Division Board

Age
3-6

Materials

 * 1) Division Board.
 * 2) 81 Green beads.
 * 3) 9 Green Skittles.
 * 4) Division tables to work.
 * 5) Summary of division tables up to 81.
 * 6) Mix sum cards (stage 1-3).

Presentation

 * 1) Directress introduces the child to the Division Board and selects a division table to work with.
 * 2) For the first question, 24/9, Directress takes 9 skittles and says, "These 9 skittles represent 9 children".
 * 3) And she places the skittles along the top of the board.
 * 4) Then Directress asks the child to count 24 green beads, and asks him to divide the 24 beads to 9 children.
 * 5) At the end, the child will find that he could not divide the beads equally.
 * 6) After distributing 2 beads each to a child, the remainder 6 beads could not be divided equally.
 * 7) Hence, we move the remainder 6 beads down to the bottom of the board and explain to the child that 24 divided by 9 is equal 2 remainder 6.
 * 8) Remove 1 on the skittle and now we have 8 skittles.
 * 9) Ask the child to divide the 24 beads now.
 * 10) The child will find that each skittle (child) has 3 beads.
 * 11) Hence, 24 divided by 8 is equal 3.
 * 12) Encourage the child to work through the Division Table.

Control Of Error
The skittles and the holes act as control of error.

Purpose

 * Provide concrete experience of division using a divisor up to 9.