![]() Adding small touches of beauty like this to an excersice is important to me - it gives the lesson a feeling of warmth and if nothing else, provides an added point of interest for the child! I just had to use my red napkin holder which is part of a set from Russia to hold the rolled felt mat. The red color corresponds with Montessori exercises of addition. ![]() Addtionally, the Snake Game gives the first basic practice in memorizing number combinations that equal ten (6+4, 7+3, etc.). It also gives the child subconscious knowledge that no two digits added together amount to more than 18. The activity is part of the traditional Montessori Math materials and is used to familiarize the child with all the possible number combinations that make ten. Above the boxes is a rolled piece of red felt to be used as a mat. Inside this box also a smalled notched card (bridge) to aid in counting. The gold box contains 25 golden bead bars (10's), and the white (lid) and black box contains a set of black and white bead bars (1-9). The Addition Snake Game: The red box contains 10 sets of colored bead bars (1-9). One of my purchases while attending the AMS conference was this: ![]()
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