Teaching Multiplication Using LEGO(R) Bricks

In Teaching Multiplication Using LEGO(R) Bricks, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn the basics of multiplication, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes-LEGO(R) bricks

Multiplication is not simply the rote memorization of times tables. Students need to understand multiplication concepts. LEGO(R)bricks are the perfect manipulative to help students model, utilizing their creative and logical processes together.

In this book, the hands-on activities using LEGO(R) bricks help students learn: - the meaning of multiplication as repeated addition
- the vocabulary of multiplication
- basic multiplication facts
- one-digit multiplication
- two-digit and larger multiplication

The book starts at the most basic concepts and focuses on a specific topic in each chapter. Most students learn these concepts between grades 2 - 5.

Using LEGO(R) bricks to model math provides a universal language. Children everywhere recognize this manipulative.

It's fun to learn when you're using LEGO(R) bricks