Learning+Box

=Learning Box (http://www.learningbox.com/i_index.htm)=

**Grades:**Pre-k to K

**Description:** Learning box specifically the base ten blocks gives a great site for students to learn how to represent numbers using base ten blocks. Not only does it allow students to manipulate the blocks using technology, but it also shows them the concept of measurement on the ruler at the bottom of the page. This could be used in the classroom to help Kindergarten students represent numbers in a different way then traditional numbers. Learning Box also gives students activities to recognize patterns by moving shapes around to fit a pre-made patterns on the website. Recognizing patterns with shapes helps them recognize later patterns in mathematics. Learning Box also allows students to estimate using base ten blocks helping them develop their number sense. Students using Learning Box in the classroom as a chance to use technology is a great way to help them develop number sense and recognize that numbers can be represented in a variety of ways

**Frameworks** Content Standards 

Counting and Cardinality • Know number names and the counting sequence. • Count to tell the number of objects. • Compare numbers. Operations and Algebraic Thinking • Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from. Measurement and Data • Describe and compare measurable attributes. • Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category. • Work with money. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Geometry <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">• Identify and describe shapes (squares, circles, triangles, rectangles).