Explicit Multi-Sensory Maths
Educator Training

Level One:
The Foundations of Maths

COUNTING, PLACE VALUE, ADDITION, SUBTRACTION & TELLING TIME
NUMERACY INTERVENTION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

About this training

Particularly for students with dyscalculia, maths anxiety and learning differences, maths must be taught using hands-on materials and a sequential framework. In our abstract world of teaching mathematical procedures that merely must be memorised, understanding Counting, Place Value, Addition, Subtraction and Time are critical concepts that many students fail to comprehend. We have all seen that if mastery of these basic concepts continue to evade a student, this shortcoming affects their confidence not only for assessments and exams, but for everyday life applications, as well as future study options and life career choices.

Using specialised Integer Block Kits, in this training you will master how to teach the following easily and effortlessly so that any student can understand these foundational concepts, and so that you as the teacher have full confidence in using these hands-on manipulative tools to explicitly and accurately teach counting, place value, addition, subtraction, time and beyond...

Exclusive access to this knowledge is through a self-directed course with 'live' online monthly group Implementation Sessions through the zoom platform. This model will ensure you achieve understanding and mastery before progressing, and will also provide you with an opportunity to have any questions answered in regards to implementation within your classroom, small groups or one-on-one setting.

Topics Covered

1. Introduction to the Pedagogy of Multisensory Maths Instruction
2. 'I-CRAVE Maths' Methodology, Sequential Instruction & the Language Of Maths 3. Counting
4. Place Value
5. Addition
6. Subtraction
7. Telling Time

Inclusions

• Self-Paced Online Course (Approx 25 Hours)
• 12 Months Access
• Monthly Live Implementation Support Calls
• CRA Maths Multi-Sensory Integer Block Kit for engagement and experiential learning
  (physical product, pictured below)
• Integer Block Kit Booklet and Demonstration Video
• Colour-coded Pencil Set
• Accreditation Pathway Option 

The CRA Maths Multi-Sensory Integer Block Kit is our main teaching tool for all number and algebra related to whole numbers. By using these hands-on manipulatives, your student is able to bridge the gap from concrete understanding > to graphic representation > to abstract application and mastery of counting, place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The Kit's additional features and improvements in size (now compatible with popular building blocks such as lego*), quality and presentation make this the most highly recommended in the current marketplace for integer-based base ten blocks.

This Integer Block Kit comes with our Integer Block Booklet and Demonstration Video sent to you via email.

Note: If you already have an Integer Block Kit available, this may be swapped for the same price, with a Teacher Magnetic Block Kit for whiteboard use.

Our pencil sets are specifically colour matched to the Integer Block colours, making it easy for you - and your student - to learn to identify each number as it is taught. They are a great tool for the representation component of the student drawing what they've built. Fun, easy and applicable!

Course Structure

Once enrolled, you are provided with access to your own dashboard and access to your chosen self-directed course for a twelve (12) month time-frame. These lessons are unlocked sequentially to support your own learning journey. We invite you, and recommend your attendance at our monthly 'live' online group Implementation Sessions through the Zoom platform.

This model will ensure you achieve understanding and mastery before progressing, and will also provide you with an opportunity to have any questions answered in regards to implementation within your classroom, small groups or one-on-one setting.

Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this training: just a vision to see your students excel in maths; to teach them the way they learn; and to transform their lives.

PD Hours

Approx. 25 hours.

• 10 hours approx. of video course content
• 15 hours approx. of practical implementation and training requirements (weekly implementation sessions, resource tasks, etc)

Maths Australia is a NESA Recognised Provider

Upcoming In-Person Training

Hybrid in-person and online training courses, in Australia and Internationally. 

Why Training Matters

Student success depends on a confident and well-trained teacher. A great program isn’t enough.

We’ve distilled 24+ years of research and classroom practice into signature training levels that show you not only what to teach, but how to teach it effectively.

Designed for teachers, tutors, intervention specialists, and parents, our training is especially effective for transforming outcomes for students with dyscalculia, learning differences, or maths anxiety.

Our training is: 

• Practical – step-by-step lessons you can use immediately.
• Research-based – grounded in the RTI framework and our I-CRAVE Maths methodology.
• Transformational – proven to boost outcomes for general students, as well as those with dyscalculia, learning differences, or maths anxiety.

Our Training is Evidence-Based

I-CRAVE Maths Methodology

I = IDENTIFY
To offer effective instruction, you must know the student's current level of mastery. Through a sequential series of simple-to-use assessments, you'll identify the foundations that are - or are not - in place for us to build upon and hence where to begin.

C = CONCRETE
Every lesson begins with clear and accurate demonstrations using specific hands-on manipulative tools (integer blocks or advanced kit) to build rectangles and create understanding for application in real life.

R - REPRESENTATION
The student draws their own proportionately accurate representation of what they have just built. Much like a dog could look more like a dinosaur if the proportions are inaccurate, so too representations in base ten must be accurate to develop congruency, confidence and understanding (yes, that’s right - no bundles, no ten frames, no dots - they’ve been superseded).

A = ABSTRACT
Show the symbols and teach the rules of the language of maths accurately. With understanding from the concrete and representational stages, the student can both encode and decode with confidence and ease.

V = VERBAL
Consistently engage the student in dialogue to enhance their learning and to check whether your teaching has been clear and accurate. Have the student teach the lesson back to you to check for understanding. Them hearing their own voice embeds the knowledge. 

E = EXPLICIT
Explicit Instruction refers to that which is clear, accurate, precise and transferable. We ensure absolute congruency between the models used, the representations drawn, the squiggles written and the verbal instructions given for application in everyday life. This congruency develops confidence and maximises teaching time through reducing extraneous instructional clutter.

The Research

our I-CRAVE Methodology is based on

Our focus at Maths Australia is to educate teachers in research and evidence based pedagogy and to provide them with smart, multi-sensory and developmentally appropriate solutions that they can bring to their students, confident of their success.

Since 2000, we've tested, and refined, how to most effectively integrate research to provide outstanding numeracy outcomes for both neurotypical and neuro-divergent students.

The products and services we provide are informed by the following bodies of research:

• Cognitive Load Theory
• Rosenshine’s Principles Of Instruction
• Explicit Direct Instruction
• Response-To-Intervention (RTI) Framework
• Big Ideas In Number
• Piaget's Developmental Stages

Important Essentials from the Research

Our training, manipulatives and program equip educators to incorporate the following essentials effectively, plus much more. 

Though you've heard of, or possibly even integrated these recommendations before, it's our attention to the subtle detail in their application that equips you to make all the difference. Our absolute confidence in the way we teach you to implement them means we can guarantee your success.

Click here for a curated collection of articles that unpack how the ICRAVE MATHS® approach transforms proven theory into results you can see immediately in your classroom.

Customised Training

Whether you’re looking to strengthen Tier 1 whole-class instruction, build targeted Tier 2 small-group support, or deliver Tier 3 intervention, we’ll create a tailored training plan for your staff. Delivered online or on-site, each session combines practical demonstrations, hands-on use of manipulatives, and ready-to-implement strategies—so teachers walk away confident, equipped, and ready to implement in their classrooms the very next day.

Let's teach maths as the language that it is.