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Bronsil, Matt – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2005
This article discusses how children learn to understand the decimal system in very concrete ways, while having fun using beads. When counting the beads, the children learn 5,491 is not simply "five thousand four hundred and ninety-one" but actually 5 thousands, 4 hundreds, 9 tens, and 1 unit. They begin to understand that as they get 10 units,…
Descriptors: Computation, Arithmetic, Play, Young Children