Montessori Checkerboard Material

This checker board is used for short and long multiplication with the hierarchies in the decimal system from 1 100 000 000.

Montessori checkerboard material. This material is used in the montessori lower elementary classroom with children between 6 9 years of age. It reinforces previous work with the golden bead material stamp game bead cabinet finger charts and bead frames but in a new way with just a little bit more challenge. My lower elementary students know that the montessori checkerboard is my favorite lower elementary montessori material. These materials are all free to use in your classrooms or homes from montessori album a wiki dedicated to sharing montessori lessons ideas and materials.

It is a big work that leaves quite an impression on a young child. I love how it allows a child to work with really big numbers even before they ve memorized. The checkerboard is used for multiplication. The total project will take approximately 1 hour from start to finish if you gather all your materials first.

Children in montessori elementary classrooms will love doing short and long multiplication of whole numbers up to 100 000 000 on this handsome quilted mat. The checkerboard is a traditional montessori material used for short and long multiplication paving the way to abstraction. With the checkerboard and bead bars representing numbers 1 9 the children learn long multiplication 2 3 4 or more digit numbers. Unlike hard surface checkerboards the beads won t roll around a definite advantage.

Our montessori supplies are compatible with nienhuis montessori and have met all federal safety regulations by passing all tests at tuv lab. All of our montessori products are made based on the ami standards and especially the authentic blueprints approved by mr. In the problem in photograph 1 a five digit number was multiplied by a two digit number. The checker board complements our checker board activity set.

This is a large rectangular board with color coded squares. The materials needed for this project can easily be ordered on amazon or bought at your local craft store. This diy montessori math checkerboard is so quick and easy to make you can even have the kids can do it.