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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the bead frame is used to teach base ten numbers in montessori. it’s color coded and easy for my 5 year old to understand. she can skip count and now has a good foundation in number sense, not just wrote learning. [/quote]

That is fine but I do not know how to use a bead frame or an abacus, and we are not using a bead frame at all. I think it is unreasonable to expect parents to be the ones to teach children how to use archaic equipment.[/quote]

I disagree that an abacus is "archaic". I taught school in Japan, where all students learn on an abacus. And store clerks regularly use abacus there, and elsewhere in Asia. It's a good tool. You can learn to use it by watching YouTube videos. Tactile tools are very good for learning concepts such as math. That's part of the Montessori method you signed up for, right? My child was not fortunate enough to lottery into a Montessori school, so I purchased and learned to use golden beads and other manipulatives to give her that experience at home. Learned it all on YouTube.[/quote]

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