Crewton Ramone's Blog of Math

Yes, it's true just playing with base ten blocks can teach kids a lot of math on both the conscious and subconscious level. People are...

Base ten blocks are very effective at teaching math so effective kids can teach each other. Not only are they effective they make math fun....

  Can your 4 year old solve this? Why not?  Using manipulatives to teach math really does make things easier for everybody involved. And...

First I want to make it clear that flash cards are not a primary teaching tool. If anything I use them as a diagnostic tool to see where ...

Use a block you know to count to a number you don't know. It's fun to use your new skills right away. If you read this blog regu...

Or what do I get for a Password? Slightly "older" student begins the process of mastering multiplication.  People somet...

Building 11's. I like this kid because so far every time he comes neither of us can believe how fast an hour goes by, and he's ...

Crewton Ramone in the classroom! Here are a few videos and shots where second graders use manipulatives and do math that is supposedly bey...

Before I met him he was usually less than 50%. Here is a functionally autistic student who went from "F" to "A" in a r...

This was a fun student. He was having trouble with math because as usual they didn't teach him concepts or teach to his learning style. ...