Learning topic
Manipulatives
Encourage children to record strategies, diagrams and reflections.
Guides in this topic
- Abacus activities 1 guide Use bead movement to represent place value and calculation.
- Balance scales 1 guide Use balance scales for mass, equality and equation thinking.
- Base-ten blocks activities 1 guide Use blocks for place value, addition, subtraction and decimals.
- Bead strings 1 guide Use beads to count, bridge through ten and see number bonds.
- Counters in maths learning 1 guide Use small objects for counting, grouping, sharing and comparing.
- Cuisenaire rods activities 1 guide Explore number relationships, fractions and factors with coloured rods.
- Cuisenaire rods for fractions 1 guide Use rods to explore parts, wholes and equivalence.
- Dice for maths practice 1 guide Use dice for random numbers, games, probability and arithmetic.
- Dominoes for maths 1 guide Use dominoes for counting, matching, addition and multiplication.
- Double ten frames 1 guide Represent teen numbers and bridge through 20.
- Fraction circles 1 guide Use circle pieces for halves, quarters, thirds and equivalence.
- Fraction circles activities 1 guide Model fractions of a whole using circular pieces.
- Fraction strips 1 guide Use strips to compare, order and add fractions.
- Fraction strips activities 1 guide Compare and combine fractions visually.
- Geoboard activities 1 guide Make shapes, angles, area and perimeter with bands.
- Geoboard geometry 1 guide Make shapes with elastic bands and explore area, perimeter and symmetry.
- Graph paper 1 guide Use grids for arrays, area, coordinates and graphs.
- Maths journals 1 guide Encourage children to record strategies, diagrams and reflections.
- Measuring tapes 1 guide Use flexible tapes for length, perimeter and real-world projects.
- Mini whiteboards 1 guide Use quick responses for low-stakes practice and discussion.
- Multiplication with base-ten blocks 1 guide Build products physically using tens and ones blocks.
- Multiplication with counters 1 guide Make groups and arrays to understand products.
- Multiplication with Cuisenaire rods 1 guide Use coloured rods to explore repeated units and factor relationships.
- Multiplication with Numicon 1 guide Use patterned shapes to see equal groups and arrays.
- Number lines on the floor 1 guide Make a large number line for jumps, operations and negative numbers.
- Numicon activities 1 guide Use patterned shapes for counting, bonds, odd/even and operations.
- Part-whole plates 1 guide Use plates or circles to split numbers into parts.
- Pattern blocks activities 1 guide Explore symmetry, fractions, angles and tessellation.
- Pattern blocks geometry 1 guide Build polygons and discover angles, symmetry and fractions.
- Place value counters 1 guide Represent ones, tens, hundreds and decimals with labelled counters.
- Playing cards for maths practice 1 guide Use cards for facts, comparing, place value and target games.
- Protractors 1 guide Use protractors to measure and draw angles accurately.
- Rekenrek for children 1 guide Use a bead rack to build subitising, doubles and number sense.
- Tangram activities 1 guide Build figures and reason about shape composition.
- Tangrams 1 guide Use seven puzzle pieces to build shapes and develop spatial reasoning.
- Ten frames activities 1 guide Use structured frames for bonds, addition and subtraction.
