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 checked: 23 January 2022
Number Rods | |
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Store | Price |
Adena | $58.95 |
Affordable Montessori | $70.00 |
Alison's with number cards |
$49.61 |
Bruins | $180.00 |
E & O | $102.60 |
IFIT | $60.00 |
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 | $72.95 |
Stand | |
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Store | Price |
Adena | $32.99 |
Affordable Montessori | $42.00 |
Alison's | $32.41 |
Alison's | $52.50 |
Bruins | $60.00 |
IFIT | $30.00 |
Kid Advance | $32.99 |
Leader Joy | $33.95 |
Material Co. of Boston | $49.00 |
Montessori Concepts | $34.00 |
Montessori Outlet | $35.95 |
Pink Montessori | $26.90 |
Thinkamajigs | $42.95 |
Number Cards | |
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Store | Price |
Adena | $12.55 |
Affordable Montessori | $13.00 |
Alison's | $10.00 |
Alison's | $24.00 |
Alison's | $18.00 |
Bruins | $27.00 |
E & O | $19.80 |
Hello Wood | $33.00 |
IFIT | $11.00 |
Kid Advance | $12.99 |
Leader Joy | $18.95 |
Materials Co. of Boston | $10.00 |
Montessori Concepts | $19.00 |
Montessori Outlet | $5.95 |
Montessori Outlet | $5.95 |
Montessori Outlet box |
$5.95 |
Nienhuis | $13.20 |
Nienhuis box |
$18.15 |
Pink Montessori | $12.50 |
Thinkamajigs | $13.95 |
Table-top Number Rods (2 sets of little rods) | |
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Store | Price |
Adena | $30.93 |
Affordable Montessori | $29.00 |
Alison's | $80.00 |
Alison's | $30.87 |
Bruins | $110.00 |
E & O | $46.80 |
IFIT | $28.00 |
Kid Advance | $34.99 |
Leader Joy | $34.95 |
Materials Co. of Boston | $85.00 |
Montessori Concepts | $38.00 |
Montessori Outlet | $36.95 |
Nienhuis | $124.85 |
Pink Montessori | $24.90 |
Thinkamajigs | $29.95 |
Half-size Number Rods (5cm-50cm) | |
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Store | Price |
Affordable Montessori | $39.00 |
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