Lindsey Gray from Jane Addams Elementary received $1,451 for her proposal, “Build Math Towers to Build Math Thinkers!”

Lindsey plans to purchase Math Stackers Learning Systems, Math Stackers Mega Magnets, and Math Stackers deluxe sets and bundles. In the application, she wrote, “Math Stackers help children imagine, build, and represent math problems. These manipulatives allow children to learn in the environment we know is best; through hands-on, active play in a fun, social, and collaborative environment. Math Stackers embrace a mindset of critical thinking over memorization and encourage positive risk-taking for students as they work to solve math problems. The materials can be used to build or expand upon foundational addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills. Because of their mathematical design, students can physically see if the math works or if they need to manipulate more to find the solution.”