Overview
The snake game uses the short bead stair and colored bead bars to practice addition facts in a "snake" pattern on a mat. The child replaces combinations that make ten with a golden 10-bar, creating a visual snake that teaches complements to ten and addition tables concretely before moving to abstract memorization.
Objectives
What the child gains from this work
Discover all combinations that equal ten using bead bars. Memorize addition facts through repetition and color patterns. Practice systematic replacement with golden bars. Develop visual pattern recognition in addition. Transition from concrete to abstract addition.
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