Math educators share four ways parents can use counters, like candies or lego pieces, to lead ‘number talks’ that help kids develop an understanding of how numbers are related.

Using counters helps students see quantities. This can be done by making specific arrangements with counters, like grouping counters into circles, rows or clusters of threes, fours and fives.

Math educators talk about the importance of learning to“subitze” - learning to quickly see how many without counting, through quick visual recognition. Using counters helps students see ...

Let's say you're a parent helping a Grade 1 child with their math, and they're subtracting eight from 17, using small items — counters — like Smarties, multicoloured Rocket candies or Lego ...

Then, students will practice adding and subtracting within 10 using counters. / 1st Reading, Kristen Forth, Rockwood School District / 1st Math, Lauren Williams, Windsor C-1 School District ...

MULTIPLYING MATH SKILLS: Students in third through sixth grade are invited to up their math skills and learn some fun games ...

It provides math homework help and a summer math camp to students in first through 12th grades. Indira Lawson, who has experience leading an alternative high school in Philadelphia, is the owner and ...