Montessori Multiplication Table

By using this Montessori Multiplication Chart regularly, children will develop not only a solid understanding of multiplication concepts, but also essential mental arithmetic and problem-solving skills. This educational tool thus encourages a holistic and playful approach to learning mathematics.

OVERVIEW OF THE MATERIAL:

A box containing coloured bead bars from one to ten.

PRESENTATION:

1. Fetch the material with the child
2. Sit down at a table or on a mat
3. Suggest that the child work on the seven
4. Say aloud, one times seven: seven
5. Place a bar of seven vertically
6. Say: "Two times seven", take a second bar of seven and place it next to the first: fourteen; to reach the result, count starting from seven: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. Take out a ten with a bar of four and place them horizontally next to the two bars of seven to mark the result
7. Then move on to three times seven by placing three bars of seven side by side and counting from 14.
8. Set down the result, then invite the child to continue up to 9x7.