Learning Resources GoSports Golf Hitting Mat

Great product for learning about math concepts

Incorrect information. The packet has only 100 pieces and not 115 as advertised

Almost 60 years ago, my son Stan was in a first grade class in New York City where they were experimenting with a new way for children to grasp mathematical concepts. They were called cuisenaire rods. Each child had a set of these colored wood rods, ranging from one unit to ten units and I thought they were wonderful. This set is not wood, but plastic, and you would have to make your own rods, since you have 10 units of each of 10 bright colors and you can link them together in all sorts of combinations. However, they work pretty much the same way, and are just as magical, in my opinion, in their ability to get even young children to visualize mathematical concepts. As a matter of fact, they may be even easier to use, since the little wood pieces can slide around while these stay in place. If there is a down side, it could be difficult for some children to link the pieces together.The other major difference, which could have an impact, although I think it's probably minor, is that there is no specific color associated with any value. Since you could represent "1" with one cube of any of the 10 colors, a child will never add that kind of symbolism to their value concept.Instead, it's "if I put two yellow cubes with three orange cubes, I will have five cubes. Or, I could put five yellow cubes, or 1 yellow cube an 4 blue cubes. So, the colors don't really "stand" for anything, but merely help you see the different equations that would work to equal 5. The teacher or parent could, of course, put together 10 different "rods," each different color, and have the child form different equations with those rods.This set has some cards with suggested activities using the cubes. Manipulating these little cubes should, I believe, start many children on the path to truly understanding the concepts that are important to mathematical understanding, and they will find them fun to work with.

I honestly love that they have these blocks still. I used them when I was a kid in school and now seeing that my daughter is using the same style of learning, I wanted to get her these to help her with math. I LOVE that the set comes with all the colors, as well as large flash cards to help her study addition and subtraction. It also has some fun cards with building things. They’re super easy to work with. They don’t require a lot of force to remove from each other but they also don’t fall apart easily, which is a plus. They have mini shapes on the sides of them, which is a nice touch. However the best part is it’s in sync with her homework. She brought home a sheet with these exact blocks depicted and it was SUPER easy for her to complete. I STRONGLY recommend these for school age children, especially TK-Kinder. This helps them visually understand what they need to do while making learning fun. Two thumbs up!

This set of MathLink Mathmobiles is fun for kids. Great for kids who like vehicles and things that move. The cards/activities are based on on different vehicles. The cubes are placed together in different patterns and orders, in order to work on concepts of memory, patterns, place value, counting, estimation, addition, and subtraction. This is more interactive than a workbook, and being hands-on with the cubes seems to help with understanding concepts better.The cubes are sturdy and snap together/pull apart easily. They have different shapes on each side: triangle, square, pentagon, or hexagon. These are compatible with other MathLink sets.The cards are laminated. There are 15 cards, but they are double sided. There is 1 card with the answer on the back, so there are 29 activities total.Overall this is a good way to build on math skills.