- Whole class teaching (Tier 1): teaching well initially in order to reduce the number of students who need intervention efforts,
- Maths Intervention (Tier 2 and 3 Intervention): in small groups or with pairs of students to build up foundational skills.
The two main projects in the Bond Blocks system are the school-based kits:
The Bond Blocks Counting to 10 & 20 Kit and the Bond Blocks Core Addition & Subtraction Kit.
These kits come fully supported with included Professional Learning and Assessment & Monitoring tools.
For homeschool and tutors we also have a smaller booklet that can be used with any individual set of wooden Bond Blocks.
- They are not scored, reducing the tendency to simply count.
- The natural wood colour of the sustainably-sourced New Zealand Pine reduces distraction of colourful plastic and focuses children on the numbers.
- Represent ten with two different blocks: Linear Ten and Empty Ten Frame, similar to a ten strip and ten frame.
- They are a ratio of one unit : 2 cm making them easy to manipulate.
- Self-checking. Encourages number sense and estimation.
The Bond Blocks Maths Intervention Program is fully sequenced, Australian Curriculum linked and follows a Concrete-Representational-Abstract approach. It supports both Intervention and Class Teaching needs (often also known as a Multi-Tiered System of Support).
- A comprehensive learning system – 108 activities
- Activities are completable in 10 minutes
- Activities are modelled on video (example) with explicit teaching and demonstration to teachers on how to link the mathematical manipulative, the language and symbols.
- Explanation of the mathematics
- Mathematical language specified
- Assessment and monitoring
- Positive Testimonials from Schools & Teachers, Homeschoolers & Students
Bond Blocks is an Australian Maths Intervention Support Program.
An Introduction to the Bond Blocks Manipulative
Unboxing the Bond Blocks Counting to 10 & 20 Kit
Assessment with Bond Blocks Core
An example Bond Blocks lesson from the Bond Blocks Core Kit