Montessori Math. Guide for Teachers and parents.

Following is a guide line of how to present number rods to your child, or use the video included.

• Have number rods ready. A mat to define work space, it should be about 3" bigger than the rods

1. Introduce number rods 1-5

First presentation of Number Rods (Use 5 rods in the beginning, when this is mastered use all ten rods).)

1. Invite your child. Please make sure that the child is sitting next you, not across so both of you are looking at numbers the right way and not upside down.

2. Have your child unroll a place mat. (light color mat is preferable)

3. Put 5 number rods randomly in front of you and your child on the mat.,

4. Tell your child, “We are going build stairs, with the number rods. Help me find the shortest one.”

5. Place this rod vertically on the top left the of mat.

6. Then look for the next short one and place this rod under the first one with the red section on the left. Cou

7. Repeat with the rest of the rows. Emphasize putting the rods directly under the one above and red on the left side. Remember to count the sections each time.

8. Dismantle the stairs and invite the child to do this on her/his own. Encourage your child to repeat the activity. Please remember, repetition internalizes the information.

Present all the activities top to bottom and left to right, this is indirect preparation for writing and reading.

Do the work sheets below for rods 1-5

This is exactely done as with numbers 1-3 with 'Three period lesson'.

1. Number rods 1-10

2. Names of numbers 6-10

3. Number symbols

4. Associating quantity to numbers

1. associate numbers to qantity.

2. finding missing number.

3. bar graph.

   
   

Once the child understands value of teens, introduce tens.

Do diffrent kinds of activities as your child is learning all number concepts.

skip counting

Skip counting