Tag Archives: manipulatives

Another site with digital manipulatives!

Posted on March 4, 2019 by highlandnumeracyblog

I stand by the fact that it is better for pupils to be able to use and manipulate concrete materials themselves (as opposed to just seeing/using digital versions of these) however the digital versions are handy particularly when you’re trying … Continue reading →

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Ideas with Numicon and other manipulatives

Posted on January 21, 2019 by highlandnumeracyblog

Thanks to all those who attended the Numicon workshop today and also for Numicon for coming along to deliver it for us.  It was very well received and people seemed to be armed with ideas when they left.  (A few … Continue reading →

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Free visual learning apps to support conceptual understanding

Posted on December 12, 2018 by highlandnumeracyblog

The teaching model (using materials, then screening them before progressing on to using numbers alone) is a key feature of the Highland Numeracy Progression and is used to support conceptual understanding.  Other ‘schemes’ or ‘programmes’ sometimes refer to this as … Continue reading →

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Progressions in early number and counting, addition and subtraction

Posted on November 27, 2018 by highlandnumeracyblog

Take a look at these great videos by Graham Fletcher (who I have mentioned before in the blog posts about 3 Act Tasks).  He’s created several short videos highlighting the progression in key areas.  I’ve posted the ones for ‘Early … Continue reading →

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Using visuals and manipulatives

Posted on November 21, 2018 by highlandnumeracyblog

If you’re looking for some ideas to support your teaching so that pupils understand what’s going on conceptually take a look at Berkeley Everett’s site which has lots of short animations on a wide variety of concepts. Here’s an example … Continue reading →

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