[blindkid] Math Website for Blind and VI Students

[Kim Gulf Images]

I have been asked to forward this email. Looks like some good stuff for our kids! The website is www.slidearoundmath.com
Kim Cunningham

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> From: slide-a-round at comcast.net
> Date: February 12, 2014 at 6:40:25 AM CST
> To: kim at gulfimagesphoto.com
> Subject: Email 1 of 2: Number Line to 10,000,000 and Other Math Manipulatives, Including APH Recommendation and Perkins/ TSBVI  and Colorado DOE Articles
> 
> Ms. Cunningham,
> I am Jim Franklin, a special education teacher from Elm Street Elementary in Rome, Georgia. I am contacting you because I have invented a number line to 10,000,000 and other manipulatives that address the standards of elapsed time, decimals, money, weight, and fractions for ALL students. They are also available for low vision and blind students.
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> Please visit my website at www.slidearoundmath.com for more information, especially my "Latest News" tab. You will also find articles that have been written about them by major educational organizations, including articles by Perkins/ TSBVI and other major VI organizations/ schools.
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>  I encourage you to search "Rounding Math Manipulatives" and then click on "Images" to see what is currently available for students to use other than blocks, paper and pencil and dry-erase boards and markers, and the number line to 100 that is usually above the dry-erase board in the classroom. With my Fractions 16ths manipulative, for example, students can add or subtract mixed numbers with different denominators (4 1/8 + 7/16=____;  4 3/4 - 3/8=____) without paper and pencil.
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> I also have designed low vision and braille manipulatives that are recommended by the American Printing House for the Blind's Math Research Department in Louisville, Kentucky.  When you visit my home page, you will see a picture of me working with one of my students; we are using my student version, which is 10 1/2 inches long.  My VI manipulatives are also available in sizes that are 24 and 32 inches.  The colors of the labels can be customized to meet the needs of every student.
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> I have designed hybrid games of Sorry! and Bingo for all of my manipulatives. During the games, students will be able to knock off their peers' chips by correctly answering bonus math problems and providing definitions for vocabulary words.  All of the games address their math standards and include social skills elements. 
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> My manipulatives are being used in ALL academic settings by several NW Georgia school systems and in other parts of the United States and Canada, including several deaf and blind schools and assistive technology centers. Additional images are posted on my website. Feel free to call 706-506-8411 or send me an email if you have any comments and/ or questions. Because I am still in the classroom, I sincerely appreciate your time and help sharing my ideas with your colleagues by forwarding my information.
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> Have a great day!
> Jim
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