Discusses the card game Numero and its use in the classroom to teach mathematics. Includes a pack of playing cards, an instructor's booklet, and an instructional video. Advocates using Numero as a teaching tool as it is adaptable to all ages. (NB)

Presents activities for studying metric time where time is divided using base 10. (ASK)

Discusses the importance of practitioners planning to exploit the motivational potential of the outdoor environment and supporting children's spontaneous learning across all aspects of mathematics. Presents outdoor activities, each of which involves several learning goals across all areas of mathematics. (KHR)

Most people struggle to process information auditorily but this is often the way that it is taught. Presents a highly effective method for teaching multiplication that can be accessed at students' fingertips. (ASK)

Presents an activity on visualizing fingers for arithmetic, counting, and multiplication. (ASK)

Describes the Circle Scribe Disk Compass and explains its use in helping children to explore patterns and geometry. Topics include Fibonnacci's spiral and regular polygons. (MM)

Focuses on representations and interpretations of data in tables. (ASK)

Describes the use of lesson starters called Snappies to sharpen numeracy skills. Discusses teachers' views of Snappies, the difficulties of using them, and their impacts on pupils' performance in and perceptions of mathematics. (ASK)

Shares how students worked on a geometry activity that emphasizes patterns featured in this journal. (ASK)

Discusses the role of play in the elementary mathematics curriculum. Demonstrates that well planned play can add rigor to the second grade mathematics curriculum. (ASK)

Presents activities designed to be worked on by parents and children together, and describes experiences in using the activities in school and home settings. Reviews patterns and arithmetic. (MM)

Dicusses teachers' beliefs and perceptions of children's knowledge and learning about place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division and how to teach those subjects. (ASK)

Discusses ways of using role play to link students' mathematical knowledge in the real world. (ASK)

Describes a very successful attempt to teach fractions to year 5 pupils based on pupils making their own fraction pack. Children decided for themselves how to make the fractional slices used in the activity using colored cardboard sheets and templates of a paper circle consisting of 24 equal slices. (Author/NB)

Suggests a few alternative approaches to teaching algebra that allow students to construct and reflect upon meanings for expressions and equations. The three lessons, which require extended discussion and reflection, are "Representing Algebraic Expressions,""Evaluating Algebraic Statements," and "Generating Equations." (WRM)