Kinesthetic Number Line

"Tell me about mathematics and I will forget, show me mathematics and I might remember, involve me in mathematics and I will understand."

NumberStreet™ kinesthetic number line gets students involved in math! It's a great tool for developing a conceptual understanding and explaining computational procedures to the auditory, kinesthetic and visual learner. Stories in the activity guide included in the package allow children to act out mathematical procedures and discover number relationships by using the familiar to understand the unfamiliar. Or, in other words, by moving from the concrete to the abstract.

Although the kinesthetic number line was designed primarily for children who learn best by manipulating objects, it is also ideal for all students K-2, as well as special needs and remedial learners. It reinforces one to one correspondence, reduces math anxiety and will get students on the fast track to developing a positive attitude towards math.

To count with our kinesthetic number line, a magic wand must be used to lift and roll the ball to a specific location along NumberStreet™. But, the wands magnetic strength has been calculated precisely so that the ball will not stay attached if movement is too abrupt. A student must focus on the task at hand in order to move the ball successfully. This extra measure of forced concentration slows down any tendency he or she might have to count fast verbally and thus reinforces the idea that each move represents a single count.