wool balls, 1 inch diameter
TFJ wool ball 1 inch red
Regular price $0.50These medium-size 1-inch wool balls are great for use in slingshots, but can be fun for crafts, counting, and sorting. They are fluffy, soft, and colorful.
These are being offered individually, so you get to choose how many balls and what colors you'd like.
Choose from: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, pink, and white.
NOTE: These are larger than the Treasures from Jennifer hundred frame and counting board wool balls. For those items, you'll want to choose the 1/2-inch Wool Balls.
Last photo shows the three sizes of wool balls in comparison to each other (1/2-inch, 1-inch, and 2-inch diameter).
Made in the United States by 'Treasures from Jennifer'.
rainbow wool balls, pack of 56
TFJ rainbow wool balls
Regular price $9.50These small wool balls fit onto our Counting Boards and Hundred Frames as an alternative to the wooden balls that come with the boards. They are fluffy, soft, and colourful. This listing is for 56 small balls, 1/2" diameter.
* If ordering for the 1-10 Number Board, you'll need 55 balls, which is one set.
* If ordering for the 11-20 Number Board, you'll need 155 balls, which would be three sets.
* If ordering for the Hundred Frame, you'll need 100 balls, which would be two sets.
Note: These are smaller than our slingshot wool balls. For slingshots, you'll want to choose ~1-inch diameter Wool Balls.
Made in the United States by 'Treasures from Jennifer'.
wooden balls, 1/2 inch diameter
TFJ wood balls 1/2 inch diameter
Regular price $0.13These 1/2-inch wood balls fit perfectly in the Treasures from Jennifer ten, twenty, and hundred frames as well as the counting boards for 1-10 and 11-20. They also rest neatly in the grooves of the letter and number and form drawing tracing boards.
SOLD INDIVIDUALLY. Purchase as many as you need. :)
Made in the United States by 'Treasures from Jennifer'.
reversible pre-writing/shapes board
TFJ revers form drawing/shapes
Regular price $58.00This is a Reversible Board -- meaning you receive one board but with both sides engraved. One side will have 'pre-writing' lines on it, often referred to as 'forms' (and when written out the activity is referred to as 'form drawing'). The other side will have shapes.
This board is designed to help your child practice curves, straight lines, angles, and patterns. The prewriting lines are a great way to build consistency in penmanship and muscle control of small movements. The shapes are a fun way of learning to identify and draw them. This lovely maple wooden board has deep, smooth, rounded grooves. You can follow the paths with your finger, tracing stick, ball, or push the ball with the tracing stick. You can fill the grooves with play dough, dry beans and rice, small stones, and more.
Measures 7 x 13-inches. Includes a tracing stick.
Made in the United States by 'Treasures from Jennifer'.
reversible 11-20 board, with wool balls
TFJ revers 11-20 board wool balls
Regular price $110.00 Sale price $95.00 Save 14%This is a Reversible Board--meaning you receive one board but with both sides engraved. One side will have large tracing numbers on it. The other side will have the sections of dimples for counting balls. Photo shows both sides (just know that it is one board).
Our 11-20 Reversible Board is a combination of learning to write numbers while identifying their value. Tracing the smooth grooves of the large numbers builds muscle memory for children as they learn to write on their own. Filling the dimples with wood balls (or beads, snacks, stones, shells, etc) matches the number of items to the written numeral.
When a child is learning numbers, just showing them the number 12 doesn’t mean they understand what it represents. By using this board, your child then sees the relationship between what the number looks like and how many objects are included with it. Even after your child has learned numbers, they can use the board for more activities. Here are some ideas for learning through play…
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Includes tracing stick and coloured wool balls. Balls are 1/2" and pose a choking hazard, so please replace with snack foods until child is at least three years old.
Measures 12 x 16 inches. Wood is 0.5 inch thick and weighs 1.5 pounds.
Made in the United States by 'Treasures from Jennifer'.
ten frame, walnut
TFJ ten frame
Regular price $24.00Ten frames are used to help children learn counting as well as addition and subtraction practice. Pair with Coins to Count for more possibilities.
Measures 3 x 6-inches. Includes 20 1/2-inch wood balls.
***Note: in the last photo, there are ten balls painted red and ten balls painted blue. Your balls will be unfinished and you can paint them if you'd like. Or use the "Small Wool Balls" listed separately in our shop.
Made in the United States by 'Treasures from Jennifer'.
twenty frame, walnut
TFJ twenty frame walnut
Regular price $34.00Twenty frames are used to help children learn counting as well as addition and subtraction practice with numbers 1-20. The maker has added the idea of dividing the board into quadrants with engraved lines through the middle. This helps your child quickly identify where each number is by seeing them as groups of five rather than counting one by one.
Measures 3 x 12-inches. Includes 40 1/2-inch wood balls.
NOTE: The last photos show the Frame Boards along with Number Coins, which are listed separately in our shop and not included in this listing. As well as with a much larger frame 100 frame board).
Made in the United States by 'Treasures from Jennifer'.
