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.
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
Operations with the Abacus: Static addition (without change)
Operations with the Abacus: Static multiplication (without change)
Operations with the Abacus: Static subtraction (without change)