Fraction Circles

I know I am always yammering on and on about the Montessori Fraction Circles (seriously, Dr. M had it spot-on when it comes to Math, Geometry, and Grammar, the materials are gorgeous) but no homeschooler is likely going to be able to shell out for the authentic precision-cut metal insets. They are very pricey. So I went looking online for some fraction circle material that would be easier to make, and found these two templates. You can print them out onto red cardstock and cut them. Both are FREE.

http://homepages.xnet.co.nz/~geoffj/lisia/fraction-circles-whole-to-6ths.pdf (PDF)

http://homepages.xnet.co.nz/~geoffj/lisia/fraction-circles-7ths-to-12ths.pdf (PDF)

August 26, 2022
UPDATE: I wrote this post many years ago and the links no longer work... but that was years and years before Teachers Pay Teachers. I would now recommend Fraction Circle Template (FREE)!

Here is another great resource for Fraction Circles and Fraction Polygons, from the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of South Florida.

Also, I never did buy the metal fraction circles, but I did spring for the red plastic Cut-Out Labeled Fraction Circles from Nienhuis ($84.75) and I love them. I probably wouldn't get them if I had just one child, but I run a homeschool co-op and they have stood up to many years of hard use.

In Waldorf, Fractions are introduced in Grade 4.

Teaching Mathematics in Rudolf Steiner Schools for Classes I-VIII
by Ron Jarmon

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