Kindergarten Rekenrek

Rekenrek

This week I had the opportunity to visit Mrs. Moffett's classroom. We used the Rekenrek to practice number sense, addition, and subtraction. I began the lesson by allowing the students to explore the rekenrek as they wanted and see the different color beads. I then started questioning how many beads in each row, the number of red beads, and the number of white beads (etc.). I then started with showing a number and the students showed them on their rekenreks. I called on students to come up and show how they showed the number on their rekenreks! We repeated this activity several times and did the same for addition and subtraction.

The second day I returned and we used a link through Google Classroom to get to an online Rekenrek. The students haven't used Google Classroom much, and I was impressed with how well they did navigating to the correct places. The online rekenrek allows you to add as many rows of beads as needed and also allowed students to write on the screen. We again practice showing numbers, addition problems, and counting by tens! The students LOVED using Google Classroom and the online Rekenrek. 
Link to Online Rekenrek