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The Juliana Group, Inc. visit and shop with us at www.julianagroup.com The Juliana Group, Inc 1610 Staley Ave. Savannah Ga 31405 Toll Free - 1.800.959.6159 • T - 912.236.3779 • F - 912.236.8885 The Juliana Group, Inc. sells only top quality Gonzagarredi Montessori materials and is the sole distributor for Gonzagarredi classroom furniture in the United States. Gonzagarredi Montessori materials reach the rigid requirements of the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) and are approved by them as tools in Montessori learning The Juliana Group, Inc. offers top quality European workmanship on Montessori materials and classroom furniture at very reasonable prices. Gonzagarredi wooden classroom furniture is specially designed for young children and is based on Maria Montessori’s original design. The classroom furniture has a lifetime warranty of twenty years and comes fully assembled.

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The Juliana Group, Inc.

visit and shop with us at www.julianagroup.com

The Juliana Group, Inc1610StaleyAve.SavannahGa31405

TollFree-1.800.959.6159•T-912.236.3779•F-912.236.8885

The Juliana Group, Inc. sells only top qualityGonzagarredi Montessori materials and is the soledistributor forGonzagarrediclassroomfurniture in theUnitedStates.GonzagarrediMontessorimaterialsreachthe rigid requirements of the Association MontessoriInternationale(AMI)andareapprovedbythemastoolsinMontessorilearning

The Juliana Group, Inc. offers top quality Europeanworkmanship on Montessori materials and classroomfurniture at very reasonable prices. Gonzagarrediwooden classroom furniture is specially designed foryoung children and is based on Maria Montessori’soriginal design.The classroom furniture has a lifetimewarrantyoftwentyyearsandcomesfullyassembled.

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INTRODUCTION 2

PRACTICAL LIFE ACTIVITIES 6

SENSORIAL MATERIAL 10

LANGUAGE 18

MATHEMATICS 30

NEW MATHEMATICS AND ALGEBRA 52

GEOMETRY 54

BOTANY 58

GEOGRAPHY 61

MUSIC 66

CONTENTS

The colours printed on this page reproduce the eleven matching pairs of colour tablets.

LetishaMarcelloIngrid

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Gonzaga is the place of originof the family under whose ruleMantua achieved its greatestsplendour in art and culture inthe fifteenth century. Today itis also known throughout theworld for the production ofmaterials for a famouseducational approach: theMontessori Method.It all began with a meetingbetween Dr. Maria Montessoriand Donna Maria Maraini

Guerrieri Gonzaga, her greatfriend and admirer. DonnaMaraini often entertained Dr.Montessori at her villa inPalidano, a village which isclose to Gonzaga.This led to the first productionof Montessori materialsaccording to specificationsgiven by Maria Montessoriherself to Ernesto Bassoli & Figli,who were office furnituremanufacturers at the time.

GONZAGA, 1925 ...

Maria Montessori(1870 - 1952) during herbroadcast on the BBCItalian Service, 1950

Donna Maria MarainiGuerrieri Gonzaga(1869 - 1950)

"Casa dei Bambini"in Gonzaga, 1928

Handcraft workshopin Gonzaga, 1954

Catalogue of Montessorimaterials and furnituremade in Gonzaga, 1938

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These enlightenedenterpreneurs showed suchappreciation for the neweducational method that theychanged the name of the firmto Società Anonima per ilMateriale Montessori.Cesare Baroni who, as a youngjoiner, came to work at thefactory in its early years, gavea fundamental contributionwhich left its mark on a realitythat has been continually

evolving since the postwarperiod.The Gonzaga factory hasalways worked with thescientific support of highlyqualified Montessorians:Giuliana Sorge, one of MariaMontessori’s disciples; MariaAntonietta Paolini, also one ofMaria Montessori’s disciplesand collaborators, and directorof training of the InternationalMontessori Centre of Perugia

for many, many years; CamilloGrazzini, a director of trainingof the International Centre forMontessori Studies Foundationof Bergamo.In 1963, Cesare Baroni andGiuseppe Marangon started anew company called Baroni &Marangon which later, in 1975,became a cooperative businessenterprise under the name ofGonzagarredi. It was asGonzagarredi that the companybecame known internationally,thereby giving an importantcontribution to making theMontessori materials betterknown throughout the world.

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GONZAGA, TODAY

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New offices and factory

Sales department

Executive staff

Show room

Different planning andmanufacturing stages

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The Gonzagarredi research centre is alsodeveloping its activities with:• continuous pedagogical research in

connection with the most up-to-datecultural and scientific teaching methods;

• the promotion and sponsorship ofresearch in the field of teaching;

•the presence of its own expert in the UNIcommission responsible for definingschool equipment standards.

Expert carpenters work in the productionlaboratory where their skilledworkmanship ensures the highest degreeof accuracy from the very beginning of theproduction process through the finishingtouches.

Gonzagarredi is equipped with an ISO 9001quality control system that requires theapplication of strict procedures in orderto guarantee high quality standards, fromthe planning stage through to production,delivery and customer care service.

Today, Gonzagarredi is also animportant centre for research andproduction of equipment for schools,cultural centres and social services.Its innovative strategies stem from theinitiative of its president, GiuseppeMarangon, who has managed tocombine an artisan inheritance andspirit with modern technology.The Montessori materials from theGonzaga factory are recognized andapproved by the Association MontessoriInternationale, the internationalorganisation founded by MariaMontessori and based in Amsterdam,The Netherlands.Providing ideas and educationalmaterials, Gonzagarredi contributes tothe creation of new schools based onMaria Montessori’s educationalprinciples.

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Cristiano

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Practical Life Activities

The objects that are used for

practical life have no

scientific purpose. They are

the objects used where a child

lives and which he sees

employed in his own home,

but they are especially made

to a size that he can use.

The Discovery of the Child

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Practical Life Activities

1MM.003

Ironing Board

Rectangular wooden board with a specialfire-proof padded cloth, and a socket forthe iron, 60x31x2,5h cm.

1MM.004

Shoe Polishing Chest

Child-sized wooden box with a hingedlid and 8 compartments, complete withbrushes and cloths, 50x40x32h cm.

1MM.001

Dressing Frames

Set of 12 Dressing Frames as follows:zipper, large buttons, small buttons,safety pins, snap fasteners, shoe lacing,bow tying, hooks and eyes, buckles, shoelacing with hooks, Velcro, clips.

Dressing Frame Stand 1MM.001.1Special wooden display structure for theDressing Frames (1MM.001):

Dressing Frame: Zipper 1MM.001.2

Dressing Frame: Large Buttons 1MM.001.3

Dressing Frame: Small Buttons 1MM.001.4

Dressing Frame: Safety Pins 1MM.001.5

Dressing Frame: Snap Fasteners 1MM.001.6

Dressing Frame: Shoe Lacing 1MM.001.7

Dressing Frame: Bow Tying 1MM.001.8

Dressing Frame: Hooks & Eyes 1MM.001.9

Dressing Frame: Buckles 1MM.001.10

Dressing Frame: Shoe Lacing with Hooks1MM.001.11

Dressing Frame: Velcro 1MM.001.12

Dressing Frame: Clips 1MM.001.13

1MM.002

Washstand and Scrub Board

Child-sized wooden stand with scrubboard and an appropriate plastic basin,40x40x60h cm.

