Colored Bead Bars: Small Multiplication

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Age

6-9.

Materials

  • Box of colored bead bars 1-10
  • Chart I

Preparation


Presentation

  1. Directress invites the child to take any number (not to exceed 10) of any color of bead bars.
  2. From this pile the child begins to lay them out in a column; saying 4 taken 1 time, putting out a bar and writing either the equation or just the product in his journal.
  3. He continues until the whole pile has been lain out.

Control Of Error

Chart I. If the child wrote the equation then he has written a table. If only the products were recorded, then he has done progressive numeration (skip counting).

Points Of Interest


Purpose

Direct Aim:

To help the child in the memorization of multiplication. Indirect Aims:

  • Preparation for memorization of division.
  • Preparation for decomposition into prime factor.
  • Preparation for the study of multiples.

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