Division Board

The Division Board is similar to the Multiplication Peg Board, but it only goes to 9 on the top.
The top number is the divisor -the skittles at the top represent children with trays (as in division group games.)
Pegs, counted into the lid first and divided on the board, will be the dividend. 
The quotient is on the left.
The problem below is 12÷ 6=2. (If twelve pegs are divided among 6 children, they will each get two.)

Versions of the Division Board

Introducing the Division Board

Once again, you have to make the connection to the Golden Beads. 

Use green pegs for thousands and units. Use red pegs for hundreds. Use blue pegs for tens.

Introduction to pegs and their values:


Say "this is one unit" and "this green peg has the same value as this unit." 



"This blue peg has the same value as this ten."

Tell child the peg containers are like the "bank."

Introducing the Stamp Game

Stamp Game Intro.

Make a connection with the Golden Beads.

Say "This is one unit and it has the same value as this one."

"This is one ten, and this ten has the same value as this ten."

Do a three period lesson.

History of the Stamp Game

"Stamps" can be created by sewing paper to create perforation.

The Stamp Game corresponds directly to the Golden Bead material, but is more abstract.

Dr. Maria Montessori originally created the stamp game using postage stamps. She would often create materials based on what the children were interested in. Collecting stamps was popular at the time.


Below are some of the various ways of making homemade stamps for the stamp game. 


Another idea is to use foam. 


The Thousands and Units should be green, the Hundreds are red, and the Tens are blue.


A set should contain... 

For static operations: 9 of each

For dynamic operations: 30 of each

Homemade materials

Commercial Material

Different styles/possibilities for the stamp game.