Teen Boards with Beads

Materials:      

• All the material of the previous two presentations:

• Colored Beads 1 - 9 (Short Bead Stair)

• 9 Golden Bars of 10

• Teen Boards (Seguin Boards) consisting of two boards with 5 spaces each

• One board has 10 printed five times and the other has 10 printed four times with a blank space at the bottom

•  9 wooden cards with the numerals 1-9 printed on them - these slip into the slots of each space over the zeros of the tens

• A Rug

Purpose: Association of the quantity, name and symbol for numbers 11-19

Age: 4 - 5

Preparation:  Both following exercises from the Teen Beads and the Teen Boards

Presentation: 

• Invite the child for the lesson, to bring a rug, and both of you secede who bring the beads and the boards. 

• Layout the boards with the beads at the top left.  Number cards are placed at the top right. 

• Have the child build the bead stair (including the tens). 

• Place a ten bar to the left of the first ten on the board. And say, “10”. Slide your finger below the numeral of the 10 and say, “10”

• Place a red bead at the top right of the ten bar and say, “one” and “one” slide in the one card from the right side of the 10. 

• Count the beads, slide the fingers under the number as you say the number, “eleven”.

• Repeat this pattern of quantity, symbol, quantity, symbol, and count for twelve and thirteen.

• Let the child take over for the rest.  Fade and observe if the child is doing well.

• Once the child is complete, invite them to mix them up and do this as many times as they like.

Control of Error:  None. The child’s knowledge of 11-19 will guide them. 

Following Exercises:

• Extended Second Period: The color beads and the cards will be on the rug in a random order. The guide will dictate a number in random order for the child to build with beads and cards from top to bottom on the boards.  

• Extended Third Period: The child will place the number card to match a quantity of beads the guide places. 

Pedagogical Notes:

• Once this is presented, the child should be taking it frequently, so they get through all the teens work over a period of a couple of weeks. We don’t want to drag this out because the child will become bored.