Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn the basics of multiplication, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes-LEGO bricks! Multiplication is not simply the rote memorization of times tables. Students need to understand ...Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn the basics of multiplication, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes-LEGO bricks! Multiplication is not simply the rote memorization of times tables. Students need to understand multiplication concepts.
LEGO bricks are the perfect manipulative to help students model, utilizing their creative and logical processes together. In this book, the hands-on activities using LEGO bricks help students learn: the meaning of multiplication as repeated addition the vocabulary of multiplication basic multiplication facts one-digit multiplication two-digit and larger multiplication The book starts at the most basic concepts and focuses on a specific topic in each chapter. Most students learn these concepts between grades 2 - 5.
Using LEGO bricks to model math provides a universal language. Children everywhere recognize this manipulative. It's fun to learn when you're using LEGO bricks!"