tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098338823917042757.post315004889952186566..comments2023-08-25T19:35:55.166-04:00Comments on Kingdom of the Pink Princesses: Problem with the Short Bead Chain arrangementMommy to the Princesseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480936030636884293noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098338823917042757.post-59982612958340256232012-11-30T15:18:52.346-05:002012-11-30T15:18:52.346-05:00I was browsing for something unrelated and this bl...I was browsing for something unrelated and this blog post came up in Google - I'd forgotten I'd already commented on it as I was reading the post ;) <br /><br />Did you ever get the long chains? I ask because something you said in your post about not knowing if the connection will be made between the long chains and the cubes. I don't know how all the variety of presentations handle it, but the primary albums I have (from AMI) have the cube connection as the central experience - you hold up the cube and say "We are told there are 1000 beads in this cube, but how do we KNOW that!?" Then it proceeds to decomposing the cube into its 10 squares, re-doing the hundred chain to prove that each square has 100, then counting up to and down from 1000 with the long chain (and basically repeat for the other chains). <br /><br />My son (age 8 1/2) recently pulled out ALL the long chains "except that nasty thousand!" he said laughingly and did them all again. Why? I have no idea - probably just for the fun of it. He did COUNT the thousand chain - he just didn't get it out. <br /><br />:)Jessica https://www.blogger.com/profile/07750741589516318310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098338823917042757.post-14838698839073815082012-05-21T23:32:22.150-04:002012-05-21T23:32:22.150-04:00I know you have the full set, I stalk your school ...I know you have the full set, I stalk your school through your blog! Kidding, but true! <br /><br />I checked Adena, it is around $330 now, but out of stock. It would be perfect for us, since we already have the short bead chains. Thanks for letting me know how your son us doing with the cubes right now. But I see your point about how it can still be used in elementary.Mommy to the Princesseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480936030636884293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098338823917042757.post-77011604740466002582012-05-21T23:26:37.159-04:002012-05-21T23:26:37.159-04:0025.01 for the cabinet! That is awesome Jessica! T...25.01 for the cabinet! That is awesome Jessica! Thinking and factoring its use for multiple years, it does seem worth it to invest the $200-400, doesn't it. Hmm... I just placed an order for a bunch of Montessori materials, I should budget for this then...<br /><br />I am so happy to see you comment here! Thanks for taking the time!Mommy to the Princesseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480936030636884293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098338823917042757.post-28396901345278831962012-05-21T22:26:40.391-04:002012-05-21T22:26:40.391-04:00We have the full set. I think I paid $200 for the...We have the full set. I think I paid $200 for the chains and cabinet all together from Adena. "Making Montessori Ours" designed a great homemade cabinet that holds both the short and long chains in less space than the traditional if you need to do that.<br /><br />My oldest has worked with both the short and long chains. He likes to repeat the work with the short. He has done the long chains (that I've put in the cabinet, I only put a new one in the cabinet after he has mastered the skip counting up to x10 of the old one) but he tends to only do them once and doesn't have an appetite for another for a while. We have so many other parts of the math sequence running in parallel he is plenty busy doing other math in between so it has worked out for us. Not saying it's ideal, or right, but just saying how it's worked. I know he is going to do a lot more work with these throughout elementary so I'm glad we have them.My Boys' Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16814627526655717162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098338823917042757.post-35432670723966537432012-05-21T20:35:18.792-04:002012-05-21T20:35:18.792-04:00I am so thankful for the deals were able to find f...I am so thankful for the deals were able to find for this material :) I got the bead cabinet itself from IFit when they were just starting on Ebay - so for 1 penny, plus $25 shipping :) Then I purchased the complete set of beads at Alison's for around $140 (price at the time). I purchased our boxes for the arrows at Montessori Services, but I love your jar idea! That would have been a bit cheaper on our budget ;) <br /><br />Now that we are almost halfway through elementary, I could not imagine doing without any of this particular material. Even between times of my son using it, he gets the visual sensorial impressions just LOOKING at it --- the squares lined up neatly behind their short chain components; the long chains hanging in such a way as to display each square they contain, knowing that the squares stacked on top of each become the cube up above it. <br /><br />It IS pricey; but if you continue into elementary it is still utilized quite a bit - with geometry, multiples, squaring, cubing and more. <br /><br />(PS I LOVE the little one sitting on the pink tower! My son did that at probably close to that age!)Jessica https://www.blogger.com/profile/07750741589516318310noreply@blogger.com