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math tubs
By L.P.

I teach K and I use math tubs for when the students are done with their regular work or as a filler. The kids know they can get one when they are done. I have jars of small manipulatives (small plastic dinos, plastic sea
creatures, insects, those flat marbles available in craft stores, etc.) to sort, count, and make patterns with. I keep cups and sorting trays by them. I also have dominos and memory cards in jars and the original boxes, for them to play with a friend or by themselves. In bigger tubs are the regular cubes, pattern blocks, and large flat geometric shapes that fit together like a puzzle.

These are quiet and seem to be popular. I keep picture cards with the pattern blocks and patterning cards in the cube bin for them to use to make things with. I also keep my Judy clocks on the shelves with the tubs and the students like to use them and ask me what time recess is, etc, then match up the judy clock to my answer. For next year, I'm thinking of adding picture cards with a clock face and pictures of recess, lunch, etc. in the box.