Talk:Cuisenaire rods

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Shouldn't there be some note that Cuisenaire Rods are actually a trademarked manipulative (by ETA/Cuisenaire)? PFlats 21:01, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

It would be very helpful to have some more references to teaching materials. The rods are still available but some teaching practice would be helpful.

Midland Elementary school used the rods in 1963
During the school year of 1963-64, while I was attending third grade at Bonham Elementary in Midland, Texas, our class was given daily exercises in Cuisenaire Rods. I have not been found documentation of this being a widespread practice, nor have I found people my age who attended Texas schools elsewhere who had exposure to Cuisenaire Rods. I personally found the program immensely interesting and helpful to my further education, especially in algebra.


 * They're used in Israeli elementary schools quite often (though recently theres some public debate about whether this is good). I encountered them in an elementary school once in 1997. Fdskjs (talk) 04:32, 8 August 2008 (UTC)


 * I was introduced to Cuisenaire rods in very early primary school in Brisbane, Australia, in about 1963-4. They were only brought out a few times, but my recollection is that I learnt fundamental mathematical concepts of number, addition, multiples & fractions intuitively and instantly.  I am also sure that this early introduction to conceptual learning aided in later maths subjects.  We also cemented the conceptual learning with the 'facts' of numbers by daily rote repetition of tables (without the aid of amusements), but with serious in-class competitions between individuals and 'houses', written tests etc. I have come across a few people of my era since then who had access to cuisenaire rods and most have fond memories.  I obtained a set for my children to use at home - however it needs a teacher with a plan to obtain the full benefit otherwise they can become undirected play-things. CJC 31/10/2008


 * Me too, a few years later. What was particularly special, in a country with the metric system, was that one day the teachers revealed that we had been playing with 1 cubic centimetre blocks - and suddenly the world of volumes, and metric measures, opened up with no additional learning effort. A really amazing educational tool.


 * I also was introduced to Cuisenarie rods in my first year of primary school at a little country school in New Zealand in 1964. I can't remember much else from those days so they must have made a big impression on me. They may have well suited by interests as I went on to tertiary education in science and maths. I have also bought some for my children. JC 05/02/2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prvanov (talk • contribs) 01:56, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I remember them from the mid 1960s in infant school in Harrow, London. We used them as mini building bricks. Also they had a nice smell. Their mathematical use was of minor interest to us. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.255.232.225 (talk) 22:29, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

They're quite widely used for teaching Math in elementary school in Italy, where they are simply called "le regole" (similar to the original French term).

Standard set size
Does anybody know how many rods are in a standard Cuisenaire set? jengod (talk) 22:52, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * 155 rods in my set: 10 orange, 9 blue, 8 brown, 7 black, 8 dark green, 10 yellow, 12 purple, 16 light green, 25 red and 50 white, according to the packaging with our set. - TimDWilliamson speak 15:12, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
 * By the way, my set is the “Small Group Set.” The “Jumbo Set” has 56 rods. - TimDWilliamson speak 16:31, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Please rewrite the introducion because Georges Cuisenaire is the inventor
See information at http://www.cuisenaire.co.uk/:

''"Georges Cuisenaire was teaching at his school in Thuin in Belgium when he invented these now famous rods as a means of helping his pupils with their study of arithmetic. He made then a discovery now established as a vital component in mathematics teaching today. He found that by making use of children's natural inclination to play, and giving them an appealing material which demonstrated the relationships on which mathematics is based, it was possible to provide understanding for them all.

Many years passed before the work he was doing spread to other countries, but the use of the rods in schools today is probably world wide. The work started by Cuisenaire remained relatively unknown for twenty years or more until a meeting between him and a visiting lecturer from the University of London, Dr Caleb Gattegno, mathematician and lifelong educator, who instantly recognised its power and educational value. Gattegno's contribution was to develop the uses and applications of the rods, providing a new teaching approach and a completely revised curriculum for mathematics. His insight into the ability of children led him to the realisation that they are capable of far more than traditional teaching has ever produced; and his expectations have been borne out by children all over the world who have startled teachers with their remarkable grasp of mathematics."''

--Frze > talk  08:22, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Currently the introduction says that Cuisenaire invented them, while the History section says his wife devised them. There seems to be a contradiction here. 207.198.105.19 (talk) 23:12, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

The Colour of Four …
An editor of this page is convinced that the 4 cm rod is Crimson. This is not borne out by examination. The colour is typically described in official literature as “purple” (US; see example ETA/Cuisenaire® worksheet: One-Color Rod Trains) or “pink (purple)” (UK; product description, International Set Plastic Cuisenaire® Rods). I'm going with Purple … --scruss (talk) 13:22, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

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The previous link appeared to be dead. I replaced it with a link to a full text copy of the article at https://www.persee.fr/doc/apliu_0248-9430_1996_num_16_2_1038 Hope this helps, Bpalmerau (talk) 04:42, 12 July 2021 (UTC)