Description
Waldorf Family – Multiplication Wheel
We make Math more human.
You can use this multiplication guide, with or without the times tables songs and the math wheel, to help a child to investigate step counting and multiplication. When we give time and the right tools to children they will learn. The beauty of giving children the multiplication wheel is that we allow them to work independently. We know self-actuated learning takes root as a much deeper learning. As well as independent learning, the multiplication wheel brings beauty and sensory learning. All humans respond to colour but perhaps none more so than children, colour fills us with joy. Starting number work from this perspective of joy is a positive foundation to have in place.
Multi Sensory Learning
The multiplication wheel facilitates multi sensory learning. We are not just our hands or eyes or ears, we are amazingly complex creatures. Our math tools responds to children on many levels, colours, sounds, textures as well as intellectually. Being able to give physical form to the abstract concept of “math†is a great help for children.
Self-Actuated Learning
Number wheels are used by children as a tool to learn and practice the times tables as well as to practice the numbers themselves. Seeing how beautiful the patterns of each number set develops really allows children to engage with the beauty of math. This is a guide for children – who are either learning how to step count or learning a times table. Versatile and hardy our multiplication wheel gently encourages children to spot the patterns in the times tables. As they follow the beautiful flowing colours of the rainbow they will become increasing fluid in counting in this way.
Product details
295mm (29.5 cm) diameter the wheel is made from 9mm FSC Approved sustainable plywood. All packaging is made from recycled cardboard. The box and packing is compostable/recyclable. Our products are made in the UK, we work hard to keep our air miles in manufacturing low.
This is an educational tool and should be used with the supervision of an adult.
About Waldorf Family:
“Filled with wonder, creativity and colour Waldorf Family resources help children play + learn with their hands, hearts and minds: and nurture a place for nature in the modern home.
We are inspired by nature: we want to help families thrive. We aim to nurture connection with nature and ignite wonder. We connect deeply with natural rhythms and are still head over heels in love with nature. We want to help improve play and learning for children and nurture a place for nature in the modern home.
Waldorf Family homewares and toys are manufactured in England by highly skilled trade and crafts people. We use materials sustainably sourced from the earth because they are handled with care and do no harm. Everything we create, from the box to the products, can be returned to the earth or recycled.
We are inspired by the principles of Waldorf education and other educational approaches, such as Montessori.”
About the Artist, Stephanie Green:
“I am inspired by nature: if I can help children in the built environment connect with nature and help those who do not find a good fit in the educational system find wonder in learning then I will be doing what I was put here to do.
I believe we are all here to serve – our society, our purpose. It is our job to dig deep and discover what lights our fire: for me that is drawing, painting, my family and homemaking. These personal passions were what firmly led me to create for children.
I still remember a painting that I had when I was about 6 or 7. In each corner it had so many details I remember staring at this whole other world for hours – not really sure if it was a real world – existing in that flat paper space.”
Made in England
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