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Why Teach TouchMath to Kindergarteners?
What if your wide-eyed kindergarteners believed that math is fun and friendly? What if they could tackle math problems usually intended for older children? What if you could give them a love of math that would last a lifetime?

This is exactly what Lisa Beck and her kindergarten students at the Monticello Academy in Santa Clara, CA, are experiencing using TouchMath.

Big results for little people.
"It's easy to teach math by rote, but it doesn't become concrete and internalized," comments Lisa. "With TouchMath, however, children learn that 2 is not just a number; it is a concept, a quantity. Students can apply this knowledge to any skill and graduate to higher levels of math without being apprehensive. We're introducing 3-column addition with regrouping to our kindergarteners and it's not a struggle for them."

Lisa and her colleagues at Monticello Academy have discovered how TouchMath can help all students understand math, regardless of background or learning style.




Read more about the success at Monticello.

 
  Don't underestimate the potential of a kindergartener.
Research has shown that most young children have a tremendous capacity for understanding numerical relationships. The TouchMath Program has been proven to accelerate math comprehension among general and special education students of all abilities and learning styles. Many students progress to more advanced skills generally introduced in first and second grades.

Encourage memorization along with comprehension.
Most children entering kindergarten can count by memory and identify numerals up to 20. But do they know what the numerals really mean? TouchMath not only encourages memorization — it goes further by developing student understanding of underlying concepts.

Give real meaning to abstract symbols.
Using pictorial objects and our signature TouchPoints, we teach children to associate numerals with real values. They learn that a numeral (3, for instance) is not just a squiggle on a page. It represents a quantity such as three apples, three ladybugs, three buttons or three TouchPoints.

Counting is the key.
Once students learn the meaning of numerals and have mastered the TouchPoint Touching/Counting Patterns, they can quickly use their counting skills to add two or more numbers. Many kindergarteners can even add one or two columns of numbers, subtract and multiply – skills usually introduced in later grades.

    Using pictorial objects and our trademarked TouchPoints, we teach young children to associate numerals with real values (number quantities).

 
  TouchMath offers several money-saving options for purchasing our materials — including our new value pricing on collections.

Kindergarten Complete Collection: A cost-effective, discounted way to get everything you need in one easy-to-order. The collection includes:
  • Four kits containing more than 1,600 activities covering: Readiness, Counting, Addition, Backward Counting, Subtraction, Geometry, Algebra, Fractions, Money, Time, Measurement, Graphing/Data
  • Digital Edition – 4 discs containing digital PDF versions of each kit.
  • New TouchMath Tutor software for Kits 1 and 2
  • Our popular posters: New Computation Step Poster Set, TouchPoint Mini-Poster Set, and Number Concept Poster Set
  • Age appropriate manipulatives and teaching aids: New Touch2Learn Math Fans, Touch2Learn 3-D Numerals, Touch2Learn Texture Cards, TouchNumerals, Student Number Cards, and Desktop TouchLines
  • Teaching guides, answer keys, and more!
Kindergarten Digital Kit Collection: With this collection, you’ll receive a pack of four CDs: Kindergarten Kits 1–4. Each disc contains a full PDF version of the worksheets, teaching aids, and answer keys. In other words, everything contained in the kit binders can also be purchased right here in a convenient digital format. Print and use what you want, when you want it! Also included with this collection is the new TouchMath Tutor software for Kits 1 and 2.

TouchMath Tutor Kindergarten Software – The exciting new software complements Kits 1 and 2, and teaches Touching/Counting Patterns, Number Concepts 1–20, Addition with Sums to 10, Backward Counting from 10 and Below, and Subtraction from 10 and Below.

Individual Kits: If funding is limited, we recommend purchasing our kindergarten kits individually in this order:
Teaching Aids and Manipulatives:
Downloadable Activity Sheets: Now you can download hundreds of skill-enhancing activities exclusively on the TouchMath Web site. Activity Sheets are organized by topic so cost-conscious teachers can select exactly what they need to provide practice for students.


Have questions? Our educational consultants are ready to assist you in making the best possible choices to fit your budget. Just e-mail customerservice@touchmath.com or call 1-800-888-9191.

All TouchMath materials are 100% guaranteed for one year.

 
  Borrow our video seminar. It's free and easy!

View our FREE interactive 60-minute DVD today, and be ready to teach TouchMath tomorrow. In just one hour you will:
  • Be guided through the step-by-step process for teaching TouchMath to students of all abilities and learning styles
  • Grasp the importance of our sequential strategy and visual cues
  • Understand the unique advantages of a multisensory approach that connects concrete manipulatives and abstract concepts
Along with your DVD, you will receive the following materials to keep:
  • Teacher Training Manual for each attendee
  • A Classroom Sampler
  • A Memory Cue Poster
When you view the seminar in groups of five or more, we will also send you a FREE Student Number Card Set.


Reserve your DVD today by calling toll-free 1-800-888-9191.


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