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Red and Blue Bead Strings
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Helping to Support Teaching and Learning
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Interactive Learning
To encourage problem-solving skills, ask children how many beads are hidden by showing the rest jumbled up and hiding part of the bead string.
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Comparative Exploration
To help children understand comparative quantities, use the ends of the bead string to explore 'more than' and 'less than'.
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Size Options
Available in 20-bead and 100-bead lengths, making it adaptable for various teaching scenarios. Choose the size that best fits your classroom needs.
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Ratio Exploration
To make abstract concepts tangible, explore ratio concepts with sequences like ten red, ten blue, ten red.
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Number Representation
Helps children identify and represent numbers using objects and pictorial representations, including the number line, thereby supporting the Year One curriculum.
Red and Blue Bead Strings
A perfect partner to our red and blue two-colour counters, enhancing the consistency of resources.
Overview
Bead String with 20 or 100 beads, threaded in increments of 5 or 10 on a tear-resistant, stretchable cord.
Bead strings are a perfect manipulative to teach and explore early number facts and mathematical concepts. As the beads have the exact diameter of 1 cm, they are also suitable for calculating and measuring, as an excellent alternative to a number line. The 20 Bead String Line beads are made of RE-Plastic® - RE-Plastic® is 100% post-consumer recycled plastic which is 100% recyclable again.
In Year 1, bead strings help children identify and represent numbers using objects and pictorial representations, like the number line, reinforcing terms such as equal to, more than, and less than. In Year 2, they assist in identifying, representing, and estimating numbers, deepening number and place value comprehension.
In Lower Key Stage Two, bead strings continue to support number and place value exploration. Their consistent colour scheme ensures continuity across various maths resources, promoting a cohesive learning experience.
Supports the National Curriculum
Mathematics, Year 1, Number - Number & Place Value
Identify and represent numbers using objects and pictorial representations including the number line, and use the language of: equal to, more than, less than (fewer), most, least.
Mathematics, Year 2, Number - Number & Place Value
Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations, including the number line.
Mathematics, Lower Key Stage 2, Number - Number & Place Value
Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations.