This is part two in the series of videos showing my daughters doing an activity where they discover fraction rules on their own. In this free math video, you can see them begin to abstract the concepts once they’ve understood them in a concrete way. Of course, kids love big numbers so we end up with 1,000,000/2,000,000 at one point!!!
This activity should be done many times and with different rods being used as “one” in order to get the full benefit. With enough experience with the rods, children will begin to generalize the rules and extend them (as mine did in this video) into larger and more abstract numbers.
Cuisenaire Rods are a visual and tactile way for children to explore fraction concepts. They can discover for themselves the fraction rules that are often so hard to remember (because most of us have no visual representation to help the rules make sense!). These are a great learning tool. Go buy some!!!
This free math video shows my daughters doing the “discovering fractions” activity that I explained in this intro video. You can see them figuring out equivalent fractions, adding fractions with different denominators, and doing little bit of multiplying fractions.
In part two, they get into some more difficult stuff, so check that one out, too!
Cuisenaire Rods are a visual and tactile way for children to explore fraction concepts. They can discover for themselves the fraction rules that are often so hard to remember (because most of us have no visual representation to help the rules make sense!). These are a great learning tool. Go buy some!!!
This free math video shows a great activity to do with two or more children once they understand a few basics about fractions (shown in the previous video). They will discover fraction rules on their own!
Children should do this activity many times with various rods used as “one” or the “whole.” This will help them internalize and generalize the concepts they are learning.
Cuisenaire Rods are a kinesthetic and visual way for children to play with numbers.
