Rekenrek 101
Where are you on your rekenrek journey?
Curious about the rekenrek? The rekenrek is a versatile, visual tool that deepens children’s number sense and fosters rich mathematical discussions. If you’re interested in sparking curiosity and boosting confidence with your pupils through hands-on practice, begin or continue your rekenrek journey with me. Experience how this mess-free tool easily transforms teaching key mathematical concepts.
Interactive Rekenrek
An Interactive Rekenrek for your classroom
Explore our online Rekenrek tool for an engaging experience that allows you to model and explain concepts to the whole class with ease.
A MESS – FREE resource
We all know the importance of making mathematics hands on and engaging. Teachers absolutely love the fact that they can use a manipulative that is easy to store easy to get out and mess free.
Reduce plastic in classrooms
Our commitment to sustainability with plastic-free rekenreks manufactured in a solar-powered facility, aligning with eco-friendly values of educational institutions. All of our resources eliminate photocopying and are dry erase friendly.
Strong Number Sense
Number sense and a strong foundation in basic mathematical concepts is key. The rekenrek allows children to build show and explain their understanding in a simple, hands on engaging way.
Versatile
The Rekenrek brings numerous mathematical concepts to life. Imagine being able to teach place value, multiplication, addition, subtraction, decimals, fractions and even mental mathematical strategies with just one tool!
Designed for ALL pupils
Promotes hands-on learning experience that is interactive and engaging for ALL pupils, regardless of their level of understanding. This manipulative allows them to quickly show their gaps in learning and how we can fix these misunderstandings.
Mathematical Talk and Questioning
Simply ask the children to show and explain how they solved the question with their rekenrek. Is it accurate? Is it efficient? Sharing personal strategies helps others to see there is often more than one way to get to the answer.
Confidence building
Our latest case study proved that using a rekenrek improved confidence in pupils. They like using a rekenrek because it is simple and engaging.
On demand workshops
On Demand workshops that fit your schedule
Discover our innovative, engaging workshops designed to meet the needs of busy schools and tight budgets. These workshops are broken into manageable modules that are perfect for staff meetings and can be revisited to review throughout the year.
Face – to – Face workshops
Nothing beats delivering a workshop at your school
My passion and enthusiasm for teaching with a rekenrek is contagious. The workshops are hands-on and packed full of ideas for you to use in the classroom the very next day.
Your Rekenrek journey
One tool, All of the facts
Have you heard about this versatile, visual, concrete manipulative? Perhaps you are curious… or even skeptical? If you are interested in encouraging mathematical talk, reasoning, deeper understanding and daily practice in a hands-on visual method, then begin your rekenrek journey with me. You truly have to see it to believe it.
Rekenreks
Discover the power of the rekenrek. These simple, visual, versatile mathematical tools are quickly becoming THE tool for teaching number sense. Pupils can build, show and explain their understanding while revealing any misconceptions. Using rekenreks encourages mathematical talk and reasoning.
