kdownie Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I have a box of 155 wooden ones that dc use daily. We are about to start Miquon math also. My younger dc play with them frequently, simply being creative. Someone I know is selling a ton of wooden ones, like (800), for about 1/3 the price of buying them new. Is that a deal worth snatching up? If I could, I'd get just like 200-300, but it is an all or nothing deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um_2_4 Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Well, I'll be curious to see the answers as I just bought a lot of 500+ wooden ones off ebay! :smilielol5:And it only cost a couple bucks more than the lot of 155 on Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 If you can store them, there is no harm. And if you come to love them the way many of us do, you could always make a gift of your oversupply to a friend (or board member) with young children. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I'd get them... especially if you plan on using them with all of your children. I have *four* children all using rods in one form or another in their math--and the toddler likes them too. It's also nice to have lots of orange rods to make hundreds and even thousands with as well. I use my rods * daily * for teaching math K-6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdownie Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 Yay! I was wanting to get them but didn't know if that would be overboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five More Minutes Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I don't think there's such a thing as "too many," as long as you have the space. :001_smile: I think I have two group sets plus an individual set here -- that puts us at close to 400, and we still never seem to have enough 10-rods! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdownie Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 I hear that a lot about 10-rods. We haven't used c-rods for math much yet, so I don't know why 10-rods are so important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five More Minutes Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I hear that a lot about 10-rods. We haven't used c-rods for math much yet, so I don't know why 10-rods are so important. I've found them really important to have in bulk when teaching multi-digit addition over 100, like 75 + 80. To set that question up, a student needs 15 10-rods. And with two students using the rods at the same time, we run out surprisingly quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I've found them really important to have in bulk when teaching multi-digit addition over 100, like 75 + 80. To set that question up, a student needs 15 10-rods. And with two students using the rods at the same time, we run out surprisingly quickly. Or a hundred flat and five ten rods. We bought a set of ten hundred flats and a single thousand cube. (ETA: You would need 15 tens... I just looked at the 15 ten rods and didn't pay attention to the problem. Silly me... but you get the idea... Adding a set of flats is useful too.) But in answer to the OP's question, I'm going to go with fifty bajillion. That would be too many. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PandaMom Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 You can never have too many C-Rods :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kricau Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Get 'em and sell the extra's. Sounds like people are crazy about them LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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