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[quote=Anonymous]Manipulatives are indeed useful, briefly, at the very beginning of math to teach the ideas of addition and subtraction. I learned the concept of 2 + 5 = 7 and of 7 - 3 = 4 by manipulating Unifix Number Cubes (staples.com has them; good for preschool and K students). Once the student understands that basic concept, s/he really just needs lots of practice to memorize those basic math facts. In my day, the practice phase used printed daily worksheets. Again, manipulatives can be useful for the very early stages of multiplication (2 x 3 = 6) so the student can learn the concept. Then they just need lots of practice memorize the times table from (1 x 1) to (10 x 10). Again, worksheets daily is a good approach.[/quote]
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