Category Archives for Algebra
Exhausting Relationships: Learning the Rules of Algebra from the Beginning
I have a confession to make: we didn't do very much math or school over the summer. Last week, we officially started 2nd grade and I have to admit it was hard on P. The summer slide is real. To make things
Continue readingMATHCamp: Avoid The Brain Drain
Summer slide is real and from all accounts, pretty serious. The reading slides are fairly easily remedied, get yourself to the library and get some good books to read. But what about math? Who wants to
Continue readingSubstitution Game – Forget the Worksheets
If you get nothing from Gattegno Mathematics Textbook 1, other than what I'm going to show you in this post, your students understanding of mathematics and numbers will be dramatically increased.
Continue readingStructure, Cuisenaire and Gattegno
We are going to take a break from our scheduled post on Gattegno Mathematics Textbook 1 for a small detour into how Gattegno uses Cuisenaire Rods to assist a student with understanding the structure of
Continue readingChapter 3: Putting It All Together
Chapter 3 of Gattegno’s Mathematics curriculum has come to a close. If you are new to Gattegno or Cuisenaire Rods, you can find a growing list of resources here. If you would like to locate all the
Continue readingMultiplication Introduction
We are nearing the end of chapter 3 of Caleb Gattegno’s Mathematics Textbook 1. Next week, we cover fractions and then we move onto chapter 4 and the introduction of numbers. If you’re new
Continue readingLanguage – What Do the Rods Say?
The title of chapter 3 of Gattegno’s Textbook 1 is Literal Work. Most people use the word literal when they mean something more like actually or as an intensifier like really. When Gattegno uses
Continue readingAlgebra Before Arithmetic
So you watched some video at Crewton Ramone’s House of Math, and you thought, “Oh my gosh, I want to do this with my kids!” After six months your Mortensen blocks finally arrived, and
Continue readingCaleb Gattegno’s Algebra Before Arithmetic
In the history of base ten blocks, Caleb Gattegno’s name cannot be ignored. In fact, according to Icons of Mathematics: An Exploration of 20 Key Images by Claudi Alsina and Roger Nelson, Gattegno
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