100 frame in walnut with wool balls
TFJ 100 frame in walnut wool balls
Regular price $95.00This Hundred Board is crafted from solid hardwood and features one hundred dimples ready for your child to fill up while counting, creating patterns, practicing mathematical equations, discovering cardinal directions, and more. It comes with 100 colourful wool balls (as shown in the photos).
* Fill each dimple with a ball while counting from 1 to 100.
* The engraved lines help the child "subitize" numbers, which means they can perceive the number of items in a group quickly without counting each item individually. It is based on groups of five and whether it is more or less than five. They'll learn the number seven is five and two more. Or forty-three is the fourth row down and three dimples over--all without counting all forty-three dimples. There is a lot of good info available regarding subitizing. We were introduced to it through Rightstart Math.
* Practice skip counting by placing balls only in the number you're working on such as 3, 6, 9, etc. Notice the patterns that emerge.
* Designate a quadrant of the board for you and one for your child. Place the balls in your quadrant a certain way and ask your child to copy it in their area (either exactly or as a mirror image).
* Think of the board as a compass and ask your child to mark the dimple that is 4 degrees west and 7 degrees south from the middle point.
* Learn positive and negative numbers by designating the middle point as 0. Then play with the X and Y axises (X being horizontal movement and the Y axis being vertical movement). Thus, finding -3 on the X axis is three dimples to the left of the middle.
* Play games such as rolling a dice and adding that many balls to the board (starting at the top left corner). Then roll again and add that many. Continue until the board is full.
Measures 11-inches square. Include balls but not coins.
NOTE: The last photo shows the Hundred Frame Board along with 'Treasures from Jennifer' Number Coins and 'ten board' and 'twenty boards' which are sold separately.
Made in the United States by 'Treasures from Jennifer'.
100 frame in maple with wool balls
TFJ hundred frame in maple with wool balls
Regular price $95.00This Hundred Board is crafted from solid hardwood and features one hundred dimples ready for your child to fill up while counting, creating patterns, practicing mathematical equations, discovering cardinal directions, and more. It comes with 100 colourful wool balls (as shown in the photos).
* Fill each dimple with a ball while counting from 1 to 100.
* The engraved lines help the child "subitize" numbers, which means they can perceive the number of items in a group quickly without counting each item individually. It is based on groups of five and whether it is more or less than five. They'll learn the number seven is five and two more. Or forty-three is the fourth row down and three dimples over--all without counting all forty-three dimples. There is a lot of good info available regarding subitizing. We were introduced to it through Rightstart Math.
* Practice skip counting by placing balls only in the number you're working on such as 3, 6, 9, etc. Notice the patterns that emerge.
* Designate a quadrant of the board for you and one for your child. Place the balls in your quadrant a certain way and ask your child to copy it in their area (either exactly or as a mirror image).
* Think of the board as a compass and ask your child to mark the dimple that is 4 degrees west and 7 degrees south from the middle point.
* Learn positive and negative numbers by designating the middle point as 0. Then play with the X and Y axises (X being horizontal movement and the Y axis being vertical movement). Thus, finding -3 on the X axis is three dimples to the left of the middle.
* Play games such as rolling a dice and adding that many balls to the board (starting at the top left corner). Then roll again and add that many. Continue until the board is full.
Measures 11-inches square. Include wool balls but not coins. ***Wooden balls sold separately.
NOTE: The last photo shows the Hundred Frame Board along with 'Treasures from Jennifer' Number Coins and 'ten board' and 'twenty boards' which are sold separately.
Made in the United States by 'Treasures from Jennifer'.
Shelley Davidow's Early Reader Series
ISBN 9781931061452
Regular price $10.50These warm and wonderful readers will delight both students and teachers as they guide young children along the path of written language one step at a time. Written in order and phonetically, each story focuses on specific word groups, sounds and sentence structures. Each story has a beginning, middle and an ending. Succeeding stories build on these skills and then move on to the next level of skill. The books are conceived in much the same way as the “Dick and Jane” readers of an earlier era, but with a very important difference: these stories have a touching “heart content” to them. The stories are gently humorous while honouring nature, animals and the environment. The illustrations in their warm simplicity are wonderful compliments to the stories! Whether you are rewarding an eager reader with a first experience of reading something someone else wrote, or helping a struggling reader get the hang of all those letters, these readers are sheer joy for everyone.
The six books use simple words that the early reader will easily grasp. They have been carefully chosen by a reading specialist to help students advance from the short vowels to the silent “e” to the vowel combinations. At the back of each book is a list of sight words that should be reviewed with the child before reading the book.
Titles of Books in the Set (Available individually or as a set of 6):
Sam Cat and Nat Rat: This pair begins by annoying each other and then end up friends.
Ned and Fred: A pig and a dog don’t think they’ve got much in common, but discover they both love to do the same things
Len Bug and Jen Slug: It’s amazing how much fun you can have and what you can learn from those who are very different from you. Read an excerpt from the publisher here.
