Addition Strip Board

The Addition Strip Board systematically presents all addition facts, allowing children to discover patterns and build toward memorization.

• Framework: Montessori
• Unit: Mathematics
• Learning area: Operations
• Level: Ages 5-6

Objectives

• Memorize addition facts
• Understand commutativity
• Build addition fluency

Materials

• Addition Strip Board: numbered grid 1-18
• Blue strips (addends)
• Red strips (addends)
• Addition tables booklet

Instructions

1. Place blue strip for first addend (e.g. 3). 2. Place red strip for second addend (e.g. 5). 3. Read answer where red strip ends: 8. 4. Record: 3 + 5 = 8. 5. Work through all combinations systematically. 6. Discover: 3 + 5 = 5 + 3 (commutativity).

Educator tip

Working through all tables systematically reveals patterns: doubles, near doubles, making 10.

Assessment

Child works through addition tables and begins memorizing basic facts.

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