Golden Bead Chain Of 100: Individual Beads Nylon (Nienhuis)
Made by Nienhuis Montessori · shipped by Heutink International (Netherlands) About the maker
The hundred chain in nylon beads: ten bars of ten joined into a single line, counted from one to a hundred and back. Laid out straight it is the square of a hundred stretched into a length a child can walk beside, which is a different fact from the flat square and lands differently. It prepares counting by tens, and the labels that mark the tens along it are a separate item. Nylon beads on wire.
“The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence.”
The Golden Bead Chain of 100 provides the young child with a tangible experience of counting from one to one hundred through individual plastic beads they can touch and move.
- Linear counting from 1 to 100 with one-to-one correspondence
- Skip counting by 10s through the zigzag fold pattern
- Understanding 100 as ten groups of ten
- Developing number sequence memory through tactile experience
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Each bead on the nylon cord represents a concrete unit, allowing children to physically experience the length and quantity of one hundred. The distinctive zigzag pattern created by metal connectors at each fold transforms abstract number sequences into a manipulable object that children can stretch, fold, and arrange. This chain bridges the gap between counting small quantities and understanding larger numbers by presenting one hundred as both a continuous sequence and groups of tens. The durable plastic beads strung on nylon invite repeated handling as children build their understanding of the decimal system. Through working with this chain, children discover skip counting patterns naturally as they notice the folds occur at regular intervals.
How to present it
Follow the Montessori method of presentation for optimal child development.
Retrieve the chain from its designated spot. Unroll on a long mat or rug, allowing the full zigzag pattern to be visible. Have number labels 10-100 ready in a small container.
- 1
Invite the child to count each bead starting from one end, touching each bead as they count
Model counting slowly and clearly, pausing at each metal connector - 2
At each fold point (every 10 beads), place the corresponding number label
Let the child discover that folds occur at 10, 20, 30, etc. - 3
Count by tens using only the fold points, touching each metal connector
Emphasize the pattern: 'ten, twenty, thirty...' - 4
Fold the chain into a square showing 10 rows of 10 beads
This visual demonstrates that 10 tens equal 100
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Golden Bead Chain Of 100: Individual Beads Nylon (Nienhuis)
