Thank you for this video, Susan! I’m a homeschooling mom and have learned so much from your videos. My favorite math curriculum, Singapore Math, uses a concrete to pictorial to abstract approach which has worked really well for my kids. I wish I had learned math this way!
This is a great strategy for all students. I used this strategy with my entire class in 4th and 5th grade. It definitely helps students understand the math they are doing rather than jumping straight to the abstract. I now use this strategy as a math interventionist.
My grandson just turned 5 a month ago. The just finished figuring out for me there’s 1440 mins in 24 hours. Check out the Number Blocks series on RU-vid. Nothing crazy, it’s mainly the music and way the blocks are presented. Never seen anything like it after raising 7 kids and enjoying 9 grands.