Combining quantity and symbol

Age
3-6

Materials

 * 1) 9 Golden Beads.
 * 2) 9 Ten Bead Bars.
 * 3) 9 Hundred Squares.
 * 4) Up to 9 Thousand Cubes.
 * 5) A complete set of cards.
 * 6) Trays and pots to carry units.
 * 7) Operational mat.

Presentation

 * 1) Directress can do this exercise with a group of children as a group activity.
 * 2) She invites the children to take the large number cards from the shelf and to lay out the cards on the floor mat.
 * 3) Meanwhile, Directress prepares the 'bank', and lays out the operational mat on a separate table.
 * 4) The children take turns.
 * 5) Directress gives the child a tray ans asks the child to pick up a large number cards of the number for e.g. "1 Thousand, 3 Hundred, 2 Tens and four".
 * 6) The child will go to the cards, pick up the requested cards and then go to the bank and pick up the required quantity of beads.
 * 7) The child brings the tray to the operational mat on the table, place the Golden beads on the operational mat as she counts and checks them.
 * 8) The large number cards are placed at the side.

Control Of Error
Directress guided.

Purpose

 * To give the child practice in associating the quantity with the written symbols using the cards and beads.