by MathPickle | Sep 19, 2015 |
Zome Zome is a manipulative that is excellent for the upper grades – however it takes time to put away and is fragile. Nevertheless, there is no manipulative so versatile on the market, so it should be considered. I am now equally in favour (especially for...
by MathPickle | Sep 11, 2015 |
Unifix cubes. (MathPickle, 2011) Use Unifix to play with patterns. One new unifix mime vignette I did with kindergarten children in 2013 was to enter a new classroom with unifix cubes sorted out in color piles. I lay down in the middle of the cubes. The teacher hit a...
by MathPickle | Aug 19, 2015 |
Zome is a fragile, but flexible manipulative. I now use Space Chips more than Zome in elementary school, but Zome has got a seriousness that Space Chips cannot match....
by MathPickle | Aug 19, 2015 |
This robust manipulative is excellent to give students a quick blast of 3D geometry. The other manipulative that I use in classrooms is Zome. The advantages of Zome are that it is more flexible. It is a tool that can be used by serious mathematicians. The advantages...
