Montessori Visual Activities : Binomial Cube Montessori Material

Help your child identify different size objects with a binomial cube. Learn how to use a binomial cube in this free educational video clip about teaching visual skills with Montessori methods.

Expert: Tami Elliot
Contact: www.northstarmontessoripreschool.com
Bio: Tami Elliot is the owner and a teacher at the Northstar Montessori Preschool.
Filmmaker: Travis Waack

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• Montessori
• montessori methods
• kids activities
• preschool
• toddlers
• motor skills
• teacher
• montessori education
• montessori school

[sophiajmeehleib]

I love a lot of your videos but when I watch some of them I cringe when I see materials not being presented accurately. I understand AMS AMI and some other training centers vary in their presentations. I commend you for making available to everyone how to use the montessori materials and taking away some of its previous mystery. I would agree with another poster to always include what the material is named, its purpose and area of the classroom. Ive seen this material in both math and sensorial.

[theyetunusedname]

It can help gain an implicit understanding of the binomial formula. (a+b)^2 = a^2+2ab+b^2. If blue's side length would correspond to a and red's side length to b, the area of either side of the blue cube is a^2 and that of the reds b^2. The black pieces have a length of a and width of b, so their surface area on each side is a times b. Now it is apparent that to get a square with side length a+b you have to take two times a*b (the blacks), one time a^2 (the blue) and one time b^2 (the red).

[pjcp97]

I remember this when I was in preschool!!! We always play that every time our teacher tells us to do nothing...

[myssemily]

@MattBronsil ; the lid is an extension for children who have a difficult time with the material...why spoil the discovery, that the lid is a map, for MOST children?

[myssemily]

This is a silent lesson for a young child, a more consciously mathematical lesson for an older child...etc. I think this type of video can be great for parents whose children are in a Montessori classroom and wonder what the heck the binomial cube is. I think we need to be clear, however, that this material is ONE PIECE of a very large, interrelated curriculum that includes a very specific "psychological" environment that an adult must be properly trained in order to create for children.

[algie530]

@theyetunusedname Yeah 2-6yr olds are totally going to get that. They get the problem solving part not the math, trust me i grew up in this program

[mirzabilal123]

no 2 king story? no mathematical demonstration? what is the purpose? a child can play with the blocks like this...y to use binomial cube?

[florydory]

Rugs should be neutral in color and design.

The lines on these rugs really interfere with the visual discrimination of the presentation. You cannot ask a child to pay visual attention...and to ignore visual input, at the same time.

[hannahmusic3]

@mrsmuyalde one may also reference to another video in which i prefer better

Montessori Sensorial Curriculum Demonstrations

[bradandrobbie]

In younger children 3-6 yrs it is used as a pice of Sensorial equipment rather than a peice of math equipment.

It allows the child to follow a sequence, feel the different weight of the blocks and visual discrimination is needed to complete this job.