MA 3.02Bead Stair Hanger

1. 1

   Set the hanger on a table with the bead bars on a mat beside it and the box of tiles on its base.

2. 2

   Point to the numeral 1 and read it. Find the one bead, count it, and hang it on the hook below the 1.

3. 3

   Read the 2, find the two bar, count it, and hang it below the 2. Continue to 9.

4. 4

   Step back with the child: the bars grow longer from left to right, each one bead longer than the last.

5. 5

   Take the bars down. The child draws a tile from the box, reads it, finds the bar by counting, and hangs it below the same numeral.

6. 6

   When all bars are hung, the child lays each tile on the base below its bar.

What catches the child’s eye

• The bars hanging in a row, each one bead longer than the last
• Each bar swinging free on its hook
• Drawing a tile from the small box

Extensions, easiest to hardest

1. Cover the printed numerals with a strip of paper; the child hangs the bars from the tiles alone, then uncovers the strip to check.
2. The guide takes away one bar while the child looks away; the child names the missing number and finds its tile.
3. Name a bar by its color alone, then check against the numeral above it.