Math is one of those subjects that puts fear in the hearts of parents and kids alike! One way to make it easier (and more fun) is by using hands-on teaching techniques such as using Lego Bricks to demonstrate and manipulate math concepts. Multiplication and Division are great two great concepts where Lego Math can be used to help kids understand the relationships and techniques for successfully completing multiplication and division problems.

While I love the idea of hands-on learning, and my youngest enjoys being able to touch and move things, I don’t want to have to come up with the activities on my own.  In walks The Brick Math series which uses Lego Bricks to help teach math concepts such as fractions, multiplication, addition, division, and subtraction. {More to come like Geometry, Measurement, Ratios, and Statistics}

Lego Math: Teaching Multiplication & Division

Teaching Multiplication Using LEGO Bricks and Teaching Division Using LEGO Bricks are great resources for teaching these concepts in your homeschool, or even for additional practice at home for struggling learners. There is no prep for you, just grab a few supplies and you are off!

Supplies Needed:

• colored pencils
• writing pencil
• Lego Bricks
• Teaching Multiplication Using LEGO Bricks and Teaching Division Using LEGO Bricks

Since we have already used the Teaching Fractions Using LEGO Bricks book, it was super easy for us to pick these two new ones up and run with them. For more on Getting Started Using Teaching Using Lego Bricks check out Teaching Fractions Using Legos!

If you don’t happen to already have Legos in your house, I highly recommend picking up these basics:

Lego Classic Large Creative Brick Box – This set even includes the Baseplates!

Lego Classic Green Baseplate – If you have plenty of Legos but don’t have a baseplate you can easily order this one!

A Look Inside These Lego Math Books

From the basics of finding factors and creating fact families to multiplying 2 digit by 2 digit numbers, Teaching Multiplication Using Lego Bricks walks your student through each thing step by step. Teaching Division Using Lego Bricks begins with division facts and works up to two digit division and beyond! These books offer both detailed examples, and practice problems to work through.

One great benefit of these books is that they are done in short, easy to implement sections. You can do the sample questions with your child, or let them have a go on their own.

Each Lego Brick Math Book has not only the step by step (with large color photos) text, but a separate Student Edition you can purchase that has the worksheets and directions in an easy to use and follow format so kids can do the work right in them!

I highly recommend you BUY THE STUDENT EDITIONS! While with the fractions book we were able to print and create papers for her to do the work on, it is SO much easier to have the corresponding Student Edition for them to write and draw in!

FREEBIE

Brick Math Series is offering the Teaching Fractions PDF for FREE! Check out my review of Teaching Fractions Using Lego Bricks

AND a chapter of the Teaching Addition PDF

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