Teaching Addition Using Lego Bricks, Paperback

In "Teaching Addition Using LEGO(R) Bricks," Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn how to add, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes LEGO(R) bricks Concepts of addition begin when young children understand how to put objects into like and unlike sets. When students learn to count on, count back, and add "one more" they are starting to comprehend addition. Direct modeling the process of addition with LEGO(R) bricks helps visualize the action of the math. In this book, the hands-on activities using LEGO(R) bricks help students learn: - joining sets - solving part-part-whole problems - comparisons - decomposing numbers - place value 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

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 works as a Master Trainer for LEGO(R) Education, 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.