Red and Blue Rods Revisited!

http://www.montessoriprintshop.com/uploads/MF-45_Number_Rods_Control_Chart_____Cards.pdf


Presentation: Matching the Red Rods with the Red and Blue Rods

Materials:

1.Set of red rods

2.Set of red and blue rods

Prerequisites:

Mastery of gradation of red rods.

 Control of error:

Visual and tactile: lengths of pairs of rods must mach.
 Aim:

Transition from sensory area into Math.
 Point of interest:

Making the match.
 1.Invite the child to look at the environment and say " Do you see any materials that look like the red rods?"

2.Define what we are going to do, such as "we are going to match the rods."

3.Teacher chooses a red rod and separates it from the group and lets the child feel how long the rod is.

4.Let the child go to the Red and Blue Rods and find one rod as long as the one the teacher just showed.

5.The child carries the rod back and checks by himself.

6.Let the child move the matching pair to another empty rug.

7.Continue doing the same activity until all rods are matching.

Options:

1.Put set away.

2.Grade Red and Blue Rods.

3.Grade pairs.

 References

Binda Goldsbrough (1995) The Aperfield Montessori Course

Link Farm

http://sharmila-montessorimaterials.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html

www.myfamilyschool.narod.ru/MONTESSORIALBUM.doc

http://www.infomontessori.com/mathematics/numbers-through-ten-number-rods.htm
 
http://www.mecssoftware.com/rods1m.htm

http://www.alisonsmontessori.com/Blue_and_Red_Number_Rods_p/m01.htm

http://www.ehow.com/how_4510054_use-montessori-number-rods.html

http://ahandmadechildhood.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-make-montessori-number-rods.html

http://athousandjoys.blogspot.com/2009/01/montessori-monday-red-and-blue-rods_15.html

http://lettersnumbersandbooksohmy.blogspot.com/2010/11/homemade-red-and-blue-rods-jenga-style.html
(and if you leave these as separate units, they can be matched up to
the longer rods...so many units equals the number 8 rod for example)

Red and Blue Rod segments
Each Segment is  2.5x2.5x10cm



Walking the Rod Maze

Red and Blue Table Rods

Vertical Rod Storage

Red and Blue Small Rods with Number Tiles

Red and Natural Wood Table Rods

Electronic Rod Apps

Red and Blue "Rods" made with snapable plastic blocks

Matching the Numerals to the Rods

Arranging the Rods in a Box two ways

Jenny's nice illustration from her Album

Homemade Red and Natural Rods (Link in the Farm)

More Numeral Matching to radomly placed rods

Addition with the rods (Link in the Farm)

The Perfect Rod Excercise all neat on the rug

Felt Fun ...again!

If you haven't been over to Etsy for awhile, there are some really
cute felt objects that would work well for practical life activities
and even a bit of math and language. Enjoy!


 Dinner



Number Balls

Melon and Fruit

Letter Balls

Snow Peas

Totally Toddler

Hope you enjoy the video of the new materials at Young
Minds at Play. I am getting my order of new items...so
excited to try them out! The latest is the toddler

cylinder block. ( Here is a picture.) I am also thrilled
to see the constructive geometric triangles and inset board completed.

Jeff has put alot of thought into
his materials...of course I've raved about the quality
before...nicer than any of the usual Montessori toddler
materials. Here is my grandson using some of
his materials: (pix are from my phone so they
are grainy, but you can see him in action!)

The beads in the background I painted to match the
colors of the Montessori bead bars. If you are handy,
it involves some dowels, big beads, a board, some wood
glue and non-toxic spray paint.

Vertical Shape Sorter!

Kingdoms of Life: Figures and Pix

Hi Again,
 I am on a roll when it comes to  animal
replicas. Did you know that Schleich has "screensavers"
that would make good matching cards to their
animals. There are also coloring pages here:
http://www.schleich-s.com/en/playground/playground.php?lang=2


http://www.schleich-s.com/en/playground/wallpaper.php?lang=2

The farm animals and other figures can be found here:
http://www.schleich-s.com/en/action_figures/toys/new_products/news_farm_life/farm_life_new_in_january_2011/index.html

I have been also looking for good cell and microscopic animal
models. I found these nice colorful plastic models through
Tedco Toys here:http://www.tedcotoys.com/dyn_prodlist.php?k=51117

There is print material included that could be used to
make description cards for the elementary level.
If your children/students are younger, simple
picture matching cards or three part cards would
work to match the models.

K.

Classification with Safari Animals

Today I went to Red Ballon and found some toddler sized
plastic animals for classification. Then I went online
and found these pix  on their website. I will make
matching cards to go with these items. I was
so excited to find really cute versions of a
jellyfish, crab, snail, ladybug, starfish and
butterfly. I will be adding to this set as I
go along...

http://www.safariltd.com/

Sensible Storage for Space

Plastic Tool Drawers
( with Free Labels for Pink, Blue and Green Reading Schemes)

Cubby with Containers Small, Medium, Large

Botany Cabinet with Puzzles
(Everything in one Cabinet!)

Hi All,
 I've wanted to do a post regarding storage and space savers for
some time, so today I shall tackle the subject. Some suppliers
are becoming aware of the limited space of some Montessori
environments and addressing the issue. In order to leave open
space in the middle of the Montessori room  I am always on the lookout
for great and innovative space saving solutions!
(I'll be adding to this post...so I guess we could call it
officially UNDER CONSTRUCTION for a few days at least...)
For Practical Life storage I found a great post on this blog:
http://mymontessorijourney.typepad.com/my_montessori_journey/2008/06/practical-lif-1.html

Curved/Circular Montessori Shelves

Assorted Presentation and Storage Baskets

Washing Stand



Pink Language Materials Box
(Also available in Blue and Green)

Cubby on Wheels



Stand for Red Rods or Red and Blue Rods
(Love this...gets the rods vertically placed)



Canvas Number Pocket Chart
(Use with your wood or paper number cards)

Cart for the Golden Bead Materials



Stand for Cylinder Blocks



Folding Shelves

Trays for Bead Chains

Free Standing Language Shelf



Long Division Cabinet



Large Moveable Alphabet Stacking trays

Paper Map and Chart Storage

Sandpaper Rough and Smooth Boards in a Stand
(Love the rounded shape of this set!)

Language Card Storage
(Also could work for other color coded materials)

Table or Shelf Top Land Forms Cabinet
(You can pour water into the forms!)

Display for the Sandpaper Landforms
(Good for Sandpaper Letters or Numbers Too)

Stackable Wood Boxes (Pink Reading)
(These come in other colors)

Double Stand for Insets for Design

Double Stand for Fraction Circles

Language Objects and Cards (Green Level)