What do you know about decimal system? How would you enable children to count any quantity and identify numerals till 9999? The decimal system is a numeral system which organizes and classifies numerical quantities into different hierarchies of units. In the Casa it is offered when the child can count to ten with complete understanding; with the knowledge of the symbols 1-9 and can recognize zero. The child is given the total decimal system– clearly, simply, harmoniously and with its unlimited, universal applicability. (Rachel Herndon) Golden bead material and large number cards can be used to teach decimal system to Montessori students. They enable children to count any quantity and identify numerals till 9999. THE GOLDEN BEAD MATERIAL: It is made up of golden beads with same size. This material contains units, tens, hundreds, and thousands. A unit is a single bead—a point. Ten is ten beads strung together on the wire—a line. A hundred is 10 ten bars fastened together si
