Bead Stair Clip Cards

These short coloured bead stair clip cards support children in their mastery of early quantity counting, while increasing their familiarity with the Montessori bead stair.

Preparation:

Print your bead stair clip cards on heavy card stock for durability, or standard computer paper if you intend to later laminate them. Cut the cards to separate them. Laminate (optional). Gather small, child-safe pegs / clips.

Extensions and Extra Tips:

• If you do not have small pegs or clips (like the sewing clips shown in the photo), paper clips or pen lids can work well as 'clipping' alternatives. Depending upon a child's fine motor ability and age, it may be more suitable for them to cover their choices using counters, coins, or decorative pebbles.
• If a child is miscounting, encourage them to count aloud while pointing to each bead; pen lids in corresponding colours offer easy-to-slide pointers and reinforce colour matching.
• This activity supports repetition for mastery; swap out pegs / clips to refresh the activity.
• Where appropriate and possible, nurture independence by storing the cards and clips on a shelf within the child's reach.
• If possible, pair the clip cards with a box of short bead bars. We have a much-loved DIY set on the shelf (made with wire and pony beads).

Further Product Details:

This short bead stair activity has 2 pages of cards. It was one of the first resources I made – which means it is, sadly, only available in A4 paper format. If you wish to print this activity on US-Letter paper, please adjust your printer settings.

✱ Please be aware that no physical product will be sent to you in the post; this is a digital file.

If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to reach out. If you would like to share the activity in action or how you've prepared your clip cards, I would love to see! You can leave a review with your pictures or email me on the contact page.

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