Teach your child multiplication with this hands-on activity using LEGO Duplos! This activity helps your child visualize what the numbers mean and how the work together in a multiplication sentence. Try this in your homeschool or with your elementary students!
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Recently we started reviewing another math program for the SchoolHouse Review Crew and my son had the chance to work on beginning multiplication, ie. grouping.
While we have been really happy with both programs, I've missed some of the hands-on learning of concepts we used to do.
So with our stash of Lego Duplos, we worked on grouping in a hands-on way.
How to Teach Multiplication
I gave my son a tray of Lego Duplos with a sheet of paper asking him to find group totals:
2 groups 53 groups 4... etc....
Hands-on Multiplication using LEGOS
Pulling out the Legos for this activity really helped my son see the end result and how multiplication is different than addition.
It was an easy set up activity that worked on a very important skill that paves the way for multiplication down the road.
Have some hands-on fun with early multiplication using Legos! Get grouping!
Love how you used the glittery beads! Our old ones have broken a bit over time, so we may need to make some new ones (with glitter)!
ReplyDeleteWell done!!!!,
ReplyDeleteDefinitely pinning this for when the kids are older!
ReplyDeleteThank YOU! :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat curriculum are you using? I will be homeschooling next year for and looking for great ideas to use with my 2 kids. My daughter is in 2nd grade and son in 5th
ReplyDeleteHi Javare, We are currently using Beyond Little Hearts Curriculum by Heart of Dakota. It's been a great curriculum and was what I was looking for when the "curriculum search" began last Spring. If you are looking for something that integrates Bible, History, Art, & Science together and is very open and go, it would definitely be something for you to look into. Beyond could be used with your 2nd grader, but you would need a different level for your son. If keeping them together is something you would rather do, might look into something else! Hope that helps!
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