1MM.001.2 1MM.001.3 1MM.001.4 1MM.001.5 1MM.001.6 1MM.001.7

1MM.001.8 1MM.001.9 1MM.001.10 1MM.001.12 1MM.001.13

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1MM.001.11

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1MM.005

Floor Cleaning Set

Set of two brooms (for indoors andoutdoors respectively) and scrubbingbrush.

1MM.008

Glass Pitchers

Set of two glass pitchers: one larger andone smaller.

1MM.008.1

Ceramic Pitchers

Set of two ceramic pitchers: one largerand one smaller.

1MM.006

Dustpans

Set of two plastic dustpans: one withlong handle, one with short handle plusbrush.

1MM.005.1

Broom Holder

Holder for the two brooms andscrubbing brush of the floor cleaning set(1MM.005).

1MM.005.1

1MM.005 1MM.006

Floor Mat Holder1MM.009

Wooden stand for five floor mats.

Floor Mat

Individual fire-proof carpet withanti-slip base, 120x70 cm.

1MM.010.001

Floor Mat, Blue.

1MM.010.002

Floor Mat, Yellow.

1MM.010.003

Floor Mat, Red.

1MM.010.004

Floor Mat, Green.

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Giovanni

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Sensorial Material

... Our Sensory Material,

in fact, analyses and

represents the attributes

of things: dimensions,

forms, colors, smoothness

or roughness of surface,

weight, temperature,

flavor, noise, sounds ...

Spontaneous Activity in Education

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Sensorial Material

1MM.021

Knobless Cylinders

Set of four colour-coded wooden boxes,each containing a series of ten colouredwooden cylinders of the samedimensions as those of the CylinderBlocks, but without knobs.

1MM.020

Cylinder Blocks

Set of four wooden blocks, each with tensockets corresponding to as manyknobbed cylinders of different sizes.

Cylinder Block #1 1MM.020.1Wooden block with ten knobbedcylinders as follows: diameter decreases,height decreases.Cylinder Block #2 1MM.020.2Wooden block with ten knobbedcylinders as follows: same height,diameter decreases.Cylinder Block #3 1MM.020.3Wooden block with ten knobbedcylinders as follows: diameter decreases,height increases.Cylinder Block #4 1MM.020.4Wooden block with ten knobbedcylinders as follows: same diameter,height decreases.

1MM.022

Pink Tower

Series of ten pink wooden cubes gradedin size from one cubic centimetre to 1,000cubic centimetres.

1MM.022.1

Pink Tower Stand

Wooden square stand for the Pink Tower.

1MM.023

Small Cubes

Set of 271 small wooden cubes with anatural wood finish, in a wooden box;the cubes are the same size as the smallestcube of the Pink Tower.

1MM.020.1

1MM.020.2

1MM.020.3

1MM.020.4

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1MM.024

Broad Stair

Series of ten wooden prisms of the samelength. The square ends of the prismsare graded from one to 100 squarecentimetres.

1MM.025

Thin Prisms

Set of 19 wooden prisms with a naturalwood finish, in a wooden box; the prismsare the same size as the thinnest prismof the Broad Stair.

1MM.026

Long Rods

Series of ten red wooden rods differingin length only. The rods are graded inlength from ten centimetres to one metre.

1MM.027

Colour Tablets

Set of three wooden boxes containing 91colour tablets.

Colour Tablets Box # 1 1MM.027.1Set of three matching pairs of tablets forthe colours red, yellow and blue, in awooden box.Colour Tablets Box # 2 1MM.027.2Set of eleven matching pairs of tabletsfor the colours red, orange, yellow, green,blue, purple, pink, grey, brown, blackand white, in a wooden box.Colour Tablets Box # 3 1MM.027.3Set of 63 tablets where nine colours haveeach been graded into seven shades,from darkest to lightest, in a woodenbox.

1MM.027.4

Rainbow Tablets

Set of 12 tablets with rainbow colours,in a wooden box.

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Sensorial Material

1MM.028

Geometry Cabinet

Wooden cabinet with 7 drawers, one ofwhich is the presentation tray, containinga set of 39 red knobbed geometric insetswith white frames and three blank tiles,46,5x32x23h cm.

Presentation Tray 1MM.028.1Wooden tray with a special woodenmovable grid and containing three blanktiles and three knobbed geometric insets,with the relevant cards.

1MM.029

Geometry Cards

Three sets of 36 cards for matching, in awooden display box. The geometricfigures printed on the cards are identicalto the shapes in the Cabinet (1MM.028).The first set of cards has the completeshape in a solid colour; the second hasthe same shape in a thick outline ofcolour; the third shows the same shapein a thin outline.

1MM.030

Geometric Solids

Set of ten wooden solids, painted lightblue: cylinder, cone, cube, square prism,square pyramid, triangular prism,triangular pyramid, sphere, ovoid,ellipsoid plus three little wooden standsfor the solids which have no base. Alsoincluded are seven cards with printedoutlines of shapes matching the variousfaces of the solids.

1MM.030.1

Basket for Geometric Solids

Wicker basket for storing the GeometricSolids (1MM.030).

1MM.030.2

Box for Geometric Solids

Wooden box for storing the GeometricSolids (1MM.030).

1MM.030.2 1MM.030.1

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1MM.033

First Fabric Set

Set of 12 matching pairs of fabricsdiffering in texture and colour, in awooden box.

1MM.031

Touch Boards

Set of three wooden rectangular boardswith a rough or smooth surface asfollows: a) a board with half of thesurface rough and half smooth; b) aboard with a series of alternating roughand smooth strips; c) a board with aseries of rough strips arranged ingradation.

1MM.032

Touch Tablets

Set of six matching pairs of woodentablets that are covered with sandpaperof varying grades of roughness, in awooden box. Each pair is colour-codedon the back for a control of error.

1MM.034

Second Fabric Set

Set of 6 matching pairs of white fabricsdiffering in texture only, in a woodenbox.

1MM.035

Baric Tablets

Wooden box divided into threecompartments each containing a set ofsix wooden tablets; the three sets aregraded by weight since they are madefrom three different kinds of woodhaving different densities.

1MM.036

Thermic Bottles

Wooden box with two compartmentseach containing four metal bottles forpairing and grading according totemperature.

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Sensorial Material

1MM.039

OrnamentalGeometry Material

Set of three compartmentalised boxescontaining triangles, squares and circlesin three different colours. In each seriesthe figures are graded from onecentimetre to ten centimetres.

1MM.040

Constructive Triangles

Set of five wooden boxes in a naturalwood finish: two rectangular, onetriangular, one small hexagonal, and onelarge hexagonal. Each box contains a setof triangles of various types and sizes,in different colours.

1MM.037

Thermic Tablets

Wooden box with two compartmentscontaining six pairs of tablets of differentsubstances: iron, glass, marble, wood,felt and cork, all of which have differenttemperatures.

1MM.038

Sound Boxes

Set of two wooden boxes each containingsix wooden cylinders with sealed capspainted red or blue. These cylinders canbe paired and graded according to theirsounds.

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1MM.041

Blue Triangles

Wooden box containing 12 blue specialright-angled scalene triangles.

1MM.042

Binomial Cube

Wooden cube made up of 8 pieces: 2cubes painted red and blue respectively,and 6 prisms which are red and black orblue and black. The pieces are stored ina wooden box with a colour-codedpattern on the bottom and on the lid.The box has two hinged sides for easyremoval and replacement of the pieces.

