FLASHBACK!!!!!
We were given a blank puzzle to create a math related fun puzzle. So....drum roll.......:
TADAAAAAA!
I'm creative. Haha. I actually had a lot of fun making my spiders come to life on my puzzle. October is my favorite month---my favorite color is orange...that is a complete and utter understatement...I'm kind of obsessed. And since I like Spiderman and the creepy crawly weird interesting things, spiders and spiderwebs are extremely intriguing to me and thus I like to draw them.
Onto math for today....
Using shapes as manipulatives can help any age student learn and grasp concepts of geometry. It allows the students to play with the shapes, but also realize how many different things in everyday life are based upon the shapes that math teaches them.
Students not only will be able to play, but it promotes creativity within the classroom and encourages them to have a positive attitude towards math:
As you can see, Peter enjoyed playing with the shape manipulatives and gained the nickname "Prism Peter."
Also keep in mind that manipulatives don't always have to be an extravagant, over the top, toy that the students aren't used to. While talking about prisms we were able to take regular sheets of paper to create a bigger size of a prism as a hands on activity.
I can't stress enough the point to allow your students an allotted amount of time to play with their manipulatives---because let's be honest, even as college students, we can't be trusted not to play with the manipulatives if they are given to us (as you can see above ;) ).
Shapes are awesome. Shapes are fun. Shapes are everywhere.
Circle.
Oval.
Rectangle.
Square.
Triangle.
How many shapes can you find?????
Math is everywhere! When your kids say they will never use it in real life, just show them the shapes!
Until next time.... ;)
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