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Rush Hour Traffic Jam Game

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Think Fun’s Rush Hour Traffic Jam Game teaches patterns, logic, strategy… in other words: MATH!

Cuisenaire Rods

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This is the first in the Cuisenaire Rods series. Video showing how to engage kids in learning coordinate pairs by tapping into their creativity.

Union, Intersection and the Empty Set

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Check out this way to see how union and intersection work – using SnackTraps and blocks. Also, how the empty set works with them!

Teaching Subtraction Using a Balance

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Balances are normally used for science stuff. Here’s how to teach subtraction using a balance.

Counting with Ordinal Numbers

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Ordinal numbers are “1st, 2nd, 3rd, …” but we need these to count items to arrived at the final cardinal numbers. All this fancy math talk – why not make it fun with some colorful bugs!

How to Train the Brain to Understand the Transitive Property

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Using Discovery Toys’ Think-It-Through tiles you can train the brain for the Transitive Property.

How to Teach Division in the Sandbox

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Seeing division helps a great deal with understanding division. Especially when it comes to remainders. This video offers a tangible way to do this.

Using Toys as Curriculum Tools to Teach Arithmetic

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Cups that are “built to scale” stop being just toys and start being the ideal curriculum tool to teach math and arithmetic!

Teaching Patterns with Playful Bath Shapes

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Differentiation is the foundation of learning. Curiosity comes in the form of “Why is that different?” And right behind it is “Why is that the same?”

How to Teach Similar Triangles and Have Fun Doing It

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Similar triangles can be different from congruent triangles. Here’s how to play with them on a nifty toy.

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