Number Rods

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When the child is around 3.5 years of age, the ‘Mathematical Mind’ awakens. At this stage the child will want to know the quantity of things accurately. When the teacher observes that the awakening of ‘Mathematical Mind’ has happened, the Maths activities are offered. The first Mathematics material is the ‘Number Rods’. It helps the child to understand quantities and associate the names with the quantities they signify. It also helps in understanding the position of numbers. For example, 3 is placed between 2 and 4. Many exercises can be done using number rods and number cards.

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