Product Description
by Shirley Disseler (Author)
In Teaching Counting and Cardinality Using LEGO(R) Bricks, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn how to count and understand cardinality, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes- LEGO(R) bricks Number recitation is only the start of a child's true understanding of counting and cardinality. When students learn to count on, count back, skip-count, and use one-to-one correspondence, they develop a solid base of fluency with numbers. Even before they understand any other mathematical concepts, students can model the process of counting with LEGO(R) bricks to help visualize the math. In this book, the hands-on activities using LEGO(R) bricks help students learn: - pattern recognition - skip-counting - jump numbers - concepts of more than and less than - one-to-one correspondence The book starts at the most basic concepts and focuses on a specific topic in each chapter. Most students learn these concepts between grades K - 2. 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
Author Biography
Dr. Shirley Disseler is Associate Professor at High Point University and Chair of the Department of Elementary and Middle Grades Education, and the STEM Coordinator for the BA to MEd Program. She has over 25 years of educational experience, from elementary school teaching through higher education, including gifted education and exceptional children. Disseler is a LEGO(R) Education Academy Trainer and serves as the LEGO(R) Math Expert for Elementary Curriculum Development. She has been instrumental in the development and testing of the LearnToLearn, MoreToMath, and WeDo 2.0 products developed in Billund, Denmark. She serves on the LEGO Education Ambassadors Panel and is the trainer for the High Point University Teacher Academy for LEGO(R) Education. Disseler is the author of Strategies and Activities for Common Core Math, Parts 1 & 2, and conducts research on engagement and creativity in mathematics classrooms. She offers consulting in manipulative mathematics, active learning, classroom management, and learning with LEGO(R) bricks.
