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Posted: Aug 12 2008 at 12:14pm | IP Logged Quote mumsrea
CAn anyone tell me what bead material will do double duty as the addition & subtraction snake game? If i start with the decanomial box, what else do i then need? how many black and white and gray bead stairs?

I note that alisons has a black and white box for $29, but i guess i'd need gray ones for subtraction too?

I was thinking i'd just get the subtraction snake game and use it for both...

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Posted: Aug 12 2008 at 6:26pm | IP Logged Quote CatholicMommy
It seems that most people tend to purchase the elementary level negative (subtraction) snake game and pull pieces from that as needed for the various levels. Cost-effectivenss is definitely improved, but the question arises "how does the child remember that a work is avialable" and the answer varies for each situation. (at first, you would just have addition work out anyway, then the subtraction, so the first several months, it doesn't seem like a huge deal).
(This is what I"m just about to do this evening actually - my son is not quite ready, but I want to use also pull some of the bead stairs to use with the teens/tens which he IS ready for - we'll get to the decanomial bead bar box later.... I figure these will be our two big bead purchases (we already have the long/short chains and squares/cubes, as well as the golden bead set - I love ebay!)

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