1MM.043

Trinomial Cube

Wooden cube made up of 27 pieces:cubes and prisms painted red, blue,yellow and black. The pieces are storedin a wooden box with a colour-codedpattern on the bottom and on the lid.The box has two hinged sides for easyremoval and replacement of the pieces.

1MM.044

Mystery Box

Wooden box for hiding different objects.The box has two holes for the childrento put the hands inside and recognisethe objects by the sense of touch.34x30x19h cm.

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Silvia

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Language

... written language, in its

mechanical aspects, can be

directly associated with spoken

language and be practically

derived from it as another mode

of expression. This is especially

true during the period when

speech is naturally being fixed,

that is, during the sensitive

period ...

The Discovery of the Child

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Language

1MM.050

Metal Insets

Set of ten knobbed, blue metal insetswith yellow frames.

1MM.051

Sloping Stands

Set of two wooden sloping stands to holdthe ten Metal Insets (1MM.050).

1MM.051.7

Paper For Metal Insets

Set of 300 coloured sheets of paper,14x14 cm.

1MM.051.1

Shelving Unit forMetal Inset Material

Empty shelving unit for storage anddisplay of metal insets, sloping stands,coloured pencil holders, paper box, andpencil tray. 82x16x80h cm.

1MM.051.2

Coloured Pencil Holders

Set of 11 colour-coded, wooden holdersfor coloured pencils.

1MM.051.3

Box for Paper

A square wooden box to store sheets ofpaper for use with the Metal Insets.

1MM.051.4

Pencil Tray

Wooden tray to hold three pencils.

1MM.051.5

Coloured Pencils, 11 Doz.

Set of 11 dozen pencils in 11 colours.

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1MM.052.1

Sandpaper Letters: Cursive,European

Set of sandpaper letters mounted onwooden tablets with a blue backgroundfor consonants and a red background forvowels, in a wooden display box.

1MM.052.2

Sandpaper Letters: Print

Set of sandpaper letters mounted onwooden tablets with a blue backgroundfor consonants and a red background forvowels, in a wooden display box.

1MM.052.3

Sandpaper Letters: Cursive,USA

Set of sandpaper letters mounted onwooden tablets with a blue backgroundfor consonants and a red background forvowels, in a wooden display box.

1MM.052.5

Sandpaper Capital Letters:Print

Set of sandpaper capital letters mountedon wooden tablets with a bluebackground for consonants and a redbackground for vowels, in a woodendisplay box.

1MM.052.6

Set of sandpaper digraphs mounted onwooden tablets, in a wooden displaybox, as follows: ai, au, ei, eu, ie; ch, ng,nk, pf, sch, sp, st.

Sandpaper Digraphs:Print, German

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Language

1MM.053.1

Wall Charts: Cursive,European

Set of sandpaper letters mounted on sixcharts: one with a red background forvowels; five with a blue background forthe consonants, which are groupedaccording to shape.

1MM.053.2

Wall Charts: Print

Set of sandpaper letters mounted on sixcharts: one with a red background forvowels; five with a blue background forthe consonants, which are groupedaccording to shape.

1MM.053.3

Wall Charts: Cursive,USA

Set of sandpaper letters mounted on sixcharts: one with a red background forvowels; five with a blue background forthe consonants, which are groupedaccording to shape.

1MM.054.1

Movable Alphabet:Cursive, European

15 sets of red plastic vowels and 15 setsof blue plastic consonants, in a woodencompartmentalised box.

1MM.054.2

Movable Alphabet: Print

15 sets of red plastic vowels and 15 setsof blue plastic consonants, in a woodencompartmentalised box.

1MM.054.3

Movable Alphabet:Cursive, USA

15 sets of red plastic vowels and 15 setsof blue plastic consonants, in a woodencompartmentalised box.

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1MM.054.5

Small Movable Alphabet:Cursive, Blue

20 sets of blue plastic letters, in a woodencompartmentalised box.

1MM.054.6

Small Movable Alphabet:Cursive, Red

20 sets of red plastic letters, in a woodencompartmentalised box.

1MM.054.7

Small Movable Alphabet:Cursive, Green

20 sets of green plastic letters, in awooden compartmentalised box.

1MM.054.8

Small Movable Alphabet:Cursive, Black

20 sets of black plastic letters, in awooden compartmentalised box.

1MM.054.9

Small Movable Alphabet:Cursive, Yellow

20 sets of yellow plastic letters, in awooden compartmentalised box.

1MM.055

Printed Alphabet

Set of two movable alphabets printed onplastic cards: a) a wooden box with a redlid, containing 20 sets of letters printedin red; b) another identical wooden boxwith a blue lid, containing 20 sets ofletters printed in blue. Capital letters areprinted on the back of the cards.

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Language

1MM.056

Spelling Card Holders

Set of two wooden display boxes forspelling cards.

1MM.057

Nomenclature Card Holders

Set of six colour-coded wooden displayboxes to store nomenclature cards.

1MM.058

Detective Adjective Game

Set of 63 red, yellow and blue plastictriangles of different sizes and kindstogether with the relevant descriptioncards, in a wooden box.

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1MM.059.1

Basic Grammar Symbols,Paper

Bag of 30 sets of ten different grammarsymbols in paper.

1MM.059.3

Advanced Grammar Symbols,Paper

Bag of 20 sets of five different grammarsymbols in paper.

1MM.059.2

Ten sets of five different cardboardgrammar symbols, in a woodencompartmentalised box.

Advanced Grammar Symbols,Cardboard

1MM.059

15 sets of ten different cardboardgrammar symbols, in a woodencompartmentalised box.

Basic Grammar Symbols,Cardboard

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Language

1MM.061

Italian

1MM.061.A

English

1MM.061.G

German

1MM.060

Italian

1MM.060.A

English

1MM.060.G

German

This set is made up of a chart and awooden box containing the relevantmovable material.

Reading Analysis: First Set

This set is made up of a chart and awooden box containing the relevantmovable material (disks, arrows andtriangles) in appropriate sizes andcolours.

Reading Analysis: Second Set

1MM.061.1

Italian

1MM.061.1A

English

Printed chart for Sentence Analysis.

Sentence Analysis Chart

1MM.061.1G

German

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1MM.063

Grammar Cards, Blank

Complete set of blank, colour-codedcards for 1MM.062.

1MM.061.2

Italian

1MM.061.2A

English

1MM.061.2G

German

This set is made up of four wooden boxescontaining the relevant movable material(disks, arrows and triangles) inappropriate sizes and colours.

Sentence Analysis:First and Second Set

1MM.062.1A

Cards for Grammar Boxes

The cards are made of plastic and arecolour-coded and labelled according tothe parts of the speech.

1MM.062

Grammar Boxes

Set of eight wooden boxes each with alarge compartment and small ones. Theboxes are colour-coded according to thecorresponding parts of speech.

