I hope you’re all enjoying your weekend! Our three here have been having fun playing with these cuisenaire rods. Remember using these for maths at school? I found these at a local discount store a few years ago and snagged them as soon as I saw them.
They do have small parts in the set, so although I do let Missy 2 occasionally play with small parts with close supervision, this time I simply picked out the smaller blocks so that my fiance and I could let the kids play with these blocks as we rushed around doing other jobs.
Cuisenaire rods are fantastic for teaching maths concepts, as each colour is a different size and represents a different number. The smallest unit represents 1, and the rods go all the way up to 10. If you’re not feeling all teachy, the rods are also a brilliant, simple, open-ended play idea for imaginary play. Children also can experience the cognitive benefits of constructive/destructive play, as my kids are doing above. They also love banging them on the table. Lots.
I’ve done a quick little search on the net to see where you could buy them online, and for Australia I’ve found this site and for America I’ve found this site. (I haven’t purchased from these stores, so can’t vouch for the quality, but it gives anyone interested a starting point)
Does anyone else have these? We love them!
They look very fun. Our girls love blocks bet they’d have a great time with these rods.
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I’ve been hearing lots about these rods recently. Before this year I’d not heard of them at all.
Thinking we will probably be investing in them at some point as they are such a fabulous visual learning tool for maths.
what a great, simple idea. i used to play with the core from a roll of paper towels. i’m going to suggest this to my sister for her crazy kids:)
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Oh gosh, I’ve really gotten behind with answering my comments! So sorry, you guys!
They are so much fun, Kristin!
Marita, they’ve proven to be a good investment for us:)
It is lovely and simple, edpilolla:) My kids like the cardboard roll from paper towels too! lol
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I like the look of these! I can image my lot have a great time.
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They are just fantastic, Kelly:) They always do something different with them every time
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We have cuisinaire rods and we just love them!! We make up all kinds of math games that my son loves to play with them. I think they are the main reason why he knows how to add and subtract (since I homeschooled him this past year.) My dad actually got them for us when he found out I was planning to homeschool. Thanks DAd!!
Organic Motherhood (I must apologise, I called you Organic Mom in my last comment! Brain fart!) We had these when I was at primary school, and it really made a chore into something more fun.
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