Measurement is a good place to start. The use of fraction strips—manipulatives that provide a visual representation—can help young students measure and compare different items’ lengths.

If I see my 2/4 here, and here's my blue area here, I can take these fraction strips and cover up this area, and we can see how it's the same. So we're gonna record that as well. 2/4 are also blue.

Concepts should be taught with understanding, but there is nothing cute about an eighth grader who needs to use pizza pieces or fraction strips to add fractions.

Fourth grade math students at Notre Dame Elementary School in Munson Township model fractions by creating their own fraction kits. They use the fraction strips to investigate equivalent fractions ...

He added “The kit will help kids of primary schools to learn while playing, and attract them towards the subject.” “The kits contain 21 elements including abacus, cloth clips, fraction ...