DVD and Parent Guides
Level 1, 2 and 3

Level 1

Ages 4 – 7

Level 2

Ages 7 – 8

Level 3

Ages 8 – 9

Level 1

DVD

The DVD consists of 22 activities, songs, home projects and games.

It is aimed at 4 – 7 year old children.

The activities on the DVD are divided into sections that progressively follow one after the other. The activities act as guidelines for similar activities that can be done at home.

CD Guide

In the manual for parents, the activities demonstrated on DVD are explained in more detail. Supplementary activities are given which show, for example, how to utilize some of the other apparatus provided in the box to bring home a specific concept of an activity being dealt with at the time. Parents are welcome to print out the activity pages. A detailed list of the various mathematical concepts dealt with in Box ‘n Dice is also provided and may be printed and pasted in a spot where it can be seen, say for instance against the fridge. In addition, the manual gives tips on how mathematics applies to our everyday life, making children aware of how wonderful Mathematics is.

Activity 13: Tangram (create pictures)

Activity 14: Pattern Completion

Activity 21: Informal subtraction

Box ‘n Dice Level 1 – activity 17

Level 2

DVD

The Box ‘n Dice Level 2 DVD consists of 24 new activities, songs and lots of animation.

It is aimed at 7 – 8 year old children.

The activities on the DVD are divided into sections that progressively follow one after the other. The activities act as guidelines for similar activities that can be done at home.

CD Guide

All the activities presented on the DVD are fully described in the guide for parents. At the end of each activity suggestions are given on how to assimilate the concept that was presented in the activity. In the guide you will also find worksheets that can be printed out. Also extra activities that that were not included in the DVD.

Activity 4: Number Combinations

Activity 10: Count in 2’s

Activity 19: Patterns and Symmetry

Additional Apparatus

You will receive additional apparatus such as the flard cards and hundred block when ordering your Box ‘n Dice level 2

 Flard Cards: 

Description:

It consists of number cards 1 – 9, 10 – 90, 100 – 900 and 1000 – 4000. In Box ‘n Dice level 2 we will only be working with 1 – 9 and 10 – 50.

Used for:

Building up numbers from and breaking down numbers into their constituent ten and unit elements. Also used for adding, subtracting, doubling and halving.

 

 

Hundred block
Flard Card

 

 

Hundred Block

Description:

The 100-block consists of 100 blocks that are numbered from 1 – 100.

Used for:

Counting, adding and subtracting. When we count in intervals of 2,3,4,5 and 10, interesting patterns form on the 100-block.

Box ‘n Dice Level 2 – activity 4

Level 3

DVD

There are 10 exciting activities on the DVD.

It is aimed at 8 – 9 year old children.

The activities on the DVD address important concepts such as value and place value, fractions, equivalent fractions and working with money.

CD Worksheets

You will find 50 pages of worksheets on the CD. These worksheets can be printed out and be done after each activity presented on the DVD. Memos are provided

Activity 5: Fractions

Activity 6: Equivalent fractions