fall Reading Challenge (+)

Meeting all of your kiddos where they are and growing their understanding of math can be a challenge. Especially this year when you undoubtedly are trying to offer kids extra support. Am-i-right?

Getting math physically in their hands so that they can be the ones who are in charge of testing ideas and discovery is the fastest way to understanding!

When you put Math Stackers in the hands of your students, they have the power to problem solve and SEE how the math is working.

They are interacting with math which in return allows them to process what is going on and store all of those discoveries in their amazing, squishy, spongelike brains...to then be used over and over again!

What better way to exercise this math learning process that to investigate and form a conclusion about real world problems like...reading awesome books!!!

How would your kiddos solve this problem with Math Stackers? What would they stack?

Want Math Stackers for your school so that your kiddos can experience math hands-on and build math thinkers galore? The first step to ordering with a school purchase order is to get a quote. Get your quote here: Math Stackers Quote Form.

The best part about investigating with Math Stackers is that each kiddo can BUILD on the understanding that they have right then!

Are your kids still working on the concept of adding onto the first addend? Or are they using counters or fingers starting with 1 and counting to 10 with each book read?

Math Stackers can help build the math idea that you can add onto an existing value rather than starting from 1 each time.

Your kiddos grab a 3-block to represent the books read on the first day, then collect seven 1-blocks to represent the books read on the second day. They can then "add-on" to the 3-block by stacking the 1s and counting from 3.

This can also be seen using the notched sides of the blocks!

Math Stackers empowers them with a physical model SHOWING exactly what is happening when they start with an addend and then add or count from there!

Your students BUILD on to their understanding of math!

This is what happens when you build math thinking with Math Stackers! If you don’t yet have a learning system, get a quote for your school today!

A Math Stackers Learning System was used to investigate this problem.