"I am Teresa Brown and I introduced stacking to my students last year. It has taken off like wild fire. I started off with six sets of cup stacks, which wasn't much when you have up to 30 students in one class. We did a lot of sharing.

We started off slow learning the 3-3-3 and worked our way up to the 3-6-3 for grades 1 and 2 and up to the 6-6 for grades 3 through 5. The students didn't want to stop when the unit was done. Many students went home and practiced with cups at home. One mistake I didn't make was to warn them not to use glass cups, I had one student banned from the kitchen.

This year we are learning the cycle and the students can't wait to come in and see if they can beat their time or the record set for the elementary grades. Luckily, we were able to add another six sets of cups.

The stacking fever has been ignited in the Rushford-Peterson Elementary and I don't see it being put out!"