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Gattegno’s Textbook 2: Halving and Doubling Numbers
In my last blog post we briefly mentioned halving and doubling numbers, and I introduced the idea of towers. This blog post will focus on halving, doubling, and tripling; why we do it; how Gattegno uses
Continue readingAssociative & Commutative Properties of Addition and Multiplication: Gattegno Textbook 2
In this blog post I want to discuss both the Associative and Commutative Properties of Addition and Multiplication and how student's learn to intentionally use these properties in Gattegno's Textbook 2. What
Continue readingDeveloping A Sense of Place Value: Gattegno Textbook 2
Instead of taking a brief stab at all the concepts I covered in my last post regarding Gattegno's Mathematics Textbook 2, I will dedicate a blog post to each concept and show you where Gattegno is going
Continue readingNumber Bonds and Place Value: An Algebraic Approach in First Grade
Now that the pressure is off to blog through Gattegno's textbook 1, we're actually enjoying math a little bit more as our lessons tend to be directed at what P. is ready to learn. The blog posts are going
Continue readingIntroducing Zero
This is my last official post on Gattegno Textbook 1 which you can get free here. I'm sure we will be back and forth, but my 2 year series has come to a close with the introduction of zero. I'll be doing
Continue readingNumbers In A Series – Another Round of Staircases
One of last things in Gattegno Mathematics Textbook 1 is a section on numbers in a series. You can get a free copy online here. If you've been playing with staircases, you'll know that all we are doing
Continue readingMath Composition – Number Studies Wrap-Up
I am nearing the home stretch on Gattegno Textbook 1. It's been nearly two years of blogging on this textbook. We are ending the Number Studies series by writing a math composition. What is a math
Continue readingMultiplication Activities for Number Studies
In the last post on number studies, we started talking about single color trains and a few of the multiplication activities we use to study an individual number. This post will nearly wrap-up single color
Continue readingNumber Studies for 11 – Single Color Trains
We're still doing an in-depth look at number studies found in chapter 6 of Gattegno Mathematics Textbook 1. You can get the book free by clicking on the image. This post covers single color trains and
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