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Name: Cuisenaire Rods
At REMO Since: 1988
Thanks to: REMO
Copyright: Cuisenaire
CustOMER Comments: 12
Average Rating: Customers have given this product a 5 Star rating
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In December 1952 Georges Cuisenaire, a native of Belgium, published a thin booklet called "Les Nombres en Couleurs." In less than 15 years his "reglettes" were in use to teach mathematics in schools in over one hundred countries throughout the world.

Cuisenaire Rods are small pieces of wood measuring between one and ten centimetres in length. They are coloured such that all the rods of the same length are the same colour. Physically the rods behaved in the way numbers behave, providing the learners with an algebraic model for the study of mathematics.

Presented here is the standard set of 136 rods. Comes with Parent Guide.

Finally, for the curious, here is the sequence of colours from 1 to 10: white, red, light green, pink, yellow, dark green, black, brown, blue, orange.

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| The only reason I can add
Have to buy these for my son - these rods are what made maths so much fun.. I remember using them in infants school in Sydney

Tue 25 Nov 2008 | 09:34 PM SYD EST

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| Coloured towers!
I saw these on the website and there was no question - I had to have them. Surely the reason I was so good at maths at school, and I can still remember the colours without much strain - orange, then blue, brown, black, dark green, yellow, crimson, light green, red, and then the white stacked individually on the top before the whole lot came down in a heap. Build your tower today!

Fri 18 Jan 2008 | 08:49 AM SYD EST

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| How I learned algebra.
I was taught with these at a Montesorri school in Malaysia when I was four. When we imigrated to Canada when I was six, I was four grades ahead in Maths skills. They really worked.

Sat 1 Dec 2007 | 02:34 PM SYD EST

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| Best gift ever!
My human companion was given some of these for her 21st, and she treasures them. She tells me they're very nostalgic, just like she had at school, are great for entertaining kids and just to look at. I'd like to try chewing them. . .

Mon 6 Nov 2006 | 11:38 PM SYD EST

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| Got the rods, get the t-shirt!
My little chappie has got the rods and next I'm getting him the t-shirt :-) He'll look like a pro.

Wed 24 May 2006 | 09:39 PM SYD EST

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| Blanc, rouge, vert clair...
I used Cuisenaire rods (reglettes) in french school in Montreal, Canada in the sixties. Math concepts were easy to understand visually and conceptually. Our favourite days, though , were when we were allowed to build with them! My parents were a little puzzled how I was ever going to learn math when all we did was play with blocks! No worries - I always did well in maths...

Maureen Riley | Toronto, Canada | CustOMER Since 2003 | | S

Wed 23 Nov 2005 | 02:52 AM SYD EST

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| A piece of my childhood
Cuisenaire rods were on the way out when I started school, but I remember them with fondness. Perhaps if I had gotten to use them for more than one year, I would be better at math!

Mon 19 Apr 2004 | 03:34 AM SYD EST

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| Why doesn't everyone have these??
These are the best - I hope they are still being used in schools (but I suspect not, especially with the smaller pieces that can get shoved in orifices....) When we got bored doing maths with them, we built cool towers. I can remember playing with these at home as well - we still have the set, but a brother with children has managed to appropriate it! I just hope they use it. For me, the only thing to improve on their maths-teaching usefulness was zucchini slices at a bbq lunch, to teach me fractions.

Nerida Haycock | Melbourne, Australia | CustOMER Since 1991 | |

Wed 24 Mar 2004 | 01:40 PM SYD EST

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| Simply the best....
Ohmigod...these little things were the BEST part of grade one... Dorrie May Dobson was THE class champion, could somehow stuff 2 x number 1's and 1 number 2 up her left nostril ( had to be taken to the school nurse to have them retrieved and returned Detol soaked to their rightful box )... I remember that they could be used to induce a blind rage or semi psychadelic trance in the process of putting them back in colour order depending on the amount of red cordial one had imbibed at play lunch.... just love them...

Wed 10 Dec 2003 | 04:48 PM SYD EST

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| Rods in Queensland
I was a pioneer primary school teacher in the use of Cuisenaire rods in the State of Queensland (Queensland Department of Education). Now over a decade retired, I wish to teach my Granddaughter Math concepts using Cuisenaire rods, and to explore more advanced Math myself using them. I cannot think of a better way for teaching Math concepts.

Robert W Jones | Townsville, Australia | CustOMER Since 2003 |

Sun 7 Dec 2003 | 08:34 AM SYD EST

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| Fond memories
I *loved* learning maths with cuisenaire rods when I was a littlie. I'm gonna have to buy a set just for the fond memories! I'm heading home for a bit so I'll cya in North Bondi very soon.