The Golden Bead - Teaching the names of the quantities

Age
3-6

Materials

 * 1) 1 Golden Bead Unit.
 * 2) 1 Ten Bead Bar.
 * 3) 1 Hundred Square.
 * 4) 1 Thousand Cube.
 * 5) 1 Operational mat.

Presentation

 * 1) The Directress introduces the column on mat, pointing to each column as she says, "This is Unit, Ten, Hundred, Thousand".
 * 2) The Directress then introduces the materials, as she places the materials on the respective columns.


 * "This is 1 Unit" (place 1 Golden Unit in column 'U').
 * "This is 1 Ten Bead Bar" (place a Ten Bead Bar in column 'T')
 * "This is 1 Hundred Square" (place 1 Hundred Square in column 'H')
 * "This is 1 Thousand Cube" (place 1 Thousand Cube in column 'TH')

The Directress then uses the Three Period Lesson to teach the child the names of the quantities: The First Period: "This is one", "This is one ten", "This is one hundred", "This is one thousand". The Second Period: "Show me one ten", "Show me one thousand", "Show me one", "Show me one hundred". The Third Period: "What is this?"

Purpose

 * Teach the names of the quantities.