Math

Montessori found a way to make math intelligible to the young child through concrete materials which appeal to the child’s desire to explore things sensorially. The materials are presented to the children for them to manipulate a mathematical concept. The earlier lessons that students have had with the Sensorial materials as well as language and practical life work have prepared them for work with the math materials.  Concrete materials are presented before students move to more abstract understandings. Lessons are presented in a specific sequence, building on one another and moving from simple to more complex presentations.

Lessons Include:

• Concepts of Numbers 1 - 10
  Examples of lessons/materials:
  
  • Number Rods
  • Sandpaper Numbers
  • Cards and Counters
    
    
• The Decimal System
  Examples of lessons/materials:
  
  • Golden Bead
  • Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division
  • Story Problems
    
    
• Teens and Tens
  Examples of lessons/materials:
  
  • Boards with Beads
  • Linear Counting with Bead Chains
  • Skip Counting with Bead Chains
    
• Memorization
  Examples of lessons/materials:
  • Addition Snake Game
  • Multiplication Bead Bars
  • Unit Division Board
    
    
• Passage to Abstraction
  Examples of lessons/materials:
  
  • Small Bead Frame
  • Wooden Hierarchical Material
  • Short Division with Racks and Tubes

• Additional Concepts
  • Fractions
  • Time
  • Money