Free Printable Math Manipulatives & 3D Nets

Tools for math don't have to be expensive!  You can make your own, use items you already have on hand, or use printables.  Here are a few of our favorites:

Kate's Homeschool Math Help has inexpensive ideas for How to Create Your Own Free Math Manipulative Kit using everyday items you likely already have around your house!

Ms. Amber Halpern, teach at Teaneck Public Schools, shared more great ideas for making your own math tools, including popsicle-stick shape puzzles, loom elastic counters, egg-carton ten frames, and pop-its!

Math Geek Mama created this collection of printable math manipulatives several years, and shared them completely for free!  This set includes:

• Base Ten Blocks
• Number Paths (1-100)
• Hundred Charts
• Number Lines (6 labeled, 2 blank)
• Place Value Mats + Tiles for Whole Numbers
• Decimal Place Value Mat + Tiles (tenths + hundredths)
• Five frame
• Ten frames (2 versions)
• Number Bonds (2 versions)
• Blank Multiplication Tables (2 versions)
• Multiplication Fact Bookmarks
• Fraction Tiles
• Clock

I love this set of printable - they are just so well done.  But if you'd rather use virtual tools, she's got you covered there as well with this extensive list of virtual math manipulatives.

The Kentucky Centre for Mathematics has several printable math tools, including US coin models, and spinner bases.   If you're looking for printable play money, Donna Young has color and black & white options.

If you'd like even more tools, templates, and ideas, the Florida Institute for the Professional Development of Adult Educators has published a 38-page Math Manipulatives booklet which includes suggestions on how to make, store, and use a variety of DIY and printable math manipulatives. 

For more hands-on math, grab this set of printable 3D geometry nets, too!

Get even more practice with 3D shapes using Real-Life 3D Shape Cards, Building Activity Cards, and Directed Drawing, all free from Little Bins for Little Hands!