This free math tutoring video shows an important concept to get down, especially for when it comes time to do long multiplication or division. Lots of practice in giving the “real” names for a certain number of tens or telling how many tens is in a number is essential for understanding more complex elementary school math.
Cuisenaire Rods help make the concept of place value, which is often very abstract for children, more concrete and understandable. They can visualize it. They can feel it. They can much more easily internalize the concept.
The activity in this free math tutoring video is good for developing mental math skills. Once the problems get bigger, children will be able to easily adapt this to larger numbers and add more quickly in their heads. Using the Cuisenaire Rods provides both a visual and tactile way to manipulate numbers instead of only relying on symbols. Young children, and children with dyslexia or dyscalculia often have difficulty fully understanding abstract symbols. Cuisenaire Rods help bridge the gap for them so that they can understand complex math concepts in spite of their learning difficulties.
The activity in this free math tutoring video comes from the Miquon math curriculum. It’s a great way for kids to consolidate their knowledge of our number system, to think critically, and expand their understanding of numbers. Encourage your kids to be as creative (or CRAZY) as possible when they do this. Creating more complex problems will develop their math skills tremendously!
This would also be a good activity to do in small groups so the children can have discussion about their ideas and learn from each other.
