Bird: Overcoming Difficulties with Number
The activities and ideas in this book are all ready to use with a minimum of preparation. The only equipment needed is what is commonly available in the classroom or easily purchased: dominoes, dice, playing cards and number cards, Cuisenaire rods and base-ten blocks, paper and pencil. This book is accompanied with various other resources, including a short introduction to Cuisenaire rods as well as printable resources for games, puzzles and activities:
- Appendix 1: Introduction to concrete manipulative materials
- Appendix 2: Cuisenaire rods two-page leaflet
- Domino cards
- Digit cards and box
- Component Su Doku puzzles
- Marching On Game
- Plus or Minus Game
- Multiples 1–6 Game
- Multiples 4–9 Game
- Factors Game
- More Factors Game
- Multiplication and division word problems
- Skeleton number lines for experimenting with the times table patterns
Alternatively, you can download the combined resources in one document.