List of Beginning Montessori Math Materials

Here is a list of beginning Montessori Math Materials. For each of the presentations with the golden beads, there should be a tray with supplies on it and a felt mat so the beads don't roll. Ideally you don't want to borrow supplies from one presentation tray for another, so that after the lesson is given, the child can take the tray and repeat the activity independently. For addition, subtraction, multiplicaiton, division, and exchanging presentations, there can be a "bank" of golden beads on a tray with a large enough quantity to complete whatever problems are being done. At this stage, problems are created with small number cards, and the answer is shown with large number cards, and the answers are not written down.

1. RED & BLUE NUMBER RODS

2. SAND PAPER NUMERALS 1-10

3. SPINDLE BOX

4. NUMBER CARDS & COUNTERS

5. NUMBER GAMES

6. GOLDEN BEADS

• Presentation of the Decimal System: 1 of each golden bead: unit, ten, hundred, thousand

• Passing Nine: 9 of each golden bead: unit, ten, hudred, & 1 thousand

• Making Quantities: 9 of each golden bead: unit, ten, hundred, & thousand

• Numeration of the Decimal System/Bird's Eye View/45 Layout: 45 of each golden bead: unit, ten, hundered & 1 thousand

• Bank of golden beads for operations and exchanging activity

• For Teen Board: 9 ten bars

• For Ten Board: 45 ten bars

7. LARGE NUMBER CARDS

• Green Cards1-9

• Blue Cards 10-90

• Red Cards 100-900

• Green Cards: 1000-9000

8. SMALL NUMBER CARDS

• Green Cards1-9

• Blue Cards 10-90

• Red Cards 100-900

• Green Cards: 1000-9000

9. COLORED BEAD BARS

• 1 Checkerboard, or Decanomial Bead Box

10. SEGUIN TEEN BOARD

11. SEGUIN TEN BOARD

12. CHAIN OF 100

13. CHAIN OF 1000

14. TICKETS FOR CHAIN OF 100 & 1000