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French term or phrase:	perle
English translation:	bead
Entered by:	Tony M

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21:06 Jan 5, 2011

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Mathematics & Statistics / teaching method

French term or phrase: perle

From a detailed description of the Montessori teaching method for maths. (I doubt these are 'gems' ! - maybe counting beads?)

The section on "Multiplication" reads like this:

• Statique (simple), dynamique (avec piège), avec des zéros
a. Perles.
b. Timbres et introduction du vocabulaire : multiplicande, multiplicateur, sous produit, produit.
c. Petit boulier.
d. Lois de la multiplication.
e. Damier.
f. Grand boulier.
g. Multiplication géométrique.
h. Le grand jeu de la banque.
i. Abstraction.
• Études des livrets de la multiplication.

ormiston KudoZ activity Questions: 214 (none open) (6 without valid answers) Answers: 1610
Local time: 20:45

bead

Explanation:
Montessori's a LONG way back for me... but from those dim recollections, I think it is indeed referring to beads — as commonly used with children on abacuses too, of course.

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Tony M
France
Local time: 20:45

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and thanks to everyone for the links
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

1 +4

bead

Tony M

Bead bars

shoimas

Summary of reference entries provided

Website with Montessori teaching aids

Stephanie Ezrol

Discussion entries: 2

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9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

bead

Explanation:
Montessori's a LONG way back for me... but from those dim recollections, I think it is indeed referring to beads — as commonly used with children on abacuses too, of course.

Tony M
France
Local time: 20:45
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 23

Grading comment

and thanks to everyone for the links

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

cc in nyc: http://www.infomontessori.com/mathematics/decimal-system-mul... http://www.infomontessori.com/mathematics/tables-of-arithmet...

12 mins

-> Thanks, CC!

agree

xxxBourth: On target.

12 mins

-> Thanks, Alex! Happy New Year to you all up there!

agree

CFournier: http://www.montessoriland.com/site/1270021/page/676949 // Bonne année aussi Tony !

11 hrs

-> Merci, CF ! Bonne année !

agree

Wordeffect: I still don't know how to multiply using beads - perhaps I should go back to nursery school! / Ah yes, of course, that I can manage, but I'd love to know how the Chinese do it! =)

14 hrs

-> Thanks, W/E! Set out 3 piles of 4 beads each (= 3 × 4), then add up how many beads you have; it's the addition method of teaching multiplication, less abstract to a child's mind, I think?

1 day4 hrs confidence:

Bead bars

Explanation:

Bead bar sample
http://www.montessoricollection.com/Montessori_Material_Bead...

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Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2011-01-07 01:32:03 GMT)
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http://www.ehow.com/how_4523323_teach-squaring-numbers-monte...

http://www.ehow.com/how_4523583_use-montessori-colored-bead-...

Example sentence(s):

http://www.ehow.com/how_4523583_use-montessori-colored-bead-bars.html

shoimas
Local time: 14:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 16

Reference comments

15 mins

Reference: Website with Montessori teaching aids

Reference information:
This site may be of overall use.

Example sentence(s):

Description: Wooden multiplication board with 100 red beads, 10 cards labelled 1-10 and a red disc in a wooden box.

Reference: http://www.montessoriedutoys.com/Multiplication-Bead-Board-l...

Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Native speaker of:

English

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Jan 11, 2011 - Changes made by Tony M:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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