🎯 Objective:
Help children understand number concepts, counting, sequencing, and measurement using colourful, tactile bead rods.
Pipe cleaners or wooden sticks (for rods)
Beads in multiple colors
Number cards (1–10)
Ruler (optional)
Marker (to label rods)
1. Create the Rods
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Slide beads onto a pipe cleaner or stick to represent numbers 1 through 10.
For example:-
1 bead = Rod 1
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2 beads = Rod 2
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...
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10 beads = Rod 10
Use a different color pattern for each number rod (e.g., red-green-red-green for 4).
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Twist or glue the ends to hold beads in place.
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🔢 1. Number Match
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Mix up the rods and number cards.
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Have kids match the number card to the correct beaded rod.
📏 2. Length Compare
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Line rods up from shortest to longest.
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Ask: Which is longer, Rod 3 or Rod 5?
🎨 3. Pattern Building
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Encourage kids to create their own beaded patterns and describe them.