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As if LEGOs weren’t enough of an awesome childhood toy, one teacher has found another awesome educational/developmental use for this super-toy – as a math education aid! Alycia Zimmerman, a 3rd-grade teacher in New York, uses them to explain fractions, squares and other mathematical concepts.
“In the classroom, the tiny bricks are now my favorite possibility-packed math manipulative,” she writes in an article for Scholastic that goes more into depth about these bricks’ potential uses.
More info: scholastic.com (h/t: designyoutrust)
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PriyankaJatan 10 years ago
Ha! That's a really smart and creative way to teach a child! Why didn't they teach us like that?!
Atsoc Abmassam 6 years ago
They die. A Abakus ist exactly that But without advertising s**t
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Mary Bivens 6 years ago
Not to argue the point, but no S for the Lego company name but yes for the pieces.
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Isabella Seda 6 years ago
Hmmm it’s very much LEGOs... You see a parking lot full of one brand of car you say “it’s full of Chevys” not “it’s full of Chevy” you go to footlocker and you see a wall of one brand of shoes you you said “Jordan’s” or “adidas” Because you know that’s how the English language works. So you have a pile of LEGO bricks on the floor you say it’s a pile of LEGOs....
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TempestKitty 10 years ago
The plural of Lego is Lego. Legos is a popular brand of pasta and pasta sauces...
NicolaGilroy 10 years ago
Yep, that irritates me, it's so commonly misused that they even explain it on the LEGO website, it's never Legos! I'm sure they always spell it all in upper case too, like IKEA!
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JoselitoElZapatero 10 years ago
It's good, but the usage of colors will be confusing to a lot of children, you need to stick to the same ones. 1/4 can not just change from blue to orange all of a sudden.
JamesSloane 10 years ago
This is not new at all hello who can remember cuisenaire blocks from school in the 60's same teaching just a different version copy really
DariaB 10 years ago
Also, when I was in middle school, back in the early 2000's, our teacher used chocolate bars to explain this part to us. But who cares if it's not new. Such things are always welcome.
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Pemberton 10 years ago
I wonder if Lego can explain dividing fractions by another fraction. I know how to calculate it but I could never figure out what's going on.
MegWagener 10 years ago
Sure it can. Take (3/4) / (1/2). What we're really asking is "how many times can a 'half piece' fit into a 'three-fourths' piece?" Picture the half piece and three-fourths piece in the first photo of this series and it's easy to see that the answer is one and one-half times.
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Linda Gerling 5 years ago
Creativity is NOT one of my strong suits. I am a story teller and my students loved this at closing time. Sometimes the buses were delayed and the ones in my line would beg for stories. This Math concept is exactly what every child could relate both tactile and relative.
PriyankaJatan 10 years ago
Ha! That's a really smart and creative way to teach a child! Why didn't they teach us like that?!
Atsoc Abmassam 6 years ago
They die. A Abakus ist exactly that But without advertising s**t
Load More Replies... Mary Bivens 6 years ago
Not to argue the point, but no S for the Lego company name but yes for the pieces.
Load More Replies... Isabella Seda 6 years ago
Hmmm it’s very much LEGOs... You see a parking lot full of one brand of car you say “it’s full of Chevys” not “it’s full of Chevy” you go to footlocker and you see a wall of one brand of shoes you you said “Jordan’s” or “adidas” Because you know that’s how the English language works. So you have a pile of LEGO bricks on the floor you say it’s a pile of LEGOs....
Load More Replies... TempestKitty 10 years ago
The plural of Lego is Lego. Legos is a popular brand of pasta and pasta sauces...
NicolaGilroy 10 years ago
Yep, that irritates me, it's so commonly misused that they even explain it on the LEGO website, it's never Legos! I'm sure they always spell it all in upper case too, like IKEA!
Load More Replies... JoselitoElZapatero 10 years ago
It's good, but the usage of colors will be confusing to a lot of children, you need to stick to the same ones. 1/4 can not just change from blue to orange all of a sudden.
JamesSloane 10 years ago
This is not new at all hello who can remember cuisenaire blocks from school in the 60's same teaching just a different version copy really
DariaB 10 years ago
Also, when I was in middle school, back in the early 2000's, our teacher used chocolate bars to explain this part to us. But who cares if it's not new. Such things are always welcome.
Load More Replies... Pemberton 10 years ago
I wonder if Lego can explain dividing fractions by another fraction. I know how to calculate it but I could never figure out what's going on.
MegWagener 10 years ago
Sure it can. Take (3/4) / (1/2). What we're really asking is "how many times can a 'half piece' fit into a 'three-fourths' piece?" Picture the half piece and three-fourths piece in the first photo of this series and it's easy to see that the answer is one and one-half times.
Load More Replies... Linda Gerling 5 years ago
Creativity is NOT one of my strong suits. I am a story teller and my students loved this at closing time. Sometimes the buses were delayed and the ones in my line would beg for stories. This Math concept is exactly what every child could relate both tactile and relative.
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