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Montessori-like materials for teaching the decimal system

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Montessori-like materials for teaching the decimal system by clifford Jan 13, 2010

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A set of lasercut wooden objects for teaching the decimal system.

Small cubes (1x1x1) for 1, sticks (1x1x10) for 10, squares (1x10x10) for 100 and big cubes (10x10x10) for 1000.

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I remember those from second grade, too. What a cool idea to bring back.

Currently a Computer Engineering student at the Univ. of Central Florida, looking at this brings me back to second grade. And although I often marvel at all I've accomplished, and what Bre and Zach have done, not many people have made me reminisce like this. My hat's off to you sir.

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Use 6mm wood. Cut the red lines, engrave the green lines. The first DXF file (calcsticks_6mm.dxf) contains 210 small cubes, 84 sticks and 24 squares on an area under 50x50 cm. The 2nd DXF file (calccubes_6mm.dxf) contains the parts for 6 big cubes on an area under 50x50 cm. You might need to rearrange the DXF files to fit your material size.

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ethan on Jan 14, 2010 said:

I remember those from second grade, too. What a cool idea to bring back.

thejugglingjohn on Jan 14, 2010 said:

Currently a Computer Engineering student at the Univ. of Central Florida, looking at this brings me back to second grade. And although I often marvel at all I've accomplished, and what Bre and Zach have done, not many people have made me reminisce like this. My hat's off to you sir.

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