Math in the children's house is a tremendously fun area of the environment. The materials are concrete and allow children to physically explore concepts like quantity and the operations. We begin by exploring numbers 0-10, learning the symbols with the sandpaper numbers and understanding quantity with the number rods. From there, children can begin work with the golden beads which allows them to explore quantities into the thousands with physical representations of units, tens, hundreds, and thousands. Young children love this work! Once they know the name for each quantity and can recognize the symbols, they can begin exploring the operations. Children work in groups and solve problems with large quantities! Children can begin to come up with their own problems and begin to deeply understand the process for each operation. With this understanding, children can progress into more abstract material and begin memorizing essential quantities for each operation. 

Kate