Between the math book on the desk, the papers, and the cubes, my students struggled to manage all of their materials. Using this Near Doubles or Doubles Plus 1 solving mat, was truly a game changer. It helped streamline their solving and manipulating of materials. This solving mat helped them to be more spatially aware and make the connections necessary from manipulatives to equation in order to solve.I made a copy of the solving mat for each student, and placed them into sheet protectors so the