• Experience with Venn diagrams and set notation
• Introduction of basic set terminology
• For elementary school children
• Wide cardstock strips and cardstock cut-outs
• Organize as eight manipulative exercises

Note: Sets Introduction, the first of three sets series, is considered support material and is not automatically included in classroom sets.

"Fun" introduction to set theory through small cards that can be manipulated: set notation, term "element", empty set, cardinal number.

Wide cardstock strips and cardstock cut-outs. (Lamination recommended for heavy use; cutting required.)
Recommended storage (not included): Nine-inch by three-inch plastic organizer for long pieces. Eight hardware drawers, boxes, or envelopes for cut-outs.

Scope and Sequence Chart (Click here)

The teacher's experience and the sequence of skills in the students' basic math program are the best guides in determining which skills should be introduced first. In general, the scope and sequence chart above can be used as a guide.

A number of sets for younger children are "color coded." Some teachers present all the levels with an exercise set, while others prefer to present all the blue (two-digit) exercises, progress to the pink (three-digit), and culminate with the green (four-digit).

Other skills such as Roman Numerals require no prerequisites other rhan an understanding of place value.  Such exercises can be presented any time.