Description

The Story of Numbers – Great Cosmic Tales by Maria Montessori.  The narrative is by Petra Braun for young schoolchildren.  The book has 23 pages.

The last of the lessons is the Fifth Great Lesson: The Story of Numbers, also called the History of Mathematics.  This lesson begins with the earliest civilizations, who often only had “one”, “two”, and “more than two” as their numeric system.  It continues with a look at different numbering systems throughout the centuries, culminating in the decimal system that we use today.

This lesson leads to the study of:

• Mathematics: operations, fractions, decimals, multiples, squares, cubes, percentages, ratio, probability, intro to algebra
• Numbers: origins of numbers and systems, bases, types of numbers, scientific notation, mathematicians
• Geometry: congruency, similarity, nomenclature of lines, angles, shapes, solids, measurement, theorems
• Application: story problems, measurement, estimation, graphs, patterning, rounding, money concepts

The Five Great Lessons that are referenced, are traditionally –

• First Great Lesson (Part 1) – Coming of the Universe and the Earth
• First Great Lesson (Part 2) – The Coming of Life
• Second Great Lesson – About Life on Earth – Black Ribbon
• Third Great Lesson – The Coming of Humans
• Fourth Great Lesson – The Story of Writing
• Fifth Great Lesson – The Story of Numbers

Item code: 523161

23 page narrative by Petra Braun for young schoolchildren

Dimensions:  14cm x 14cm