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Language

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1MM.064

Grammar Filling Boxes

Set of 33 coloured wooden boxes forstorage of the Grammar Cards.The set is made of:4 black boxes with tan top – article andnoun6 brown boxes - adjective5 red boxes - verb4 purple boxes - preposition4 pink boxes - adverb4 green boxes - pronoun3 yellow boxes - conjunction3 blue boxes - interjection

1MM.064.2

Varnished Display Box

1MM.064.1

Grammar Command CardDisplay Boxes

Set of nine coloured wooden boxes forstorage of the Command Cards.The set is made of:1 black box – noun2 brown boxes - adjective2 red boxes - verb1 purple boxes - preposition1 pink boxes - adverb1 green boxes - pronoun1 yellow boxes - conjunction

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1MM.065

Doll House

Wooden house for dolls, with a clearplastic sloping roof for seeing and noexternal walls to put dolls and housefurnishing inside. 62X63X56h cm

1MM.065.1

Doll House Furnishing

Set of five little wooden dolls togetherwith a set furnishing for the Doll House.

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MathematicsGeometry

... Because of this vital importance

of mathematics the school must

use special methods for teaching it

and make clear and comprehensible

its elements with the help of plenty

of apparatus that demonstrates the

“materialized abstractions“ of

mathematics ...

From Childhood to Adolescence

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Mathematics

1MM.080

Number Rods

Set of ten wooden rods graded in lengthfrom ten centimetres to one metre. Theyare identical to the Long Rods exceptthat each ten centimetre section isalternately painted red and blue.

1MM.081

Matching Numerals

Set of wooden cards with the numerals1-10 printed in red for matching symbolsto the corresponding quantities, in awooden box.

1MM.082

Sandpaper Digits:European

Set of ten wooden tablets with the digits0-9 in sandpaper, in a wooden displaybox.

1MM.083

Sandpaper Digits:American

Set of ten wooden tablets with the digits0-9 in sandpaper, in a wooden displaybox.

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1MM.086

Cards and Counters

Set of 55 red wooden counters and aset of wooden numerals 1-10 printed inred, in a box with two compartments.

1MM.084

Spindle Box

Wooden box divided into tencompartments with the numerals 0-9printed in sequence along the top.

1MM.085

Wooden Spindles

Set of 45 wooden spindles and 8 redribbons, in a wooden box.

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Mathematics

1MM.090

Golden Bead Thousand Cube

A golden bead thousand cube, in a smallwooden box.

1MM.087

Golden Bead Units

Set of 10 golden single beads for units,in a small wooden box.

1MM.088

Golden Bead Bars of Ten

Set of 10 golden bead bars, in a woodenbox.

1MM.089

Golden Bead Hundred Squares

Set of 10 golden bead squares, in awooden box.

1MM.092

Wooden Tray

Wooden tray, 40x13 cm.

1MM.092.1

Introduction to Quantity

Set of golden bead material as follows:a bead unit, a bead bar, a bead squareand a bead cube. All is contained in aspecial wooden tray, as shown in thepicture.

1MM.092.2

Introduction to Symbols

Set of number cards representing 1, 10,100 and 1000, in a wooden box.

1MM.091

Large Numerals 1-1000

Set of large number cards, in a woodenbox. The numeral cards have differentlengths and colours according to thehierarchies: green for 1-9, blue for 10-90,red for 100-900 and green for 1000.

1MM.092.3

Introduction toDecimal System

Set made of 1MM.087, 1MM.088,1MM.089, 1MM.090 and 1MM.092.

1MM.092.1 1MM.092.2

1MM.090 1MM.089 1MM.088 1MM.087

1MM.092

1MM.091

1MM.092.3

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1MM.093

Golden Bead Units

Wooden box with 100 individual goldenbeads for units.

1MM.094

Golden Bead Bars of Ten

Set of 45 golden bead bars of ten, in awooden box.

1MM.095

Wooden Hundred Squares

Set of 45 silk-screened wooden squares,in a wooden tray.

1MM.096

Wooden Thousand Cubes

Set of 9 silk-screened wooden cubes, ina wooden tray.

1MM.097

Large Numerals 1-9000

Set of large number cards, in a woodenbox. The cards have different lengthsand colours according to the hierarchies:green for 1-9, blue for 10-90, red for 100-900 and green for 1000-9000.

1MM.097.1

Large Numerals 1-9000,Wooden

Set of large wooden number cards1-9000 with different length and coloursaccording to the hierarchies, in a woodenbox.

1MM.099.2 1MM.099.1 1MM.100

1MM.096 1MM.095 1MM.093 1MM.098

1MM.0971MM.094

Small Numerals 1-9000, Wooden

1MM.099.2

Wooden Tray, Medium

Wooden tray, 25x28 cm.

1MM.100

Wooden Tray, Large

Wooden tray, 25x43 cm.

1MM.100.2

Decimal System Material,Complete Set

Set made up of 1MM.093, 1MM.094,1MM.095, 1MM.096, 1MM.097, 1MM.098,4 pieces of 1MM.099.1, 4 pieces of 1MM.099.2and 1MM.100.

1MM.099.1

Wooden Tray, Small

Wooden tray, 11x11 cm.

1MM.098

Small Numerals 1-3000

Three sets of small number cards, in awooden box. The cards have differentlengths and colours according to thehierarchies: green for 1-9, blue for 10-90,red for 100-900 and green for 1000-3000.

1MM.100.2

1MM.097.1

1MM.098.2

1MM.098.1

1MM.098.1

Set of small number cards, in a woodenbox. The cards have different coloursaccording to the hierarchies: green for 1-9, blue for 10-90, red for 100-900 andgreen for 1000-9000.

Small Numerals 1-9000, Wooden

1MM.098.2

Set of small wooden number cards 1-9000with different lengths and colours accordingto the hierarchies, in a wooden box.

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1MM.101

Stamp Game

This material is contained in a woodenbox divided into six compartments. Thestamps are organized by hierarchicalcolour: green, blue and red; and by thenumerals printed on them: 1, 10, 100 and1000. The material includes colour-codedskittles and disks.

Mathematics

1MM.104

Séguin Teen Boards

Set of two wooden boards with a naturalwood finish, each divided into five equalsections. The numeral 10 is printed onthe boards. The numerals 1-9 are printedon wooden tablets. A wooden box isprovided to store these materials.

1MM.105

Bead Bars for Teen Boards

Wooden box containing nine golden tenbars plus a coloured bead stair 1-9.

1MM.102

Dot Game Board

Special erasable, plasticized, graph boardin a wooden frame with columns forunits, tens, hundreds, thousands and tenthousands.

1MM.103

Dot Game Forms

Set of 30 forms.(no picture).

1MM.102.1

Erasable Felt-tip Pen, Black

(no picture).

1MM.102.2

Erasable Felt-tip Pen, Red

(no picture).

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1MM.106

Séguin Ten Boards

Set of two wooden boards with a naturalwood finish, each divided into five equalsections. The numerals 10-90 are printedon the boards. The numerals 1-9 areprinted on wooden tablets. A woodenbox is provided to store these materials.

1MM.107

Bead Bars For Ten Boards

Set of nine golden ten bars plus tengolden unit beads, in a wooden box.

1MM.108

Bead Chains of 100 and 1000

This material consists of: a) ten goldenbead bars of ten linked together to formthe hundred chain; b) ten goldenhundred chains linked together to formthe thousand chain; c) a wooden wallrack with hooks for hanging the chains.

1MM.109

Arrows for Bead Chainsof 100 and 1000

Two sets of arrows in hierarchicalcolours: one for the hundred chain andone for the thousand chain, in plasticboxes.

