Early Childhood Kindergarten - Division Bead Board
Division while in Kindergarten?? With the Montessori approach, math can be fun while also challenging! The Montessori division board introduces children to the concept of division by allowing them to explore it in a concrete way, as they learn to "share" the beads equally between the skittles at the top of the board. They will be able to check their own work by making sure there are no leftover beads without relying on an adult. Once they have mastered division problems with no remainder, they can move on to equations that will have a remainder and will be able to self-correct if they notice the remainder is larger than the dividend. Dr. Maria Montessori believed that children absorb and retain information for prolonged periods when they learn through hands-on activities with concrete materials. Young children appreciate the repetitive nature of the materials, which gives them plenty of opportunities to practice and internalize the concept before moving on to dividing numbers abstractly.