Learning Resources Cuisenaire Rods Small Group Set: Wood, Multicolor

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

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 !

Son las revistas de muy buen calidad. De madera, colores bonitos y las medidas exactas de 1cm hasta las 10cm.

I bought these as an aid for my 12 year old who is having difficulty with math. They have made an enormous difference in her comprehension and she truly enjoys using them. Problems she could not answer without them, she easily answers using these rods. Even her math tutor was amazed- after so many struggles, we both said it seems like magic!! LOL. Hopefully they will help her retention as well, though we have only been utilizing them of a few weeks now. Time will tell!I found the rods themselves to be high quality wood, nicely painted, with easily distinguishable colors (barring color blindness, I guess). The plastic tub is decent quality, and very convenient for storing the rods. We even take them in her backpack when we meet with her tutor (they aren't too heavy or bulky).