oh WOW

[boodie]

Any one who is of an age, and remembers being taught maths in primary school, the one thing we were all taught with was

A set of CUISENAIRE rods

I am sooo freaking tempted!

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[faerieem.livejournal.com]

ooh, we had those when my mum homeschooled us! Too fun

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

It was a very good way of learning, through playing..

[faerieem.livejournal.com]

Java Cuisenaire!

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

heheh cool!!

[shadesfox.livejournal.com]

I do remember, if not that then something really close!

I built log forts with them >_>

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

I think we all did 8-)

[rtf.livejournal.com]

Not only did we have rods(although those were mostly plastic), we had these awesome wooden blocks with cubes cut into them that showed multiplication; along with the appropriately sized rods neat things could be demonstrated with them.

More importantly, they were also pretty good as building blocks.

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

oooh I vaguely remember those!!

[mrudat.livejournal.com]

I remember playing with those back in primary school... I can't remember them being used for actual teaching though... not that I recall too much at all... =)

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

*grin*

oh i'm sure they were used sneakily for maths, that was the whole point.

They make an excellent tool for teaching adults numeracy skills, i used to use them when i taught L&N for AdultEd.

[azhreia.livejournal.com]

I've got a complete set in the metal box that my mother bought my brother when he started school (before I was born).

my kids were only allowed to play with them under supervision, which is why the set is still complete. ;-)

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

I know we used to have a set at home, but I think Ben and Michael were allowed to play with them and lost them..

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

did you used to build things with them??

[elektron.livejournal.com]

And I can't even figure out how they work... :(