Exploring Math Manipulatives

Looking for a starter lesson during the first few weeks of the school year? Look no further! This document will provide a way for you to introduce manipulatives into your classroom and get your class familiar with them during a hands-on activity!

This 10 page document includes full directions for implementing this activity and includes math manipulatives labels to use during the lesson.

This could also be used as a math center activity for the beginning of the school year!

Included in this pack:
Math Exploration Activity Directions (page 2)
Worksheet for Student Use During Exploration Activity (pages 3-4)
Using Manipulative Labels Explanation (page 5)
Manipulative Labels BW (pages 6-7)*
Manipulative Labels Color (pages 8-9)*
Credits Page (page 10)

*Also comes with blank labels for you to make your own labels.
**Please note that this lesson has ONE activity/worksheet using all of the manipulatives together. There is NOT an activity for every manipulative.
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