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Materials for Teaching Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade
How to Use the Number Boxes 1 to 10 from Experimenting with Numbers

The teacher holds the 10 by 10 box with a 7-block and a 3-block stacked to make 10, and an eight block next to them, and says, 'seven needs three. Eight needs?' The child answers, 'two.'

Learning the Combinations that Make 10
Naming the Blocks that Fit Together in the 10-Box

The teacher places a block in the 10-box and asks the child to find the block that goes with it to be as big as 10.


Recording Addition Facts

In this workbook page, children are asked to write the missing addend in the blanks. They draw on their knowledge of the blocks which went together in the 10-box. (From Structural Arithmetic Book I)

A page of the workbook with a picture of the 10-tray and a series of addition problems, each add up to 10 and are missing one addend.

The teacher holds up the 6-box and asks, 'can you find two blocks that make six and tell the story?' The child answers, 'five needs one to make six.'

The Combinations Making 6 Using the 6 Box

Teacher places the 6-block in the box. The teacher asks the children to find two blocks that are the same size as the 6 block and fit in the box.


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