Sensor 6. The Binomial Cube
SENSORIAL-MOTOR ALBUM
6. THE BINOMIAL CUBE
MATERIAL:
1 red cube, 3 black and red prisms.
3 black and blue prisms, and 1 blue cube.
A box with 8 prisms which represent the elements of (a+b)*(a+b)*(a+b) , that is:
PRESENTATION:
1. Bring the materials to the table and make sure the inches are in front of you.
2. Take the top out and open the box.
3. Insert the top to the box where was open.
4. Take the cubes out by layers and arrange them in order.
5. Starting with the big red cube and put it on the place showed in the top.
6. Look for corresponding cubes and put them on the place they should be.
7. Finish one layer and then begin the second layer until build a cube.
8. Disassemble the cube and let the child do it.
POINT OF INTEREST:
The moment at which one finishes building the cube.
CONTROL OF ERROR:
If the cube is not formed.
DIRECT AIM:
Visual discrimination of form; construction of the cube.
INDIRECT AIM:
Preparation for algebra.
AGE:
3-3.5 years.
LANGUAGE:
Cube, prism, binomial.
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