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Old 10-31-2009, 08:40 PM
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I've been looking for a particular manipulative for several months now and I do not know the name of them; therefor limiting a successful search. Can you help?

They are various colors of squares, not cubes that snap together (so quite 2Dish) I've tried searching under multilinks, and snap cubes, snap squares... No luck.

Anyone have an idea as to what these are called?
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Maybe
Old 10-31-2009, 09:17 PM
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these?
http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/st...uct-924023.htm
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cuisenaire rods?
Old 10-31-2009, 09:25 PM
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http://www.etacuisenaire.com/catalog...CUISENAIRERODS

or pentominoes
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Old 10-31-2009, 09:27 PM
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You said they're squares instead of cubes. If they're like the ones I have, they're just called 1 inch tiles (or 1 inch squares).

http://www.learningthings.com/Categories/TILES.htm
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Old 10-31-2009, 09:43 PM
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You all are awesome for doing these searches!! Way to go! Yet, I'm afraid neither of these are it. Teach2reach, those are very close and may work. Roo, they do look like tiles, but snap together on 3 sides (if I recall correctly). My husband says I'm "teacher-cursed"; meaning I have fallen in love with one kind of manipulative and won't be happy til I find it. Hahah
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Old 11-01-2009, 09:57 AM
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Now I'm curious.
Are you looking for Knex's or Zaks?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaks

http://www.knex.com/Shop/home.php?cat=360

I had lots for my kids when they were little.

I used to have something else that snap together to make cubes, triangles etc. ---- had big ones at home and smaller ones at school.

This is really going to drive me nuts. Please post when you figure it out.
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Old 11-01-2009, 10:37 AM
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Sorry Peaches, not those either. Thanks for trying. I won't give up on this search. I know they're real... I've held them.
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