The Beads

In Grace's classroom they use colored beads on stiff wires to teach different math principles. The beads are numbered one through nine, and each number has a different color. Below are examples of Grace learning the square root of numbers.

 

 

The beads are also used to teach the children about geometric shapes. Beads can be counted and then arranged in ascending order to form triangles, or  the shapes can be arranged together to form other shapes i.e., rhombus. Neat, right? I hope all of her lessons are this enjoyable!