Montessori at our home - 8 - Geometry stick box

Finally, found some time to post our prized possessions.

The Geometry Stick Box and Board

We used the stick board and got some of the concepts cleared

• Convergent Lines
• Divergent Lines
• Parallel Lines
• Equilateral Triangle
• Isoceles Triangle
• Scalene Triangle
• Different polygons, quadrilaterals

 Here is the other material I got -

Power of 2 Cubes

Binomial Cube

There are a number of presentations available online for the binomial cube, much less for the power of 2 cube - I am yet to successfully figure it out.  Binomial cube is a visual representation of

(a+b)³

The cube lays the foundation to the formula.

Binomial Squares

We can also use the squares to get to (a+b)² .  While I wanted to get the squares for all numbers - 2 - 10 from http://montessorisupplyindia.com, I got the stock only for one  hundred square.

The technique for introducing binomial square is very simple - Use two rubber bands and ask the child to make 2 smaller squares from the bigger square. My guru is the online video series from EdVid on youtube.

Ed-Vid : Binomial Square Video

So, since we have the decanomial material made from "maths notebook" - We are going to be doing this using the paper decanomial material.  This will also be fun - children can "cut" the individual pieces and then put them together.  I am sure this is going to be an interesting activity.