Key Montessori Math Materials
for resource and informational purposes only
Below are featured materials that our students work with in their classrooms with their teachers. We are also building a list of resource sites for free lessons and suggested home-made materials.
http://www.montessorimaterials.org/index.html
http://3readers.wordpress.com/category/montessori/montessori-downloads
Below are featured materials that our students work with in their classrooms with their teachers. We are also building a list of resource sites for free lessons and suggested home-made materials.
http://www.montessorimaterials.org/index.html
http://3readers.wordpress.com/category/montessori/montessori-downloads
Montessori Beads![]() Info coming soon.
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VideosBead Bar Multiplication
courtesy of You Tube |
Montessori Golden Beads![]() Montessori golden beads are golden beads, all the same size, that are used to help students understand unit quantities of tens, hundreds and thousands. A single bead comprises one unit, or a point. Ten beads strung on a wire indicates ten, or a line. One hundred is indicated by ten bars side by side, which makes a square, and one thousand is ten one hundreds stacked on top of each other, making a cube. You can use these various manifestations of these numbers to introduce the decimal system and, later, practice using it. This should be done after the child has mastered counting.
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VideosGolden Beads - Dynamic Addition
courtesy of You Tube Multiplication Golden Beads Stamp courtesy of You Tube |
Subtraction Strip Board![]() Info coming soon.
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VideosSubtraction Strip Board Demonstration
courtesy of You Tube |
Small Bead Frame (aka Short Bead Frame)![]() |
VideosAddition, subtraction
Short/Small Bead Frame Addition Demo Short/Small Bead Frame Addition Introduction Short/Small Bead Frame Addition (student) |
Multiplication Checker Board![]() This popular material is for mastering multiplication. The colourful materials build upon the student's prior knowledge. The colors green, blue, and red representing the ones, tens, and hundreds place values are repeated from previous materials to give the child a sense of mastery. The multiplicand is placed on the bottom and the multiplier is placed along the side. For instance, the child sets out three bead-bars, four times. The child sees that 3 x 4 = 12 and exchanges by putting a two bead-bar in the ones place and carrying a one bead to the tens place. More examples here.
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VideosChecker Board Lesson with Child
courtesy of You Tube |
Fractions![]() ![]() |
VideosChanging Improper Fractions into Mixed Numerals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYFX7At0Wik http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rmq0yz8FdU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htfivbdWCM8 (k) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZobou1qFEE – overview w music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYFX7At0Wik |