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By Cynthia Chiong
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Great math tool for motivated kids to explore.
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Montessori Numbers for Kids
What's It About?
In Montessori Numbers, there are five activities. Four of the activities are a variation of one another where kids have to associate the numbers with the correct number of blocks and number rods, one is tracing. Kids can change the objects to depict more fun things like cupcakes and diamonds. Kids can also select the range of numbers they want to work with, which can go all the way up to 999.
Is It Any Good?
Montessori Numbers does a great job of translating the Montessori method to the digital world. It allows kids to have that hands-on interaction with the blocks and number rods to help understand numbers and quantity. Number tracing adds more hands-on. It also captures the self-exploratory feel of Montessori schools.
However, the app will not appeal to everyone. These activities require a bit of self-motivation as they present a basic task, but no goal. While Montessori Numbers provides the content, the amount kids learn and the connections they make between the objects and math concepts are up to them.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Play along, and point out how kids can use the number rods (for example, they can count by 10s with the long rods instead of one at a time).
Create activities for kids to do in the Building Game.
Build up: As kids master the quantity activities, give them addition or subtraction problems to do with blocks and number rods.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Subjects : Math : counting , grouping , numbers
- Skills : Thinking & Reasoning : applying information , strategy
- Pricing structure : Paid
- Release date : December 11, 2012
- Genre : Education
- Publisher : L'Escapadou
- Version : 3.1
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 10.3 or later
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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