Addition with the Short Bead Stair

How we teach addition using the Short Bead Stair

In this activity, the child discovers a new way of doing addition. This time the directress uses the Short Bead Stair and the Series one sum card. The directress begins by asking the child to build the Short Bead Stair on a piece of felt. Once he has built the stair successfully, the directress refers to the Series one sum card. The first operation may read as follows: 3+2=

The directress assists the child in taking the number 3-bead and then the 2-bead and placing them next to each other on the felt, the child is encouraged to count how many beads there are starting from the left to right. The child should say ‘five’ and is then asked to write number 5 in the red square provided for the answer in the series one sum card.

Addition with the Short Bead Stair

Addition with the Short Bead Stair

What does the child learn by doing addition with the Small Number Rods?

The child discovers there are different ways of working out an operation, and this activity reinforces practice with addition.

Looking for more Montessori activities?

Here is a list of all the Montessori Maths activities including Early Maths, Introduction to the Decimal System, Seguin Boards, The Hundred Board, The Short Bead Stair, Bead Chains, The Snake Game, Group Operations, The Large Number Rods, Recording with the Small Number Rods, The Short Bead Stair, The Strip Boards, The Boards, The Stamp Game, The Abacus, The Dot Game, and Fractions. Just click on the page you want to learn about to go there.

Early Maths

Introduction to the Decimal System

The Short Bead Stair

Seguin Boards

The Hundred Board

Bead Chains

The Snake Game

Group Operations

Large Number Rods

Recording with the Small Number Rods

The Short Bead Stair

The Strip Boards

The Boards

The Stamp Game

The Abacus

The Dot Game

Fractions