If you have not worked with the Digi-Block Program before, take a moment to take the small single blocks and pack them into the smallest sized holder. Notice that only ten single blocks will fit into this holder and then a second holder snaps tight to form a proportionally bigger block. Locate the next largest holder. Again the shape and color are the same, but the size grows proportionally. It is always helpful to have a bin of packed blocks.
Students enjoy organizing the bins and packing blocks.
Again, this box can be a plastic bin marked in some unique way so that the group recognizes its toolbox. Group names can be famous mathematicians or geometric shapes, for example. As each group works, the toolbox stores all unused materials. Between each task, the students clear all of the blocks back into the toolbox. Students set up the problem and clear all unnecessary blocks into the toolbox.