1MM.110

Short Bead Chains

This material consists of: a) a set ofcoloured bead chains for the numbers1-10; b) a set of the correspondingcoloured bead squares; c) a wooden wallrack with hooks for hanging the chains.60x75x90h cm.

1MM.110.1

Arrows for Short Bead Chains

Complete set of arrows for the ShortChains, in 10 plastic boxes.

1MM.108

1MM.110.1

1MM.110

1MM.109

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1MM.111

Bead Material: Cubes,Squares and Chains

Set of short and long bead chainstogether with the corresponding squaresand cubes. The material is made out ofthe coloured bead bars 1-10.

Mathematics

1MM.112

Arrows for Bead Material

Complete set of arrows for the short andlong chains of 1MM.111, in 20 plasticboxes.

1MM.113

Cabinet for Bead Material

Wooden cabinet with shelves of differentlengths, hooks for hanging chains, andcastors to allow mobility in theclassroom. This cabinet is for item1MM.111

1MM.114

Addition Snake Game

Wooden tray containing:a) a compartmentalized wooden boxwith ten bars of each of the colouredbead bars 1-9; b) a wooden box dividedinto two compartments and holding ablack and white bead stair 1-9, plus 20golden bead bars of ten.

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1MM.115

Addition Strip Board

This material consists of: a) a boarddivided into squares and with thenumerals 1-18 printed along the top anda vertical red line drawn after the 10;b) a wooden box containing nine blueand nine red wooden strips of varyinglengths with the printed numerals 1-9.The blue strips are undivided whereasthe red strips are divided into squares.

1MM.116

Addition Charts and Tiles

This material consists of six charts anda wooden box containing 81 woodennumber tiles.

1MM.117

Addition Booklets

Set of 10 booklets of 9 forms each withpreprinted combinations to be completedwith the missing answers.

1MM.117.1

Addition Problems

Wooden box containing two sets ofprinted cards in two separatecompartments as follows: a) all thepossible addition problems from theaddition charts; b) all the correspondinganswers.

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1MM.119

Snake Gamewith Negative Numbers

Wooden tray containing: a) acompartmentalized wooden box withten bars of each of the coloured beadbars 1-9; b) a wooden box with five barsof each of the grey bead bars 1-9;c) a wooden box divided into twocompartments and holding a black andwhite bead stair 1-9, plus 20 golden beadbars of ten; d) a wooden box dividedinto two compartments and holding 20grey bead bars of ten plus a silver andwhite bead stair 1-9.

Mathematics

1MM.119.1

Signed Numbers

Two compartmentalized boxes for thepositive and the negative numbersrespectively. The first box contains thenumbers from +1 to +9 printed in blackon white cardboard squares, plus blankwhite squares for writing on; the secondbox contains the numbers from -1 to -9printed in black on grey squares, plusblank grey squares for writing on. Eachbox also contains the number 0 printedin white on black squares. Each boxcantains 10 sets of numerals 0 - 9.

1MM.118

Subtraction Snake Game

Wooden tray containing: a) acompartmentalized wooden box withten bars of each of the coloured beadbars 1-9; b) a wooden box with five barsof each of the grey bead bars 1- 9;c) a wooden box divided into twocompartments and holding a black andwhite bead stair 1-9, plus 20 golden beadbars of ten.

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1MM.120

Subtraction Strip Board

This material consists of: a) a boarddivided into squares and with thenumerals 1-18 printed along the top anda blue vertical line before the 10; b) awooden box containing nine red andnine blue strips of varying lengths withthe printed numerals 1-9. The blue stripsare undivided whereas the red strips aredivided into squares; c) a wooden boxcontaining 17 wooden strips of varyinglengths and in a natural wood finish.

1MM.121

Subtraction Charts and Tiles

This material consists of three charts,and a wooden box containing 90 woodennumber tiles.

1MM.122

Subtraction Booklets

Set of 10 booklets of 18 forms each withpreprinted combinations to be completedwith the missing answers.

1MM.122.1

Subtraction Problems

Wooden box containing two sets ofprinted cards in two separatecompartments as follows: a) all possiblesubtraction problems from thesubtraction charts; b) all thecorresponding answers.

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Mathematics

1MM.123

Multiplication Bead Board

This material consists of: a) a woodenboard with 100 cavities in ten rows of 10and the numerals 1-10 printed along thetop, and a slot on the left side of theboard; b) a wooden box withcompartments containing 100 greenbeads plus number cards 1-10 and a reddisk.

1MM.124

Multiplication Chart and Tiles

This material consists of a set of fivecharts, and a wooden box containing 100wooden number tiles.

1MM.125

Multiplication Booklets

Set of 10 booklets of 10 forms each withpreprinted combinations to be completedwith the missing answers.

1MM.125.1

Multiplication Problems

Wooden box containing two sets ofprinted cards in two separatecompartments as follows: a) all possibleproblems from the multiplication charts;b) all the corresponding answers.

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1MM.126

Bead Decanomial

55 sets of the coloured bead bars 1-10,in a wooden box divided into tencompartments.

1MM.126.1

Sensorial Decanomial

Set of plastic colour-coded squares andrectangles to represent the square of adecanomial, in a wooden box dividedinto ten compartments.

1MM.126.3

Coloured Bead Stair 1-10

1MM.126.4

Black & White Bead Stair

1MM.126.2

Coloured Bead Stair 1-9

1MM.126.5

Black & Grey Bead Stair

1MM.126.6

Grey Bead Stair

1MM.126.7

Box for One Bead Bar Stair

Empty wooden box for storage of onebead bar stair.

1MM.126.8

Box for One Bead Bar Stair

Empty w ooden box for storage of up to10 bead bar stairs.

1MM.126.2

1MM.126.5

1MM.126.4

1MM.126.6

1MM.126.31MM.126.7

1MM.126.8

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1MM.128

Division Charts and Tiles

This material consists of a set of twocharts, and a wooden box containing 81wooden number tiles.

1MM.127

Unit Division Board,Beads and Skittles

This material consists of: a) a woodenboard with 81 cavities in nine rows of 9and with the numerals 1-9 printed bothalong the top and vertically down theleft side; b) a wooden box withcompartments containing 81 green unitbeads and 9 green wooden skittles.

1MM.129

Division Booklets

Ten sets of 36 forms each, to be completedwith the missing dividends and answers.

1MM.129.1

Division Problems

Wooden box containing two sets ofprinted cards in two separatecompartments as follows: a) all possibledivision problems from the divisioncharts; b) all the corresponding answers.

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1MM.130

Small Bead Frame

Wooden self-standing frame with fourhorizontal wires, each strung with tenbeads in the appropriate hierarchicalcolour. On the left side of the frame thereis a strip in white and grey to indicatethe families of numbers.

1MM.131

Forms for Small Bead Frame

Set of 30 forms for the Small Bead Frame.

1MM.132

Wooden Hierarchical Material

This material consists of 3 cubes and 4prisms in wood. Each piece is in theappropriate hierarchical colour and size,so as to give a geometric representationof units, tens and hundreds in thedifferent families of numbers. Set of cardswith the numerals 1, 10, 100, 1,000,10,000, 100,000 and 1,000,000 is includedfor matching to the quantities.

1MM.133

Large Bead Frame

Wooden self-standing frame with sevenhorizontal wires, each strung with tenbeads in the appropriate hierarchicalcolour. On the left side of the frame thereis a white, grey and black strip to indicatethe families of numbers.

