Research shows that math success increases with the use of manipulatives. With the step-by-step instructions and full-color illustrated lessons in Hands-On Standards, Deluxe Edition, every teacher can conduct effective hands-on math activities with ease.
Increase Students' Understanding with this Comprehensive Manipulative-Based Program!
Use the Hands-On Standards, Deluxe Edition series to assess student needs, implement hands-on math lessons, provide ample practice exercises, and complete the cycle with post-instruction assessments.
Implementation is Simplified with this Concise Teacher Resource!
- Become the expert on Manipulatives with "The First Source™" for Hands-On Instruction!
- Full-color, step-by-step lesson plans organized by strand and skill.
- Lessons build understanding from concrete to abstract—a recurring theme in the Common Core State Standards
- Examples connect concepts to real-world applications.
Deluxe Edition Includes Bonus CD-ROM with blackline masters featuring work mats, graphic organizers, and more; research on the use of manipulatives in mathematics instruction; sample activities from The Super Source®; and Algeblocks® Virtual Manipulatives and Activity Cards Algebra 1 Book only).
Hands-On Standards, Deluxe Edition—PreK–K
Includes 57 Manipulative-Based Lessons!
- Count up and back
- Identify sets of numbers
- 1-to-1 correspondence
- Ordinal numbers
- Basic addition
- Identify basic shapes in the real world
- Sort objects by 1 or 2 attributes
- Gather and record data
- Order objects by height or length
- Compare relative sizes of containers
- And more!
Identify Instructional Needs with Hands-On Standards, Deluxe Edition Assessment Booklets!
Build additional instructional plans an gauge student progress with the powerful Assessment Booklets. Each booklet includes pre- and posttests that link assessment items to Hands-On Standards, Deluxe Edition lessons. Easy-to-use answer key with item analyses and chart help build data-driven educational plans to ensure students receive the right instruction at the right time.
Hands-On Standards, Deluxe Edition Grades PreK-K Classroom Kit
Kit includes Hands-On Standards, Deluxe Edition plus plenty of manipulatives for 18 students to complete all the activities, including ManipuLite® Color Cubes, Bug Counters, Color Tiles, Pattern Blocks, Link 'N' Learn® Links, Snap Cubes®, Three Bear Family® Counters, and more! Classroom Kit includes enough manipulatives to complete all 57 lessons.
Hands-On Standards, Deluxe Edition PreK-Kindergarten Intervention Kit
Kit includes Hands-On Standards, Deluxe Edition and Assessments Book, CD-ROM, Storage Totes, plus enough manipulatives for 6 students working cooperatively. Target skills include: Counting up and down; identifying sets of numbers; basic addition; sorting attributes by 1 or 2 attributes; identifying and extending shape and color patterns; ordering objects by height and length; and more!


