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Question 1:
Explain Different groups of Montessori Math
exercises and how the directress should efficiently
present exercises through sequential and parallel
work in various groups.
The exercises in arithmetic are grouped. There is some
sequential work and some parallel work.
The first group is 'Numbers through ten'. The
experiences in this group are sequential.
When the child has a full understanding of Numbers
through Ten, the second group, 'The Decimal System'
can be introduced. The focus here is on the hierarchy
of the decimal system and how the system functions.
It also starts off the child on the exercises of simple
computations, which are the operations of arithmetic.
The third group is started when the Decimal System is
well underway. Here onwards, these exercises are
carried out parallel to the continuation of the Decimal
System. This third group, i.e. ‘Counting Beyond Ten’,
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includes the teens, tens as well as linear and skip

counting.
The fourth group involves the ‘Memorization of the
Arithmetic Tables’. This stage can be commenced
alongside the later stages of the Decimal System and
the Counting Beyond Ten exercises.
The fifth group is the ‘Passage to Abstraction’. The
exercises in this group involve helping the child
understand the process of each form of arithmetic and
the tables of each operation. There is an overlap here
again. The child who knows the process and tables for
the other operations and these will not be taken up
until he shows readiness. The exercises in this group
allow the child to drop the use of the material as he is
now ready to handle these exercises without assisting
items. He can then progress to work increasingly with
the symbols on paper without the need to use
materials to attempt to find the answers. The sixth
and final group of materials, ‘Fractions’, can be
worked on parallel to the group of Making
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Abstractions, whereas the early work with the

Fractions can begin with Sensorial Work