1MM.134

Forms for Large Bead Frame

Set of 30 forms for the Large Bead Frame.

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Mathematics

1MM.135

Forms: Multiples

Set of 30 forms for the study of multiples.

1MM.136

Forms: Pythagoras

Set of 30 forms for the multiplicationtables.

1MM.137

Forms to 50

Set of 30 multiplication forms forproducts up to 50.

1MM.138

Forms to 100

Set of 30 multiplication forms forproducts up to 100.

1MM.139

Forms: Factors

Set of 30 forms for factors.

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1MM.135 1MM.136

1MM.137

1MM.138

1MM.139

1MM.139.2A

1MM.139.1A

1MM.139.1

1MM.139.2

1MM.139.1

Pythagoras Board

Wooden table with a box of plastic tilesand a plastic control chart.

1MM.139.2

Hundred Board

Wooden table with a box of wooden tilesand a plastic control chart.

1MM.139.1A

Pythagoras Boardwith wooden tiles

Wooden table with a box of wooden tilesand a plastic control chart.

1MM.139.2A

Hundred Boardwith wooden tiles

Wooden table with a box of wooden tilesand a plastic control chart.

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1MM.140

Checkerboard

Wooden board with squares made outof felt. The squares are arranged inhierarchically coloured diagonals, fromsimple units to millions. The bead barsand number cards of 1MM.141 areneeded for working with thecheckerboard.

1MM.141

Bead Bars and Cards

Two wooden compartmentalized boxescontaining: a) a box with 20 bars of eachof the coloured bead bars 1-9; b) a boxwith 7 sets of the digits 0-9 printed on awhite background and 4 sets on a greybackground.

1MM.142

Golden Bead Frame

Wooden bead frame with 10 goldenbeads for each of the nine vertical wires.Along the top of the frame there is a stripin white, grey and black to indicate thefamilies of numbers. The right side ismarked with the hierarchical colours andalong the bottom of the frame a red zerois printed below each wire. The numbercards of 1MM.143 are needed forworking with the golden bead frame.

1MM.143

Number Cards

Wooden box containing 4 sets of thedigits 0-9 printed in black on a greybackground.

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1MM.144

Bank Game

This material consists of number cardscontained in a wooden compartmentalizedbox, as follows: a) number cards for themultiplicand from 1-9 units through to 1-9thousand, with the numerals printed in blackon a hierarchically colour-coded background;b) number cards for the multiplier with thenumerals printed in black on a greybackground: four sets of cards with 1-9, pluscards with 0, 00, and 000; c) number cardsfor the products from 1-9 units through to1-9 hundred million, with the numeralsprinted in hierarchical colours on a whitebackground; d) name tags for the differentroles played by the children in the game.

1MM.146

Forms for ShortDivision to Thousands

Set of 30 forms for dividends up to thethousands.

1MM.145

Division Material

This material is used for both short andlong division, with dividends up to themillions and divisors of 1 to 4 digits. Thecomplete set of material consists of: a)seven wooden racks (3 white for simpleunits, 3 grey for thousands, 1 black formillions) each containing ten glass tubes,each of which holds exactly ten beads;b) 700 hundred beads in green, blue orred, for the glass tubes; c) seven cups inwhite, grey or black on the outside andwith the appropriate hierarchical colouron the inside; d) four wooden divisionboards, hierarchically colour-coded; e)four sets of wooden skittles inhierarchical colours, 36 in all, in awooden box; f) a wooden tray forholding the material and a wooden boxfor storing the material.

1MM.147 1MM.146

1MM.148 Forms for LongDivision1MM.148

Set of 30 forms for dividends up to themillions and a divisor of 2 digits.

Forms for ShortDivision to Millions1MM.147

Set of 30 forms for dividends up to themillions.

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1MM.149

Fraction Insets

Set of red metal fraction circles rangingfrom one whole to ten tenths. Eachfraction circle rests in a green metalframe, and each inset piece is providedwith a knob. The two wooden stands ofitem 1MM.051 can be used to displaythe insets.

1MM.150

Centesimal Circleand Protractor

Set of two metal plates as follows:a) for the conversion of common fractionsto decimal fractions;b) protractor with 360 degrees formeasuring angles.

1MM.151

Decimal Board Material

This material consists of: a) a felt-coveredboard with 13 columns for placing beadsand little disks according to their value;b) a wooden box with 3 compartmentscontaining 300 green, blue and red beads;c) a wooden box with 6 compartmentscontaining 600 little green, blue and reddisks in two shades of colour; d) awooden box with three compartmentscontaining 9 green, blue and red woodenskittles, 27 in all; e) a woodencompartmentalized box containing 3 setsof decimal number cards from 0.1 - 0.9through to 0.000001 - 0.000009, and wholenumber cards 1 - 9, all printed inhierarchical colours.

1MM.152

Decimal Checkerboard

Wooden board with 49 squares madeout of felt, coloured in shades of green,blue and red. The squares are arrangedin diagonals to represent the hierarchiesfrom millions to millionths, and todifferentiate decimals from wholenumbers. The bead bars and numbercards of item 1MM.141 are needed forworking with the decimal checkerboard.

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1MM.154

Square Root Pegboard

This material consists of a wooden boardwith 900 holes, and a wooden box withthree compartments containing 300green, blue and red wooden pegs.

1MM.155

Square Root Bead Board

Wooden board with 225 holes, and awooden box with three compartmentscontaining 300 green, blue and red beads.

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1MM.153

Fraction Skittles

Set of four large wooden skittles:a) one whole skittle; b) one skittle dividedinto two halves with matching red sides;c) one skittle divided into three thirdswith matching orange sides; d) one skittledivided into four fourths with matchinggreen sides.

1MM.153.1

Fraction Skittles Tray

Tray with four insets on the base forholding the Fraction Skittles.

1MM.153.2

Fraction Skittles Box

Wooden box for storage of the fourFraction Skittles.

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1MM.156

Cubing and Cube RootMaterial

Special wooden box divided into ninehorizontal compartments, eachcontaining a wooden cube and 28wooden prisms with the same coloursas the bead material 1-9.

1MM.157

Hierarchical Trinomial Cube

Wooden cube made up of 27 pieces:cubes and prims painted blue, red, white,yellow, orange, brown and green. Thepieces are stored in a wooden box witha colour-coded pattern on the lid. Thebox has two hinged sides for easyremoval and replacement of the pieces.

1MM.158

Powers of Two

Cube made up of seven pieces: threeyellow cubes, two green and two whiteprims. The material is contained in awooden box with two hinged sides.

1MM.159

Powers of Three

Cube made up of 13 pieces: five yellowcubes, four white and four green prisms.The material is contained in a woodenbox with two hinged sides.

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1MM.159.1

Multibase Rods

Wooden box holding a set of 19 strips innatural wood and of different lengths.The strips serve to build number rodsfor different bases (from base 11 to base16) and this material has to be combinedwith the Number Rods for the decimalsystem (1MM.080).The two sets of material together areused for counting in 15 different bases,which leads to a clear understanding ofthe highest number of units in thedifferent number systems as well as ofthe different “tens” involved. The rodsare accompanied by a set of woodencards with the numbers 1-9, A-F and 10,for the association of quantities andsymbols.

