Recommended Age: 5 to 6 years (may be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences) Purpose: To help the memorization of the essential multiplication combinations Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must facilitate the initial exercise, once shown the child may work independently Prerequisites The child must be able to count […]
Multiplication board
Recommended Age: 5 to 6 years (may be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences) Purpose: To help the memorization process for multiplication Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must facilitate the initial exercise, once shown the child may work independently Prerequisites The child must be able to count accurately from […]
Skip counting (long chain of 5)
Recommended Age: 4 and ½ to 5 and ½ years Purpose: To give the child another means of counting in a series (skip counting) and more practice in linear counting. Skip counting also prepares the child for multiplication Level of Parent Involvement: Low, once the adult demonstrates the activity the child may work […]
Skip counting (short chain of 5)
Recommended Age: 4 and ½ to 5 and ½ years Purpose: To give the child another means of counting in a series (skip counting) and more practice in linear counting. Skip counting also prepares the child for multiplication Level of Parent Involvement: Low, once the adult demonstrates the activity the child may work independently Prerequisites The child […]
Subtraction chart 3 (Blank chart)
Recommended Age: 5 years and onwards (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences) Purpose: To offer more opportunities for repetition in the memorization of the essential subtraction combinations Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present this exercise to the child, once the child has been shown they may work independently […]
Subtraction chart 2
Recommended Age: 5 years and onwards (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences) Purpose: To offer more opportunities for repetition in the memorization of the essential subtraction combinations Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present this exercise to the child, once the child has been shown they may work independently Prerequisites […]
Subtraction strip board (Presentation 3, Taking away from a number)
Recommended Age: 5 years and onwards (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences) Purpose: To practice subtraction that will lead to memorization of the essential subtraction combinations Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present this exercise to the child, once the child has been shown they may work independently Prerequisites […]
Subtraction strip board (Presentation 2, prepared slips)
Recommended Age: 5 years and onwards (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences) Purpose: To practice subtraction that will lead to memorization of the essential subtraction combinations Level of Parent Involvement: Low, this exercise is short to model to the child, once modelled the child may work independently Prerequisites […]
Subtraction strip board (Presentation 1)
Recommended Age: 5 years and onwards (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences) Purpose: To practice subtraction that will lead to memorization of the essential subtraction combinations Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present this exercise to the child, once the child has been shown they may work […]
Addition chart 6 (Blank chart)
Recommended Age: 5 years and onwards (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences) Purpose: To present the entire structure of addition and to help the child memorise the addition combinations Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present this exercise to the child, once the child has been shown […]
Addition chart 5
Recommended Age: 5 years and onwards (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences) Purpose: To present the entire structure of addition and to help the child memorise the addition combinations Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present this exercise to the child, once the child has been shown […]
Addition chart 4
Recommended Age: 5 years and onwards (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences) Purpose: To present the entire structure of addition and to help the child memorise the addition combinations Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present this exercise to the child, once the child has been shown they may work […]
Addition strip board (Presentation 4, Commutative law)
Recommended Age: 5 years and onwards (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences) Purpose: To present the entire structure of addition and to help the child memorise the addition combinations Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present this exercise to the child, once the child has been shown they may work […]
How many ways can you make a number? (Addition strip board Presentation 3)
Recommended Age: 5 years and onwards (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences) Purpose: To present the entire structure of addition and to help the child memorize the addition combinations Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present this exercise to the child, once the child has been shown they may work independently […]
Addition strip board (Presentation 2)
Recommended age: 5 years and onwards (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences) Purpose: To present the entire structure of addition and to help the child memorise the addition combinations Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present this exercise to the child, once the child has been shown they may work […]
Formation of numbers
Recommended Age: 4 to 5 years Purpose: To help the child associate the categories of the decimal system with their names and symbols and to familiarise the child with the reading of composite numbers. This exercise brings to the child’s awareness that the position of the digit gives it its value and shows that zero in a composite number indicates an […]
The change game
Recommended Age: 4 years and onwards Purpose: To show the child that 10 of a category equals one of the next higher category. Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must facilitate the exercise with the child, once shown the child may play with an older sibling or another family member. Prerequisites The child must be able to count […]
Addition Strip Board (Presentation 1)
Recommended Age: 5 years and onwards (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences). Purpose: To present the entire structure of addition and to help the child memorise the addition combinations. Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present this exercise to the child, once the child has been shown they may work independently. […]
100 Chain
Recommended Age: 4 and ½ to 5 and ½ years Purpose: To consolidate linear counting and to show the child skip counting. Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present the exercise to the child first, once shown the child may work independently. Prerequisites The child must be able to recognise the numbers and […]
Addition Chart 3
Recommended Age: 5 years and onwards Purpose: To memorise the essential addition combinations with the possibility of repetition. Level of Parent Involvement: Low, this exercise is short to present, once the child has been shown they may work independently. Prerequisites The child must have had many experienced in addition with the golden beads The child must be […]