| For Students to Activate Active Picturing with Fine Motor Manipulatives Have student practice verbal recall of the dramatic sequence while solving numerical statement. It might be helpful to write out the dramatic sequence in verse. Coordinate verbal recall of dramatic sequence with presentation of fine motor manipulations of Pythabacus that likewise solve numerical statements. |
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Steps To Demonstrate Not So Simple Times on the Pythabacus Step 0: Click To Activate Step 1: Left Click Check Button Step 2: Left Click a Gold Bottom Row Bead. Step 3: Click Right Arrow. Step 4: Left Click Another Gold Bead to the Left of the First and Click Right Arrow. Step 5: Left Click Rightmost Gold Bead of Left Group and Click Left Arrow. |
| The extended and unextended fingers of the hands in Single Digit Vedic Finger Multiplication correspond one-to-one with the bottom row beads of the Pythabacus. For example following the steps above right click 3 then 2 gold beads to represent the factors 10-3 = 7 and 10-2 = 8. Likewise extend 3 fingers on one hand and 2 fingers on the other hand. Complete the steps above and note that the beads forming the quadrilateral in the middle equal the product of the extended fingers; the ones of this product equal the ones of the solution. The remaining bottom beads against the left post equal the total number of unextended fingers on the two hands, which added to the tens, if any, of the middle product equal the tens of the solution. The gold beads against the left post can be imagined as bundles of ten spools of thread Princess times gives to large village sewing circles. Explore more products! | |