The Exchange Game in Montessori

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Part of the video series: Montessori Math Methods

Summary: Teaching numbers to preschooler can be challenging. Learn how Montessori teaches numbers through games in this free educational video clip about Montessori math methods.

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By Tami Elliot
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Tami Elliot is the owner and a teacher at the Northstar Montessori Preschool in Saline, Michigan. She has over twenty years of experience working with children, and she has owned and...read more

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"This is how you play The Exchange Game. You can use dice, which is what they usually recommend. But, we're actually going to use cards today. So, you have a child sit beside you and you say, "Pick a card, any card." They'll pick a card. "Pick one". So, you'll have them put one bead. Then you pick a card. "I will pick, nine (two...three...four...five...six... seven...eight...nine)." Next, they get to pick a card. "Pick seven (one...two...three...four...five...six...seven)." Now, I pick a card. "Five (one...two...three...four...five)." I would like to exchange those for a 10 bar. Line them up... and put this beside them. So you'll have, one...two...three...four...five...six...seven...eight...nine...ten. Put these away. Then you get a 10 bar. That's how you play, The Exchange Game. You can keep going for as long as you'd like. Once the children master this game, you can actually do The Exchange Game with the 10's bars up to the 100's bars, all the way up to the 1,000's as well. That's how you play The Exchange Game."

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