Jake the Snake: Jake doesn’t like moles (and probably a lot of other creatures, too!), but decides to change his mind after getting to know one.
Tim’s Boat: Tim builds a toy boat for himself, but discovers it was really built for three other creatures, too.
Kay and Jay: Kay and Jay are two snails who have lots of fun playing together. One day they are caught in a hail storm and have to help each other find shelter. When the sun comes out, the play begins again.
Recommended for Readers in Grades 1-3.
Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5 inches.
Jalmar Press.
Printed in the United States.
Author Biography:
Shelley Davidow was born and raised in South Africa. Her books for children, young adults and adults have been published in Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. In 2002, her young adult novel, In the Shadow of Inyangani (Macmillan 2003), was a finalist in the Macmillan/Picador BBC World Writer’s Prize for Africa. She has an MSEd from Sunbridge College in New York and has taught in schools, colleges and universities across the world. She now lives on the East Coast of Australia with her husband and son.
Chinese reversible 1-10 board
TFJ revers 1-10 board, chinese
Regular price $70.00 Sale price $45.00 Save 36%This is an original 'From Jennifer' design that combines tracing and counting into a learning toy/tool for children. It can help one learn how to form their Chinese numbers correctly and learn what each number represents. This is a maple hardwood board engraved with gently curved grooves, providing a form to trace with either your finger or the included tracing stick.
Measures 10.5 x 7.5-inches and is 1/2" thick.
Please keep in mind that small wooden balls can pose a choking hazard for young children, so it is recommended to use the balls with children only over the age of 3 years old. The maker did hear back from one customer that instead of using the balls, she put dry breakfast cereal in their place. The maker suggests they even think it would be fun with raisins, chocolate chips, etc. Many others have used beads, small stones, and even flower petals to fill the dimples and large tracing numbers of the board.
The numbers side is the side of the board with large numbers and grooves that you will trace to feel the motion of writing each number. You may also enjoy doing crayon rubbings of the numbers or filling their grooves with the balls from the counting side (or other things such as beads, stones, etc).
Made in the United States by 'Treasures from Jennifer'.
Making Maths Meaningful: Fun with Puzzles, Games, and More!
ISBN 9781938210020
Regular price $26.50by Jamie York, Mich Follari, and Randy Evans
An inspirational and easy-to-use resource book for teachers of Grades 4-12 who want to add interest and engagement to maths lessons.
Are you looking for a new math challenge for your students?
Do you need a resource of ideas that will give your students the opportunity to experience the thrill of mathematics?
And, what about providing a good puzzle or game that will give everyone the understanding of true problem-solving?
Randy Evans, Mick Follari and Jamie York have combined their knowledge and skills to create a puzzle and game book that is a perfect reference for the math classroom and for middle school and high school teachers everywhere.
The Purpose of This Book
This book is intended as a resource for math teachers in grades four through twelve, in part, to supplement the normal classroom material, such as Our Making Math Meaningful™ middle school and high school workbooks.
There may be times when things seem to get dull and the students begin to lose their spark. It is then that the teacher knows it is time to do something different. This book provides ideas for that “something different.”
What Makes This Book Unique?
There are many math puzzle books available today. However, it can be daunting for a teacher (especially a teacher in the lower grades for whom math is not a specialty) to pick up a math puzzle book that consists of a couple hundred puzzles, and find a good one that would work well for tomorrow’s math class.
This book is specifically geared toward the teacher who needs to find an excellent puzzle or game for tomorrow’s math class. We have tried to limit the number of puzzles and games to just a few excellent ones. We have categorized the puzzles according to grade level.
More about this book:
READ THE REVIEW IN WALDORF TODAY! by clicking HERE.
Barb, a parent, writes: If you want to make math interesting to students (they say 4th through high school, it is a great resource for anyone wanting to make math more interesting).
This book has (all segmented by grade) puzzles, games, math magic tricks, classroom activities (and of course solutions for the over 200 puzzles, games etc.
Why this book? The authors have collected very good puzzles for each grade, with the intent to provide students with the experience of a mathematical thrill, NOT just memorizing rote procedures.
Want to bring your math classes alive? sprinkle in some of these teasers… Having watched how author Jamie York creates stories and challenges for his students, it makes me wish I had teachers as interesting and engaging as this.
Bust the myths of “math is hard” and “Math is not interesting” with the puzzles in this book!!
Jamie York math is suited to Waldorf education but is known for being rigorous, and is used by homeschoolers and classroom teachers across curricula and pedagogy.
Softcover, 174 pages.
5.5 x 8.5"
3rd Edition Published by Jamie York Press.
Printed in the Unites States.
Jamie York is a Steiner-Waldorf maths teacher and consultant, and creator of the Making Maths Meaningful programme. Born in Maine, he has taught maths at Shining Mountain Waldorf School in Boulder, Colorado for over twenty years. He consults for a variety of schools in the USA and internationally, and serves on the faculty at the Centre for Anthroposophy in Wilton, New Hampshire, training Waldorf high school maths teachers.