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What are all those snake games in Montessori !? Children are playing with SNAKES!?
What follows is how AMI organizes the snake games - I would love to hear how other
albums/trainings name them or organize them:
Some albums seem to list a middle-ground negative snake game; it is even mentioned in the
elementary AMI math album because some children will come in with experience with it; but it is
not found in the AMI albums. From what I can tell (please provide information in the comments if
you know about this one!) it seems to be the Subtraction Snake Game with Negative Snake
Game terminology added in. ???
The main difference: with the "real" Negative Snake Game, you can actually GET negative
answers because you have the bead bars to do so.
And some people just call the Subtraction Snake Game a Negative Snake Game. It does the
same thing, just is visually different, and doesn't get into the terminology of negatives.
UPDATE 3/1/2014: For a second Montessori Nugget on Snake Games - including a note on the
Multiplication Snake Game, please visit this Montessori Nugget.