Identity Cards 1MM.159.1ATwo sets of cards for the number systemsserve for the identification of each systemin two different ways (no picture).

1MM.159.2

Multibase HierarchicalMaterial - Bases 2 and 3

Material consisting of: a) a wooden boardcovered by clear plastic; b) 32 cubes andprisms in hierarchical colours,constituting a geometrical representationof the hierarchies involved for both bases;c) the related disks for the powers, frompower 0 to the 6th power, for both bases.The cubes, prisms and disks are storedin a wooden box.The material is used for countingforwards and backwards, the formationof numbers, addition and subtraction,and the conversion of numbers frombase 10 to base 2 or 3 and vice versa.

1MM.160

Multibase Bead Frame

Horizontal wooden frame with 12vertical wires (from power 0 to the 11thpower), each strung with 16 beads in thehierarchical colours. The frame has aspecial wooden screen with a smallcircular window and a scale forindicating the number system (from base2 to base 16).The material is used for counting,forming numbers, adding, subtractingand multiplying in the various numbersystems.

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1MM.170

Algebric Binomial Cube

The Binomial Cube is smaller than theone used in “Casa dei Bambini”(1MM.042). This material for (a+b)3provides the basis for the sensorialconstruction of higher powers of thesame binomial: (a+b)4 and (a+b)5. Thematerial is stored in a wooden box withtwo hinged sides for easy removal andreplacement of the pieces and withcolour-coded pattern on the lid.

1MM.170

1MM.176

1MM.175

1MM.174

1MM.173

1MM.171

1MM.172

Fifth Power of a Sum: (a+b)5

Set of 32 variously coloured woodenprisms, to represent the formula of thebinomial (a+b) raised to the fifth power.The material is stored in a wooden boxwith two hinged sides for easy removaland replacement of the pieces.

Forth Power of a Sum - 1st box1MM.175

Forth Power of a Sum - 2nt box1MM.176

Forth Power of a Sum: (a+b)4

Set of 16 variously coloured woodenprisms, to represent the formula of thebinomial (a+b) raised to the fourthpower. The material is stored in awooden box with two hinged sides foreasy removal and replacement of thepieces.

Forth Power of a Sum - 1st box1MM.171

Forth Power of a Sum - 2nt box1MM.172

Forth Power of a Sum - 3rd box1MM.173

Forth Power of a Sum - 4th box1MM.174

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1MM.180

Geometry Sticks

Ten sets of colour-coded wooden sticksranging from 2 to 20 centimetres and aspecial set of sticks in natural wood, ina wooden compartmentalised box. Thebox also contains curved sticks, ameasuring angle made of plastic, aplumb line and fasteners. The workboard(1MM.180.1) is needed with this material.

1MM.180.1

Workboard

Wooden cork-covered board, measuring60 x 50 cm, for use with 1MM.180.

Geometry

1MM.181

Squares

Set of nine metal plates. One platecontains a whole square; four platescontain the square divided intorectangles or smaller squares; four platescontain the square divided into triangles.

1MM.182

Triangles

Set of four metal plates containing fourequilateral triangles as follows: onewhole; one divided into halves; onedivided into thirds; and one divided intofourths.

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1MM.183

Equivalence Material

Set of 13 metal plates containing insetsdesigned to demonstrate thetransformation of various geometricshapes into equivalent rectangles andalso a particular theorem of equivalence.

1MM.184

Theorem of Pythagoras

Set of 3 metal plates with insets for thedemonstration of different cases of thetheorem: a) two sides of the triangle areequal; b) the sides of the triangle are inthe proportion of 3:4:5; c) Euclideandemonstration.

1MM.185

Other Geometric Figures

Set of three metal plates containing thefollowing: a small equilateral triangle,an equilateral trapezoid and anequilateral triangle inscribed in a circle.

1MM.186

Inscribed andCircumscribed Figures

Set of nine metal plates containing foursquares and five circles in the appropriatesizes.

All geometry insets - from 1MM.181 to 1MM.186 – can be stored in 1MM.230 Cabinet for Geography/Geometry Insets.

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1MM.188

Yellow Area Material

Set of 20 yellow wooden geometricfigures, most of which are covered by agrid of squares, in a wooden box.

1MM.189

Yellow Prisms for Volume

Yellow wooden prism divided into fiveequal sections that are markedappropriately.

1MM.190

Wooden Cubes for Volume

Set of 250 wooden cubes in a naturalwood finish and with an edge of 2centimetres, in a wooden box with aremovable side.

1MM.190.1

Small Wooden Cubesfor Volume

Set of 1000 wooden cubes in a naturalwood finish and with an edge of 1centimetre, in a wooden box.

Geometry

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1MM.191

Large Geometric Solids,First Box

Set of 6 blue wooden solids, in a woodenbox, as follows: a square prism, twotriangular prisms (one whole and onedivided into halves), a rhombic prismand two hexagonal prisms (one wholeand one divided into three parts).

1MM.192

Large Geometric Solids,Second Box

Set of 12 blue wooden solids, in awooden box, as follows: a squarepyramid with the two related prisms(tall and short), a triangular pyramidwith the two related prisms (tall andshort), a cone with the two relatedcylinders (tall and short), a sphere, anellipsoid and an ovoid.

1MM.193

Large Geometric Solids,Third Box

Set of three hollow metal solids paintedblue: the square pyramid and the tworelated prisms, in a wooden box.

1MM.194

Trisected Cube

Wooden cube divided into three identicalpyramids, in a wooden box.

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BotanyGeographyMusic

... But it is logical that if there

are (...) natural aptitudes to

easy acquisition of culture,

we should take advantage of

them, and surround the child

with things to handle which

in themselves convey steps in

culture ...

Education for a New World

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1MM.210

Leaf Shapes, Insets

Set of 24 knobbed wooden insets withtheir frames.

1MM.211

Leaf Shapes, Cards

Three sets of leaf shape cards printed asfollows: one set with shapes in a solidgreen, one set with a shape in a thickoutline and one set with shapes in a thinoutline. They match the leaf shapes ofthe insets. The three sets, made of 24cards each, are stored in a woodendisplay box with three compartments.

1MM.212

Tree, Leaf & Flower Puzzles

Set of three large puzzles for the partsof a tree, of a leaf and of a flower; eachpiece has a knob for easy removal.

1MM.213

Wooden Cabinet for Insets

Empty wooden cabinet with seven trays.The cabinet is made to contain the botanyinsets (1MM.210 - 1MM.212).46.5x32x23h cm

1MM.209

Botany Cabinet

Set made up of 1MM.210, 1MM.212and 1MM.213. 46.5x32x23h cm.

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1MM.220.3

Coloured Globe

Plastic globe with colour-codedcontinents and oceans painted blue.

Geography

1MM.220.1

Sandpaper Globe

Plastic globe with rough sandpaper forland and smooth blue paint for water.

1MM.220.2

Blue & White Globe

Plastic globe with smooth white paintfor land and smooth blue paint for water.

Geography Puzzle MapsPuzzle Maps consist of wooden framesand knobbed puzzle pieces painted inbright colours with chip-resistant paint.The frame of the Puzzle Maps can beeither without the back or with a clearplastic back.

Cardboard MapsControl Charts are to be used with thecorrespondent Puzzle Map. They have theoutlines of countries and may beunlabelled, labelled with the names ofcountries or labelled with the names ofcapitals.

