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This activity teaches the child skip counting which is preparation for multiplication. It also indirectly prepares the child to understand cubing numbers. | This activity teaches the child skip counting which is preparation for multiplication. It also indirectly prepares the child to understand cubing numbers. | ||
== Presentation == | == Presentation == | ||
# | # Show the child how to carry the chain by looping a segment between the hundreds over each finger. | ||
#:[[Image:Thousand Chain 1.JPG|200px]] [[Image:Thousand Chain 1-3.JPG|200px]] | #:[[Image:Thousand Chain 1.JPG|200px]] [[Image:Thousand Chain 1-3.JPG|200px]] | ||
# | # Lay out the chain on a long mat as shown. Bring the thousand cube, the 10 hundred squares, the labels, and the counter. | ||
#:[[Image:Thousand Chain 2.JPG| | #:[[Image:Thousand Chain 2.JPG|300px]] | ||
# | # Have one person hold one end of the chain in place while the other person holds the opposite end and stretches the chain down the length of the mat. | ||
#:[[Image:Thousand Chain 3.JPG| | #:[[Image:Thousand Chain 3.JPG|300px]] [[Image:Thousand Chain 4.JPG|180px]] | ||
# Fold the bead bars as shown to form squares of 100. | |||
#:[[Image:Thousand Chain 5.JPG|300px]] [[Image:Thousand Chain 6.JPG|300px]] | |||
# | # Set the hundred squares on top to show that they are the same. | ||
#:[[Image:Thousand Chain 5.JPG| | #:[[Image:Thousand Chain 7.JPG|300px]] [[Image:Thousand Chain 7-2.JPG|300px]] | ||
# Stack the hundred squares next to the thousand cube to show that they are the same. | |||
#:[[Image:Thousand Chain 8.JPG|300px]] | |||
# | # Stretch the chain back out again. Sort the labels into columns (1-10 together, 20-100 together, 110-200 together, etc.). | ||
#:[[Image:Thousand Chain 7.JPG| | #:[[Image:Thousand Chain 9.JPG|300px]] | ||
# next | # Count and place labels as you go. | ||
#:[[Image:Thousand Chain 8.JPG| | #:[[Image:Thousand Chain 10.JPG|300px]] | ||
# | # Move the mat with the labels with you as you work. | ||
#:[[Image:Thousand Chain 9.JPG| | #:[[Image:Thousand Chain 11.JPG|300px]] | ||
# | # 100, 200, 300, etc. get red labels. The 1000 label at the end is green. The colors correspond to the ones used on the decimal cards. | ||
#:[[Image:Thousand Chain 10.JPG| | #:[[Image:Thousand Chain 12.JPG|300px]] | ||
# | # Walk the length of the completed chain and read the numbers on the labels. | ||
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#:[[Image:Thousand Chain 12.JPG| | |||
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#:[[Image:Thousand Chain 13.JPG|200px]] [[Image:Thousand Chain 13-2.JPG|200px]] | #:[[Image:Thousand Chain 13.JPG|200px]] [[Image:Thousand Chain 13-2.JPG|200px]] | ||
== Points of Interest == | == Points of Interest == | ||
Revision as of 20:18, 12 November 2013
| Thousand Chain | |
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| Math - Linear Counting | |
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| Level | Primary |
| Age | 4.5 - 5 |
| Prerequisites | Hundred Chain |
| Materials | Thousand Chain 10 hundred squares 1 thousand cube labels pointer for counting long mat (30' long) |
This activity teaches the child skip counting which is preparation for multiplication. It also indirectly prepares the child to understand cubing numbers.
Presentation
- Show the child how to carry the chain by looping a segment between the hundreds over each finger.
- Lay out the chain on a long mat as shown. Bring the thousand cube, the 10 hundred squares, the labels, and the counter.
- Have one person hold one end of the chain in place while the other person holds the opposite end and stretches the chain down the length of the mat.
- Fold the bead bars as shown to form squares of 100.
- Set the hundred squares on top to show that they are the same.
- Stack the hundred squares next to the thousand cube to show that they are the same.
- Stretch the chain back out again. Sort the labels into columns (1-10 together, 20-100 together, 110-200 together, etc.).
- Count and place labels as you go.
- Move the mat with the labels with you as you work.
- 100, 200, 300, etc. get red labels. The 1000 label at the end is green. The colors correspond to the ones used on the decimal cards.
- Walk the length of the completed chain and read the numbers on the labels.
Points of Interest
Control of Error
Variations and Extensions
Material
Make Your Own
Where to Buy
Thousand Chain Mat
Alison's $33.00
Azoka Company $65.00
Bay Area Montessori $50.00
Cabdev $44.00
Montessori Services $66.95
Further Reading
- The Advanced Montessori Method: The Montessori Elementary Material by Maria Montessori, pages 208-210
