Before children can use classroom manipulatives for specific tasks (like connecting a pair of rhyming mittens), they need time to explore the materials on their own. They need to practice how the the links actually work. In this video, a young student is practicing attaching links to a strip of cardstock with holes punched in it. Our 3-year-olds really have to concentrate and work hard. The 4s can do it, but it takes time and focus. By 4.5 to 5, many children become fluent “linkers” and can use
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Before children can use classroom manipulatives for specific tasks (like connecting a pair of rhyming mittens), they need time to explore the materials on their own. They need to practice how the the links actually work. In this video, a young student is practicing attaching links to a strip of cardstock with holes punched in it. Our 3-year-olds really have to concentrate and work hard. The 4s can do it, but it takes time and focus. By 4.5 to 5, many children become fluent “linkers” and can use
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