Welcome to the NECTAR Foundation's math software blog. My name is Rhéal Dumont and I am the Executive Director of the foundation. We are new to blogging but look forward to reading your thoughts on math software. We are particularly interested in your comments about our new math manipulative prototype for addition which can be found in the What's New section at http://www.nectar.ca/. We have been developing software since 1990 and have found that the best way to improve our programs is to listen to teachers' comments. Try the manipulative out and let us know what you think by adding comments to our blog. We are also interested in a title for the program.