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I don't like rods, but I understand their usefulness in teaching SO MANY math concepts .... however, I have fallen in love with this and really think it would be a great solution (and be so fun to have out to just play/build with!).
So, does anyone know where I could find this but a bit cheaper? I'd hate to blow such a large portion of the math budget on one manipulative ......
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Those are lovely. They do seem like they would be pretty easy to make, with some 3/4 inch square dowel, some paint, and a 12x12 tray from Michaels.
Another option would be to get the large size cuisenaire rods. I think they are about the same size. Stand them on end in a tray and you have basically the same thing.
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Those DO look neat!! I have to second what Theresa said about the ease of making them for the price 
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Oooh, Mary...I really like them too. They probably would be fairly easy to make, but they just look so pretty all lined up like a rainbow, I'd be tempted to click "add to cart" too. So I had to "x" out fast!
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Mary -
Those are so pretty! One of things that makes them nicer than Cuisinaire rods is that they are *scored* into units. The Rods I had were, of course, varying lengths, but you couldn't *count* their values. It seems to me that when teaching littles to add and subtract, counting *how many* all together, etc. is very important.
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OK, so I may need to make my own set -- but that would be 550 cubes (3/4" maybe) and a square tray .... plus painting 'em and gluing them in stacks of graduated sizes ... $45 isn't sounding so high now is it ........... 
I just think they'd be such a fun building tool as well as a manipulative ... and I love to use real wood, not plastic ... is this rational?????
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Mary G wrote:
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Quite!
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Mary G wrote:
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 How true!
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hylabrook1 wrote:
Mary -
Those are so pretty! One of things that makes them nicer than Cuisinaire rods is that they are *scored* into units. The Rods I had were, of course, varying lengths, but you couldn't *count* their values. It seems to me that when teaching littles to add and subtract, counting *how many* all together, etc. is very important.
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I don't see that the ones in the picture are scored either. In fact, to me they just look like a larger version of Cusenaire rods, standing on end, with 10 sets lined up in a row. But I think you can buy scored Cusenaire rods now also.
To teach the concept of *how many* all together, I have my kids use the white (one) rods lined up against the larger ones as long as they need to. but using single rods instead of groups of something is designed to get the kids to look at a number as a single entity, even when it is made up of units. I'm probably not explaining that well - I have a hard time articulating it. We use Miquon for my 1st and 2nd graders so we use them a lot.
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