Geography Puzzle Mapswithout backAllow the children to draw the outlineof the continent or state and to putCardboard Maps (control chart)underneath.

Geography Puzzle Mapswith backCan be easily moved from one place tothe other without having pieces fallingwhile lifting the Puzzle Maps but stillhaving the possibility to put theCardboard Maps (control chart)underneath the puzzles.

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Italy Puzzle Map

1 Cardboard Map of Italy, Unlabelled1MM.223.IT1 (no picture)

1 Cardboard Map of Italy, Regions, Italian1MM.223.IT2 (no picture)

1 Cardboard Map of Italy, Regional Capitals,Italian 1MM.223.IT3 (no picture)

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North America Puzzle Map

1 Cardboard Map of North America,Unlabelled 1MM.222.1 (no picture)

1 Cardboard Map of North America,Countries, English 1MM.222.2 (no picture)

1 Cardboard Map of North America, Capitals,English 1MM.222.3 (no picture)

Puzzle Map of the World

1 Cardboard Map of the World, Unlabelled1MM.221.1 (no picture)

1 Cardboard Map of the World, Continentsand Oceans, English 1MM.221.2(no picture)

U.S.A. Puzzle Map

1 Cardboard Map of USA, Unlabelled1MM.223.US1 (no picture)

1 Cardboard Map of USA, States, English1MM.223.US2 (no picture)

1 Cardboard Map of USA, State Capitals,English 1MM.223.US3 (no picture)

1MM.221 without back

1MM.221.S01 with back

1MM.222 without back

1MM.222.S01 with back

1MM.223.IT without back

1MM.223.IT.S01 with back

1MM.223.US without back

1MM.223.US.S01 with back

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Europe Puzzle Map

1 Cardboard Map of Europe, Unlabelled1MM.226.1 (no picture)

1 Cardboard Map of Europe, Countries,English 1MM.226.2 (no picture)

1 Cardboard Map of Europe, Capitals, English1MM.226.3 (no picture)

1MM.226 without back

1MM.226.S01 with back

South America Puzzle Map

1 Cardboard Map of South America,Unlabelled 1MM.225.1 (no picture)

1 Cardboard Map of South America,Countries, English 1MM.225.2 (no picture)

1 Cardboard Map of South America, Capitals,English 1MM.225.3 (no picture)

1MM.225 without back

1MM.225.S01 with back

Central America Puzzle Map

1 Cardboard Map of Central America,Unlabelled 1MM.224.1 (no picture)

1 Cardboard Map of Central America,Countries, English 1MM.224.2 (no picture)

1 Cardboard Map of Central America,Capitals, English 1MM.224.3 (no picture)

1MM.224 without back

1MM.224.S01 with back

Canada Puzzle Map

1 Cardboard Map of Canada,Unlabelled 1MM.223.CA1 (no picture)

1 Cardboard Map of Canada,Countries, English 1MM.223.CA2 (no picture)

1 Cardboard Map of Canada,Capitals, English 1MM.223.CA3 (no picture)

1MM.223.CA without back

1MM.223.CA.S01 with back

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Asia Puzzle Map

1 Cardboard Map of Asia, Unlabelled1MM.227.1 (no picture)

1 Cardboard Map of Asia, Countries, English1MM.227.2 (no picture)

1 Cardboard Map of Asia, Capitals, English1MM.227.3 (no picture)

1MM.230

Cabinet for Geography /Geometry Insets

Wooden cabinet with 10 drawers for thestorage of either all the Puzzle Maps andrelated cardboard maps (from 1MM.221to 1MM.229) or Geometry Material (from1MM.181 to 1MM.186).67x51x75,5h cm.

Australia Puzzle Map

1 Cardboard Map of Australia, Unlabelled1MM.229.1

1 Cardboard Map of Australia, Countries,English 1MM.229.2

1 Cardboard Map of Australia, Capitals,English 1MM.229.3

Africa Puzzle Map

1 Cardboard Map of Africa, Unlabelled1MM.228.1

1 Cardboard Map of Africa, Countries,English 1MM.228.2

1 Cardboard Map of Africa, Capitals, English1MM.228.3

1MM.227 without back

1MM.227.S01 with back

1MM.228 without back

1MM.228.S01 with back

1MM.229 without back

1MM.229.S01 with back

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1MM.231

Flags of The World

Set of 62 flags of the world with flagpoles.

1MM.232

Flag Arch

A large wooden arch to display the worldflags; it can display up to 64 flags.

1MM.232.1

Flag Stand

A small wooden board with 32 cavitiesto display as many flags.

1MM.233

Strips for Experiments onElasticity

Four series of ten strips each; the stripsare in natural wood and vary in lengthfrom 10 centimetres to 1 metre. The fourseries are distinguished by thickness: 5mm or 1 cm; and by the type of wood.

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Flags of Europe 1MM.231.1Set of 20 flags with flagpoles.

Flags of the Americas 1MM.231.2Set of 15 flags with flagpoles.

Flags of Asia 1MM.231.3Set of 15 flags with flagpoles.

Flags of Africa 1MM.231.4Set of 10 flags with flagpoles.

Flags of Australia 1MM.231.5Set of 2 flags with flagpoles.

1MM.232.2

Single Flag Stand

Wooden stand for one single flag.

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1MM.242

Note Position Material

Wooden box with compartments containingthe following material: a) treble and bassclef, crescendo and diminuendo, andaccidentals; b) 8 white wooden disks withthe names of the notes on one side and thenumbers 1-8 on the other side; c) 64 woodendisks bearing the notes of the C major scale;d) 20 black wooden disks; e) 15 disks forsemitones.

1MM.243

Staff Boards

Set of three wooden boards as follows:a) an indented green wooden board withlines of the staff and round socketslabelled with the numbers 1-8 tocorrespond to the C major scale; b) twogreen boards with staff lines.

1MM.244

Tone Bars

Set of 25 movable steel tone bars withspecial black or white wooden basescorresponding to the piano keyboard; twomallets for striking the bars are included.

1MM.245

Tone Bar Baseboard

Set of two wooden boards with grey andwhite rectangular spaces correspondingto the bases of the tone bars.

1MM.240

Bells

Set of 13 pairs of movable brass bells thatmake up the chromatic scale starting withmiddle C (do) as follows: a) 13 bells withnatural wood bases; b) 13 bells withdecreasing diameters, and black or whitewooden bases to correspond to the pianokeyboard; c) two wooden mallets forstriking the bells; d) one wooden damper.

1MM.241

Bell Baseboard

Set of two wooden boards with grey andwhite rectangular spaces correspondingto the bases of the bells.

Mallet 1MM.240.1Individual wooden mallet for bells.Damper 1MM.240.2Individual wooden damper for bells.

1MM.244

1MM.243

1MM.242

1MM.240

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1MM.52.00

Music Table

Table for the Bells or for the Tone Bars.It has a lower shelf for storage of othermusic materials. 55x110x53h cm.

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Cover DesignGiuseppe Marangon

PhotographsStudio Pedroni and Fotostudio 5

Cover PhotographLuca Aldrovandi

General SecretaryEdda Ferrari

PrintingCentroffset s.r.l.

SupervisionCarlo Dal Trozzo

Printed in Italy - October 2005Copyright Gonzagarredi S.c.r.l.

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