Gloria Mitchell, First and Second grades teacher in the Bellevue School District, talks about the importance of manipulatives. Excerpted from the video Mathematics With Manipulatives: Six Models. The video was produced by Focal Point Productions, Inc. for Cuisenaire Company of America, Inc.
"The manipulative are it, you know, without the manipulatives, dealing with the child on his or her own level is an impossibility. With the utilization of the manipulatives, no child is stuck in one grinder. Kids can move at their own pace consistently."