When students can TOUCH the numeral, it makes math concrete. TouchMath is the only math curriculum that uses the numeral as a manipulative. Incorporating this hands-on approach is key to ensuring students have a strong foundation in math.
When students can TOUCH the numeral, it makes math concrete. TouchMath is the only math curriculum that uses the numeral as a manipulative. Incorporating this hands-on approach is key to ensuring students have a strong foundation in math.
Educators have long used concrete manipulatives to support and build conceptual understanding. TouchMath is the only curriculum program that uses a numeral as a manipulative, instantly making a potentially daunting abstract concept into real and concrete action. It’s also a multisensory curriculum that uses seeing, hearing, and touching numerals.
This multi-sensory approach allows students to engage in mathematics visually, tactically, and kinesthetically, at any level of learning.
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The TouchMath program is grounded in the Concrete-Representational-Abstract continuum, a sequence of instructional practices and research-based best practices that reflect how most students learn. As students see, say, hear and touch using our signature TouchPoints™ on the numerals, they easily make the connection between the numeral and the quantity it represents.
Amanda Curva is an Instructional Specialist for Exceptional Children in Harnett County Schools in North Carolina. After over a decade of experience in the district, she shifted into this role in the middle of the pandemic, giving her unique insight into what her fellow educators and their students are experiencing in this new environment.
Amanda knew her teachers often struggled with how to transition their students from the concrete to the pictorial (or representational) and then abstract thinking in math. “When students start working on abstract reasoning there can be a huge disconnect. And our teachers often struggle with how to get students to cross that threshold from concrete to abstract.” This can be magnified when teachers are themselves adjusting to virtual and hybrid instruction.
Ensuring students have that strong foundation in concrete mathematical concepts is even more important when considering the need to accelerate learning as students return to fully in-person classrooms. Amanda found that using hands-on resources both for students learning from home, and those in a hybrid environment can have an enormous impact on fighting learning loss. “Making math as hands-on as possible is key. Even though we’re in this virtual realm, adding a physical component makes things concrete for students.”
TouchMath is a complete solution — everything you need to teach math as a core curriculum or to supplement your current core for remediation or intervention — from Pre-K to beginning Algebra. Complete the form below to connect with a TouchMath representative, we are happy to walk you through any questions, and can help tailor a custom solution that will help you, and your students conquer math.
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TouchMath is a multisensory math program that makes critical math concepts appealing and accessible for students who struggle to understand grade-level content. TouchMath is committed to maximizing student potential through its worldwide delivery of hands-on math programs, cultivating success with individuals of all abilities and learning styles.
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