Bead Chains
Bead Chains introduction: stacking squares and cubes
How does the directress introduce the Montessori Bead Chains to the child?
Bead Chains introduction: stacking squares and cubes
The directress asks the child to bring his tray to the bead frame and tells him for this activity we need to use the square for each number and the cube for each number. She tells the child to take the square for each number first and place it randomly on his tray and take the tray to the floor mat.
The directress assists the child in unpacking the squares on to the mat, she shows him how to build a square tower with the squares, starting with the square of ten and building upwards to the square of one. The directress then goes back to the bead frame with the child and tells him to place the cube for each number on the tray and take it back to the floor mat. She assists him in unpacking the cubes on to the mat. The directress shows the child how to build a cube tower in the same manner as the square tower.
The directress compares the difference in the size of the two towers, therefore comparing the difference of a square of a number and a cube of a number.
What does the child learn by doing this activity?
This activity promotes order and sequencing, as well as fine and gross motor movement, this activity gives the child practice in handling the beads.
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)