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Re: math 5-year-old child 1 x n bricks overlapping courses
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Thu, 14 Sep 2000 03:34:52 GMT
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In lugnet.edu, Miles Gentry writes:
> The 5-year-old child discovered "higher" math with 1 x n bricks.
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> The child played into a structural 1x brick goal of a 12-stud assembly.
> Needing to lock the first course (row) of 3 4-stud bricks by overlapping the
> second row, the child discovered a series of 4 3-stud bricks would do the
> trick. Next for the 3rd course, 6 2-stud bricks would interlock most of the
> 2nd course. Then, the 4th course incorporated some 1x, 2x, and 4x bricks.
> The child quickly saw the regular pattern of multiplication in courses 1
> through 3.
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> Perhaps, color-coding the parts might reinforce the learning. For example,
> let all 1 x 2 = red, 1 x 3 = yellow, etc.
LEGO Cuisenaire Rods! Of course there are a few missing pieces to make a
proper set, you need:
1x1 white
1x2 red
1x3 bright green (yea right!)
1x4 magenta (yea right!)
1x5 yellow (good luck!)
1x6 green
1x7 black (good luck!)
1x8 brown
1x9 blue (yea right!)
1x10 orange (good luck!)
You can also only do two dimensional problems. Now what might be more feasible
(though still tough with the correct colors) is to use a 2x2 block as the base
unit, then you stack a layer of plates and a layer of tiles and have more or
less proper rods.
Frank
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