Touch Me Math - New method

The secret to TouchMath is simple. In fact, it can be summed up in one word: TouchPoints. www.touchmath.com

Each numeral from 1 through 9 has TouchPoints corresponding to the digit's value.

    * Numerals 1 through 5 have single TouchPoints
    * Numerals 6 through 9 have double TouchPoints
    * As students count the TouchPoints, they associate numerals with real values. They learn that a numeral (3, for instance) is not just a squiggle on a page. It represents a quantity such as three apples, three ladybugs, three buttons or three TouchPoints.


               Using pictorial objects and our trademarked TouchPoints, we teach young children to associate numerals with real values (number quantities).

Touching/Counting Patterns.
Students count aloud as they touch the single TouchPoints once and double TouchPoints twice. This multisensory approach engages students on auditory, visual and tactile/kinesthetic levels.

To ensure that students arrive at the right answer, it is important that they touch the TouchPoints in the correct Touching/Counting Pattern for each numeral. The Touching/Counting Patterns are shown below.

Counting is the key.
Computations are easier using TouchMath because all basic operations are based on counting. In TouchMath addition, students count forward. In subtraction, they count backward. In multiplication and division, they count in sequences. Students touch, count and repeat each problem and answer aloud to reinforce fact mastery.