Number Rods With Numerals
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Number Rods With Numerals | |
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Math - Numbers 0-10 | |
Level | Primary |
Age | 3 - 3.5 |
Prerequisites | Number Rods Sandpaper Numerals |
Materials | Number Rods Numeral Cards |
This activity teaches the child the association of the quantity and the symbol.
Presentation
- Take the material to a mat.
Grade the rods and lay out the numeral cards along the bottom edge of the mat. - Isolate the 1 rod, place your hand on it and say, "One."
Find the numeral card 1. Pick it up and say, "One." Lean the card against the rod. - Move the 2 rod down and count it, placing your hand on each segment as go count: "One, two."
Find the numeral cards 2. pick it up and say, "Two." Lean the card against the rod. - Continue in this way until all of the rods and numerals have been matched.
Points of Interest
Control of Error
- Ability to measure by smallest unit
- Visual: the bands of color and the graded length of the rods
Variations and Extensions
- Place the rods on another rug across the room and ask the child to bring you number 3. etc.
- Without moving the stair, ask child to give you the rod that is one less than (or one more than) 3.
Aims
Direct Aim:
- To give the child a sensorial impression of quantity
- To be able to name in succession the qualities
Indiret Aim:
- Introduction to measurement and the decimal system
Material
Ten wooden rods varying in length from 10cm (3.9 inches) to 1 meter (39.5 inches). The segments are painted alternately red and blue with number 1 being red. The end measurement of each rod is 2.5cm square.
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Stand
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Cabdev $40.00
Creative Learning $22.95
Kid Advance $24.99
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Cards
Bruins $12.00
Cabdev $14.00
Creative Learning $9.95
E & O $21.00
Grandpas $8.00
Juliana $35.00
Kid Advance $9.99
Montessori Outlet $4.95 (print)
Montessori Outlet $4.95 (cursive)
Nienhuis $11.90 (cursive)
Nienhuis $11.90 (print)
Nienhuis $11.90 (USA style print)
Further Reading
- Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Pre-School Years by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, pages 80-81, 110-111