Pedagogical forum

Recent video films of children learning maths with Cuisenaire rods

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:41:05 GMT

par Glenys Hanson.

Hi everybody,

I've already posted about this on the French forum, so I'll be more succinct here.

On the site of the English National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics there's a very interesting microsite: The teacher as researcher/teaching as researching which is a case study presented by a maths teacher, Caroline Ainsworth. It includes an article, examples of children's writings, a collection of videos of children working with Cuisenaire rods and this interview:

Caroline bases her work on the writings of Gattegno and Madeleine Goutard - 3 of whose books we've just published see News.

To see the microsite and the films of children, you have to create an account on NCETEM, but other articles are in free access:

Focus on... numbers in colour
The use of Cuisenaire in primary schools (un forum)

And I'm sure there's lots more to discover on the site.

Cheers,
Glenys

Re: Modifying the Sound/Color Chart

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:38:57 GMT

par Daniel Madden.

Thanks for that Roslyn and I wishing you a pleasant break leading into the new year.

Best regards. Daniel.

PS. I love motchi too. O-motchi is the one you melt under a hot grill isn't it? Very yummy but a choking hazard if you're too eager to get stuck in.

Re: Does this on-line exercise subordinate teaching to learning?

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:04:47 GMT

par Deborah Delin.

Hi Glenys, Joelle and Everyone,

I also have nothing to add to your analysis Glenys. But I used it to help me analyse our TAKE exercises and found it quite helpful.

Meet James is a very cute and different exercise. The Enjoy English site has some interesting stuff made with an impressive variety of techniques.

Deborah