Teaching Multiplication Using Lego(r) Bricks

In Teaching Multiplication Using LEGO® Bricks, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn the basics of multiplication, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes—LEGO® bricks! Multiplication is not simply the rote memorization of times tables. Students need to understand multiplication concepts. LEGO® bricks are the perfect manipulative to help students model, utilizing their creative and logical processes together. In this book, the hands-on activities using LEGO® bricks help students learn: · the meaning of multiplication as repeated addition · the vocabulary of multiplication · basic multiplication facts · one-digit multiplication · two-digit and larger multiplication The book starts at the most basic concepts and focuses on a specific topic in each chapter. Most students learn these concepts between grades 2 – 5. Using LEGO® bricks to model math provides a universal language. Children everywhere recognize this manipulative. It’s fun to learn when you’re using LEGO® bricks!