As an educator who has been in the profession for more than four years, I have seen that the learners have trouble grasping the fundamental concepts of the subject they are studying, which is Mathematics.

       Throughout the course of the years, Mathematics earned a poor reputation among the younger generation, despite the subject’s fundamental importance. In point of fact, many students find that practicing math is not something that comes naturally or easily to them; rather, it requires a significant amount of work.

Although some students have an innate aptitude for Mathematics, others need to make personal connections in order to fully grasp abstract topics. In connection with this, I make a great effort to let my students learn the subject in a fun and engaging way. As I teach Mathematics, I utilize manipulatives during our class discussion. Indeed, manipulatives is a great help that enable the students to understand the topic. By means of this, learner’s engagement with Mathematics improves when the work is taken out of the textbook and placed in their hands.

Lastly, the utilization of manipulatives let the students begin to acquire a more positive attitude toward Mathematics and begin to take responsibility for their own learning when they use it to build representations of their mathematical concepts and then use those representations to organize, document, and communicate those ideas.

By: Rosalie M. Cabuang|Teacher I|Our Lady of Lourdes Elementary School|Balanga City,Bataan