2. Place the one and two bars parallel to the three bar. (Make sure the one and two bars are touching.)
3. Count the beads and show the child that the 3 bar is equal to the 1 and 2 bars combined.
4. Take the one bar away and say to the child, "If we take the 1 bar away the 2 bar is left. We call the two bar the remainder".
5. Introduce the minus sign and say, "This means to take away".
6. Position the bead bars to look like this: 000 - 0 = 00
7. Select the corresponding numeral cards and place them under the appropriate bead bars
8. Then move the minus sign and equal sign down so that the equation reads: 3 - 1 = 2.
9. Write the equation and answer in the correct squares on the problem sheet.
10. If the child appears to have grasped the concept, invite them to make up problems of their own and to discover the results. You may wish to give them problems slips with equations already printed on them.
11. Check the children work and show them how to return the work to its proper place on the shelf.
2. Child can add the subtrahend and remainder to see if it equals the minuend.
3. Child's knowledge of quantity and symbols.
4. Another child.
5. The directress.
2. Seeing the bead bars
3. Counting the bead bars
4. Finding that the larger bead bar can be broken down into more than one bar
5. Using the counter to check their work
6. Using problem slips
7. Writing equations on problem sheets
8. Creating their own equations
2. Entice the child to do subtraction works with a different medium
3. Prepare the child for further operations with Golden Bead materials
2. Prepare the child for multiplication and division