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The document discusses hands-on learning, emphasizing John Dewey's theory that students learn best through active engagement. It provides effective strategies for teaching math through manipulatives, real-life connections, and games, with specific activities for different grade levels. The conclusion highlights the importance of making lessons engaging to help students connect mathematical concepts to their everyday lives.

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The document discusses hands-on learning, emphasizing John Dewey's theory that students learn best through active engagement. It provides effective strategies for teaching math through manipulatives, real-life connections, and games, with specific activities for different grade levels. The conclusion highlights the importance of making lessons engaging to help students connect mathematical concepts to their everyday lives.

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I.

Introduction

What is Hands-On Learning?


John Dewey's "learning by doing" or also known as the experimental learning
theory believes that students learn best when they are actively engaged in
hands-on activities that relate to their lives.

III. Effective Hands-On Strategies

1. Use Manipulatives
Example Activities;

Grade 1 Activity: "Story Problems with Counters"

○​ Materials: Counters (buttons, blocks, etc.), story problem cards


(e.g., "3 birds were on a branch. 2 more flew over. How many
birds are there now?")
○​ How: Read a story problem aloud. Students use counters to
represent the objects in the problem and physically move them
to find the answer.
○​ Why: Makes abstract concepts concrete and visual.

Grade 3 Activity: "Fraction Pizza"

●​ Materials: Paper plates, markers, scissors.


●​ How: Students draw a circle on the plate (pizza). They divide the
pizza into equal parts (fractions) by folding and drawing lines.
They can then color the parts to represent fractions (e.g., 1/2,
1/4).
●​ Why: Provides a visual and tactile way to understand fractions.

When teaching hands-on math activities, it's important to utilize effective


manipulatives without overspending.

2. Connect math concepts to everyday life.


Introduce students to all the ways math is applicable to real life.

Example Activities;

Grade 1: Activity: "My Shoe is How Long?"

●​ Materials: Non-standard units of measurement (paperclips,


blocks, straws)
Non-standard units of measurement are informal or everyday objects
used to measure instead of standard tools like rulers or measuring
tapes, such as hand spans, paper clips, or even body parts.

●​ How: Have students measure the length of their shoe using


paperclips or blocks. They count how many units long their
shoe is. Discuss how measurement is used in daily life (e.g.,
measuring ingredients for cooking).
●​ Why: Shows the practical application of measurement.

Grade 2 Activity: "Daily Schedule"

○​ Materials: Clock (real or paper), activity cards (e.g., "Wake up,"


"Eat breakfast," "Go to school").
○​ How: Students match activity cards to times on the clock.
Discuss how time is used to organize their day.
○​ Why: Relates telling time to a real-life context.

3. Integrate math games into math lessons.


Encourage students to physically manipulate or participate in activities that directly
relate to the math concept being taught.

Example Activities;

Grade 1 Activity: "Number Hopscotch" (Focus: Number Recognition &


Counting)

○​ Materials: Chalk, sidewalk, or paper with numbers 1-10 written in


squares.
○​ How: Draw a hopscotch grid. Students hop and say the numbers as
they land. You can add variations like hopping on even numbers or
adding/subtracting numbers.
○​ Why: Makes learning numbers fun and active.

Grade 3 Activity: "Multiplication War"

○​ Materials: Deck of cards (remove face cards), playing cards.


○​ How: Players flip two cards and multiply the numbers. The
player with the higher product wins the cards.
○​ Why: Makes practicing multiplication facts fun and competitive.
Focus on selecting activities that resonate well with your students to enhance their
math mastery. At the end of every activity or project, take a moment to celebrate
everything students achieved. Let's not forget to reward our students for motivation
to keep on learning math.

CONCLUSION;

Making class lessons engaging is a leading problem in education, especially with so


many programs online these days. Students often struggle with learning maths and
feel disconnected from what numbers are and how to use them. They don't know
how to apply what they've learnt on a piece of paper to everyday situations in their
life.

That’s where us future educators can come in and change that. By adding hands-on
activities and using multi-sensory manipulatives, we can engage your students
much more easily, as well as teach them maths skills that they will remember for life.

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