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I moved to Alabama in 1978,and graduated from Fairhope High School in 1984. I attended Faulkner State Jr. College, and then the University of South Alabama where I graduated with a Marketing degree. I am married with two children, Jack and Heather, and we live in Spanish Fort. I have gone back to the University of South Alabama, and I am majoring in Elementary Education. This is my blog where you can explore some of the different things I have done in my studies.

Teaching with Manipulatives


Teaching with manipulatives is a great way to increase the learning of your students. It helps children to learn when they can see, feel, touch, and manipulate objects. I taught a math lesson using ten-blocks as a manipulative in the classroom. The children were able to group these blocks in an array system to solve for the correct answer. I think using manipulatives also makes a lesson more fun for the students. Here is a link to my lesson plan where I used the ten-blocks. Link to lesson plan.

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