I have used a variety of different math manipulative in the last couple of years. Some of them are your standard ones like pattern blocks and base ten blocks, but I have also used some other items as manipulatives. One of my favorite lessons was when I taught 3-dimensional shapes. I found food items in the shapes and we identified the shapes of each piece of food.
Some of the foods I used were: Buggles, Hershey Kisses, Cheese Balls, Marshmallows and Jolly Ranchers. The students loved this activity! Everything is more fun with food especially in math!
I cannot wait to read all of the fabulous ways everyone else uses and stores their manipulatives! Have a great rest of your evening!
Rosie
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Food makes the BEST math manipulatives! Awesome idea!!
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Without a doubt my FAVORITE math manipulative!
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Yes, food (especially small piece size food) is great for manipulatives! My favorite is a Hersey bar and dividing it into fractions.
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