I always hated maths. I was quite good in maths as a child, but I still hated it. This is the one subject I've really struggled to find fun ways of teaching, and quite often I do resort to work books, rote memorisation ( with a few twists thrown on like jumping on a trampoline while reciting facts) and computer games. But I do like to break things up with as many fun activities as possible. Maths manipulates certainly make maths more fun, but they also teach children in a different way than just learning from books. When a child can touch and feel something it becomes more real and these little blocks offer a lot of scope for learning several different ...  Read the complete review