Learning Resources LER7514 Cuisenaire Rods Wooden Rods Group Set (Small)

How effective are Cuisenaire Rods for learning basic arithmetical operations? Answer; extremely in my case. I was introduced to them as a child entering primary school in the early 1960s. I quickly learned from them and, believe it or not, I still associate numbers from 1 to 10 with the colours of those rods; that’s after nearly 60 years. Since my career was in physics, a mathematical science, one could say that these rods were a great success.

Cuisenaire rods were designed to teach mathematics, but we were shown how to use them to teach English as a second language. I'm still in a first phase where I'm getting familiar with them, and I'm enjoying that extremely, and so are my students, even adult ones! At the moment, I use them as a silent approval : when my students give a "right" answer, they get one rod; when their answer is not what I expected, they don't get anything, and I don't say a word until they give the right answer and get their rod. There are lots of other uses of course, some of which are obvious : comparatives (the rods are different sizes and colours), superlatives, word stress; and others less obvious, that you will have to find for yourselves !

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I highly recommend that you buy the wooden Cuisenaire rods. The precision of the lengths is better than the plastic ones. This particular set is beautifully made and comes in a clear plastic container. The assortment is a good one for multiple uses of the rods. I bought a second container for tutoring once I saw the quality. This basic set was later developed into the Dienes Blocks, also called base ten blocks, wherein the color pattern continues using the white one rod and the orange ten rod. I recommend buying base ten blocks that build on this color system to make understanding the relations among numbers more easy. If Cuisenaire rods are new to you, you are in for a treat. As a modeling tool for arithmetic, they are beyond compare. When using them to represent the numbers one to ten, children see and feel relative length and learn measurement in centimeters. Instead of the flawed flashcard method for memorizing facts, lining up the rods beside a meter stick shows the learner exactly what 5+3 or 3+5 looks like. For multiplication, the rods are extremely valuable for showing that eight yellow rods is not the same situation as five brown rods though they are the same total length (8x5=5x8). Beyond this, the rods can represent fractional parts and are useful for making models for area and volume. On YouTube there is a remarkable video of Gaetagno working with Montreal first graders in 1963 that begins to show how Cuisenaire rods can encourage high level thinking in very young children. The Miquon books are helpful resources for using these rods. For those of you who work with the Singapore block diagrams or the Math Playground Thinking Blocks activities, the Cuisenaire rods are invaluable aids for representing word problems. Music teachers can use the rods in measure groups to "annotate" simple rhythm patterns brilliantly. Strongest recommendation.

Great for kids to learn arithmetic and math. Also fun to play with !

Highly recommended, good quality reglettes Cuisenaire, fantastic for teaching little ones the basic concepts of math. I wish they had more rods in the package but otherwise cool

These blocks have inspired my 7 year old to enjoy math finally! We were really struggling to keep her engaged with math and doing her homework was torture! A math teacher friend of ours recommended these to keep things fun and to create a different approach to learning math. She has been loving it! Really recommend these to anyone, any age, struggling with math!