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.
Where to Buy
Prices and links last checked: 1 July 2020
Number Rods
Absorbent Montessori $55.00
Adena $57.93
Affordable Montessori $65.00
Alison's $47.25 (with number cards)
Bruins $140.00
E & O $99.00
Hello Wood $205.00 (red and blue)
Hello Wood $189.00 (red and unpainted wood)
IFIT $75.00
Kid Advance $59.99
Leader Joy $77.95
Materials Co. of Boston $125.00
Montessori Concepts $78.00
Montessori Outlet $63.95
Nienhuis $188.80
Thinkamajigs $55.21
Stand
Absorbent Montessori $32.00
Adena $28.93
Affordable Montessori $39.00
Alison's $30.87
Alison's $47.50
Best Montessori Toys $57.04
Bruins $55.00
Hello Wood $55.00
IFIT $30.00
Kid Advance $28.99
Leader Joy $33.95
Material Co. of Boston $49.00
Montessori Concepts $34.00
Montessori Outlet $35.95
Pink Montessori $26.90
Thinkamajigs $32.26
Number Cards
Absorbent Montessori $9.00
Adena $11.94
Affordable Montessori $12.00
Alison's $10.00
Alison's $14.25
Alison's $12.75
Best Montessori Toys $33.50
Bruins $20.00
E & O $22.00
Hello Wood $33.00
IFIT $11.00
Kid Advance $12.99
Leader Joy $18.95
Materials Co. of Boston $10.00
Montessori Concepts $16.00
Montessori Outlet $5.95 (box extra $5.95)
Montessori Outlet $5.95 (box extra $5.95)
Nienhuis $12.20 (box extra $16.80
Pink Montessori $12.50
Thinkamajigs $10.16
Table-top Number Rods (2 sets of little rods)
Absorbent Montessori $22.00
Adena $30.93
Affordable Montessori $27.00
Alison's $71.25
Alison's $29.40
Best Montessori Toys $39.00
Bruins $100.00
E & O $49.00
IFIT $28.00
Kid Advance $31.99
Leader Joy $34.95
Materials Co. of Boston $85.00
Montessori Concepts $34.00
Montessori Outlet $36.95
Nienhuis $121.20
Pink Montessori $24.90
Thinkamajigs $22.91
Half-size Number Rods (5cm-50cm)
Affordable Montessori $34.00
IFIT $30.00
Pink Montessori $19.50
Further Reading
- Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under-fives by David Gettman, pages 164-166
- Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Pre-School Years by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, pages 80-81, 110-111