manipulatives
plural noun
ma·nip·u·la·tives
mə-ˈni-pyə-ˌlā-tivz 
-lə-
: objects (such as blocks) that a student is instructed to use in a way that teaches or reinforces a lesson
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Her kindergartners work with digital manipulatives rather than the physical ones her mother’s students use.
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Sonja Sharp Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2020
Some examples of manipulatives are scales, peg boards, interactive clocks, play money, and stacking cubes.
—Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2020
That's why there is usually a diverse assortment of items, including tools, accessories, manipulatives, and even visual aids, found in homeschooling learning kits.
—Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2020
Newly sanitized toys and manipulatives will be single-use only and will be disinfected between each use.
—Kellie Hwang, SFChronicle.com, 24 Sep. 2020
The classrooms looked like first-grade classrooms—no manipulatives or toys.
—Kristina Rizga, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2020
Schools will distribute other physical materials such as textbooks, workbooks and manipulatives.
—Brandi Addison, Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2020
Sonja Sharp Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2020
Some examples of manipulatives are scales, peg boards, interactive clocks, play money, and stacking cubes.
—Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2020
That's why there is usually a diverse assortment of items, including tools, accessories, manipulatives, and even visual aids, found in homeschooling learning kits.
—Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2020
Newly sanitized toys and manipulatives will be single-use only and will be disinfected between each use.
—Kellie Hwang, SFChronicle.com, 24 Sep. 2020
The classrooms looked like first-grade classrooms—no manipulatives or toys.
—Kristina Rizga, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2020
Schools will distribute other physical materials such as textbooks, workbooks and manipulatives.
—Brandi Addison, Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2020
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