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Two-Colour counters are an incredibly versatile manipulative, which is great as they are also one of the cheapest! In this course you will learn how to start getting the most out of this powerful manipulative, with tried and tested ‘low floor, high ceiling’ activities to use in the classroom, covering topics such as number, algebra, proof and probability.

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This section of the course looks at how Two-Colour counters can be used to model a mathematical situation

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This section of the course looks at how Two-Colour counters can be used to model sequences.

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This section of the course looks at how Two-Colour counters can be used to model calculations involving directed number.

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This section of the course looks at how Two-Colour counters can be used to demonstrate visual proofs of mathematical statements.

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This section of the course looks at how Two-Colour counters can be used to model problems involving probability.

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This section of the course looks at how Two-Colour counters can be used to model problems involving averages and range.

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This section of the course looks at how Two-Colour counters can be used to model situations.

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