Digi-Block Products
Digi-Block is a hands-on system for teaching elementary mathematics. Math is clearer and more fun when students can see the base-10 number system. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) recently revised its standards, renewing its emphasis on developing strong number sense early on. Using Digi-Block in your classroom will enable you to effectively model patterns in counting, to show how numbers "compose" and "decompose," to demonstrate basic operations to and give meaning to the concept of place value. Digi-Block enables students to model, visualize, represent and explain the most fundamental concepts of number sense.
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Classroom Bundles
Digi-Block Classroom Bundles include materials for both students and teachers. Furnishing your classroom with a bundle is the simplest, most cost-effective way to get all the resources you need for success.
Bundles Contain:
The Digi-Block essentials: blocks, holders, a demonstration counter (three-place), and a grade appropriate Comprehensive Teacher's Guide. Each grade's bundle has additional components and guide books to meet the particular needs of that age group, as noted below.
Digit Flip Cards
Grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4, Decimal, Summer School
Digi-Block Digit Flip Cards are spiral bound cards, one each for the digits 0-9. They are initially used to recognize the digits and then to recognize that there can be only one digit in each place. When the 9 digit card is reached, the next flip will reveal the 0 digit again, signaling the need for an additional set of cards to represent the tens place.
Place Value Mats
Grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4, Decimal, Summer School
The Digi-Block Place Value Mat is an 18" x 14" laminated mat for organizing the blocks into places. The folding mat has three panels labeled Hundreds, Tens and Ones with designated areas for Digit Flip Cards at the bottom of each place. The mat can be written on with dry-erase markers.
Number Lines
Grades K, 1, 2
Digi-Block Number Lines (0-30) hold single blocks flat along the top surface. One face shows hash marks with the numbers 0-30; the opposite face shows only hash marks. The tabs at each end and the top coating of the plastic number lines keep the blocks from sliding off. This type of number line is much more concrete than the traditional number line because the students are counting the number of blocks rather than the abstraction of a line or a space between lines.
Counter
Grades K, 1, 2 (Student 2-place)
Grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4, Summer School(Demonstration 3-place)
The counter is an excellent way to organize packed blocks for counting, addition and subtraction. One holder of each size is held in place so that single blocks can only be loaded into the ones' place, blocks-of-10 can only be loaded into to the tens' place, and blocks-of-100 can only be loaded into the hundreds' place. Each holder can hold up to nine blocks. When a tenth is inserted, the holder "pops out" and slides down the ramp, signaling the student to put a cover on it, converting ten units into one of the next unit, and to load it in the next column. Students and teachers alike love the "eject" mechanism!
Array Platforms
Grades 3, 4, Decimal, Summer School
Array platforms hold arrays of blocks up to 24 x 15. The arrays demonstrate multiplication and are useful in devising partial products strategies. Arrays are also very useful in finding factors.
Stamp Sets
Grade K
Stamp sets come with a rubber stamp the actual size of a single block and a block-of-10. The stamps are great for young Digi users who do not yet have the dexterity to draw the blocks. They are also great for teachers to use to make their own worksheets.
Books
Kohlberg's Digi-Block Mathematics
This new book series features "five-minute teacher-prep" lessons that give in-depth understanding of number sense, place value and operations as only the Digi-Block program can. Through the use of the blocks as an accurate model of the base-ten number system, students can perform higher-level mathematical operations at younger ages. This series is now available for Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten with further grades to follow.
Follow the links below to view the table of contents and see the lessons and objectives for these books:
Comprehensive Teacher's Guide
Grades K, 1-2, 3-4
Build It & See!
Grades 1, 2, 3, 4
Packed with Math
Grades K-1, 2-4
Also available
Digi-Block Everyday Mathematics ®
The EM Companion can be substituted for one of the above books by request on your order.
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