But for thousands of students all across India, mathematics as a subject is still taught in a broadcast manner wherein the teacher describes the concepts on a blackboard to a class of 30 something students. Such a form of learning hinders your child from thinking visually leading to a pattern of rote learning.
Moreover, the use of mathematical manipulatives or activities to promote visual information processing is something that is still yet to be entirely embraced by teachers across the country.
Such learning systems expose your child to a higher risk of developing an irrational fear of math. Recognizing these challenges, Cuemath undertook extensive research in understanding the importance of visualization, building the concept of Math Box. The Cuemath Math Box is designed to help your child visualize mathematical concepts through their senses mainly touch, feel and sight. The use of the hands to hold and move different mathematical manipulatives around increases your child’s visual-spatial understanding of the concepts.
For example, watch the video below which tells us about the visual learning of fractions: