Learning Basic Math Facts Using Montessori Beads

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Learning Basic Math Facts Using Montessori Beads

• Micki Fitzpatrick
• Educational Consulting and Software

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Bead Work - Addition Facts 1

• Michael, at age 4.5 years, is learning the basic
  addition facts.
• Materials
• Worksheet (Senaris Worksheet Generator)
• Montessori Beads
• Markerboard

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Bead Work - Addition Facts 2

• Find the bead bars for each number in the
  problem.
• Place each bead-bar next to the number on the
  problem sheet.

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Bead Work - Addition Facts 3

• Count the beads in both bars to get the sum.
• (Michael could have exchanged the 6-bar and the
  4-bar for a 10-bar.)

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Bead Work - Addition Facts 4

• Being a perfectionist, Michael decided to think
  about it and to count them again to be sure.

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Bead Work - Addition Facts 5

• Write the answer on the problem sheet.
• Put the bead bars back into the box.
• Get ready to do the next problem.

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Materials - Addition Facts

• Montessori Beads, 10 of each number 1 - 10.
• Markerboard from dryerase.com.
• Addition worksheet from Worksheet Generator 1 at
  www.senari.com

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Bead Work - Subtraction Facts 1

• Mary, at age 7, knows most of the subtraction
  facts, but continues to practice using the bead
  bars.
• Step 1 Get the 10-bar and the 3-bar for the
  subtrahend, 13.

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Bead Work - Subtraction Facts 2

• Step 2 Prepare to exchange.
• The minuend is 5.
• Change the 10-bar for two 5-bars
• Mary now has two 5-bars and a 3-bar.

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Bead Work - Subtraction Facts 3

• To perform the subtraction, Mary moves one 5-bar
  away from the rest.
• By counting what is left (the 5-bar and the
  3-bar) she finds that the difference is 8.

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Bead Work - Subtraction Facts 4

• After counting the beads, she writes the answer.
• When she returns the bead bars to the box, she is
  ready for the next problem.
• She uses the answer sheet to correct her own work.

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Materials - Subtraction Facts

• Montessori Beads, 10 of each number 1 - 10.
• Markerboard from dryerase.com.
• Subtraction answer sheet is also from Worksheet
  Generator 1 at www.senari.com

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Bead Work - Multiplication 1

• George, at age 7, is learning the basic
  multiplication facts.
• Materials
• Worksheet (Bead Sheet - Multiply and Divide)
• Bead chains
• Multiplication tickets

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Bead Work - Multiplication 2

• Lay out the chain and tickets so that they are
  clearly visible.
• Count the beads and place the tickets in the
  appropriate places on the chain of 6s.
• Beads/tickets are pink for multiples of 6.

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Bead Work - Multiplication 3

• To multiply count the tickets until you get the
  multiplier. The number on the ticket is the
  product.
• State the problem
• x groups of 6

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Bead Work - Multiplication 4

• Using the bead paper, write the answer for each
  of the problems.

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Materials - Multiplication Facts

• Chains of Montessori beads 10 per chain.
• George used the back of his Markerboard for his
  beads, and a clip board for the bead paper.
• Use the Bead Paper for both multiplication and
  division facts.

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Bead Work - Division 1

• To do division
• Find the ticket that contains the dividend.
• Mark it with a finger
• Count the number of groups before it.
• State the problem
• How many groups of 6 are there in x?

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Bead Work - Division 2

• Remove the ticket and place it near the sheet.
• This insures that the student keeps his/her
  place, and allows for re-counting.
• Say the problem while writing it on the sheet.