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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Individual Counting Ropes! Easy and Fun!


I came up with an idea to combine building both fine motor and counting skills in a fun and engaging way!  I made these individual counting ropes using colorful shoe strings and black and white plastic beads.  Just slide 10 of each color bead on a shoe string and tie off the ends.  Voila!  Your kids will love using the pinching motion (so critical for developing the pencil grasp) to slide the beads from one end to the other to practice counting to 20, use more than one to get to higher numbers, make simple number combinations for developing addition skills, and more!  Enjoy!

Posted by Dynamic Dual Kinders at 9:02 PM
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6 comments:

  1. LibbyFebruary 26, 2012 at 11:36 PM

    Yay! I'm so happy to see another Dual Kinder Teacher :) I'm your newest follower!
    ☼Libby
    Dual Kinder Teacher

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  2. Kimberlee FulbrightMarch 10, 2012 at 8:11 AM

    Love the ropes - I was going to make something similar (like rekenreks), but our county has a generous person who gives out teacher grants, so hoping my grant will be approved - if not, sooo making these- thanks for sharing!

    I am a new follower and would like to present you with this award (see link for details): http://www.teachingblogaddict.com/2011/05/top-10.html

    ~Kimberlee~
    Two Fulbright Hugs
    Teacher Timesavers

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  3. Sharon DudleyMarch 26, 2012 at 3:53 PM

    Diane, what a cool, hands-on way to count! I love it! If you have time, come over to my blog. I have lots of freebies, one or two in almost every post.

    Sharon Dudley, NBCT
    http://teachingwithsight.blogspot.com

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  4. UnknownMarch 31, 2012 at 9:19 PM

    Great idea, love these, so glad I found your blog, I'm a new follower :)
    Amy
    The Resource(ful) Room

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  5. Denise in ILJanuary 5, 2014 at 7:15 PM

    These look like fun!
    Recommendation: Change color by 5's (5 white, 5 black, repeat) to help build mental math strategies, make number relationships (like 8=5+3) easily visible.

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  6. DianeJune 21, 2014 at 9:01 AM

    This looks like a great idea; for preschoolers maybe you could use just 10 beads, using wider rope and bigger beads.

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