Bead Bar Addition - Complex

The color bead bar addition helps children visualize and understand addition through hands-on manipulation, building a concrete grasp of numbers.

This bead bar addition work includes 45 equations, with sums of 10 or more but less than 21 (complex addition requires changing).

This set includes:

• 5 pages in black & white
• 5 pages in color
• instructions

You can complete this work without using the bead bars during the lesson. However, it is more effective and offers a richer sensory experience when the child can physically touch and manipulate the bead bars. If you are using the bead bars to demonstrate the equation, then you will need 2 sets of the color bead stairs (1-9) and 2 golden bead bars, as you will need to 'exchange' the unit beads for a ten.

The bead bars are colored according to traditional Montessori colors. If your bead bars have a different color scheme, you can use the black and white set and create a master copy that follows your own color scheme.

Pages print on letter-size paper (8½" x 11").

This file is in PDF format.