Suggested Manipulatives
The Ontario Ministry of Education recommends the following manipulatives are avaliable for use in primary and junior classrooms in "A Guide to Effective Instruction in Mathematics, Kindergarten to Grade 6, Volume Three: Classroom Resources and Management, 2006" on pages 67-78.
Primary Classroom/Division
Abacus
Attribute Blocks
Balance and Weights
Base 10 Materials
Connecting Plastic Shapes to build 2-D and 3-D Figures
Clocks
Colour Tiles
Cuisenaire Rods
Dice
Geoboards
Graduated Beakers
Hundreds Charts
Interlocking Cubes
Materials for Counting and Sorting
Measuring Spoons
Measuring Tables
Miras
Money
Number Lines
Pattern Blocks
Pentominoes
Playing Cards
Stackable Blocks
Tangrams
Thermometers
3-D Geometric Solids
Trundle Wheel
Two-colour Counters
Junior Classroom/Division
Abacus
Attribute Blocks
Balance and Weights
Base 10 Materials
Calculators
Connecting Plastic Shapes to Build 2-D and 3-D Figures
Colour Tiles
Cuisenaire Rods
Counters
Dice
Fraction Strips
Geoboards
Graduated Beakers
Hundreds Charts
Interlocking Cubes
Measuring Cups
Measuring Spoons
Measuring Tapes
Metre Stick
Miras
Mirror
Money
Number Lines
Pattern Blocks
Pentominoes
Plastic Polygons
Playing Cards
Protractors
Compass
Scales
Spinners
Standard Masses
Stopwatch
Tangrams
Thermometers
3-D Geometric Solids
Two-colour Counters
Trundle Wheel