Teaching with the 10-Box

Teaches the fact families for the numbers up to 10, the relationship between addition and subtraction, problem solving with addition and subtraction.

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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. (From Experimenting with Numbers.)


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.

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