The Red Rods develop visual discrimination of length, while height, color and width remain constant. Ten solid wooden rods increasing in length in equal units from 10 cm to 1 meter.
It gives the child a muscular impression of length. gives the child a visual impression of the succession of length. Indirectly prepares the child for lineas measurement. Prepares the child for the exercises with the number rods.
Control of error: If the rods are badly placed, ask the child to feel down the left side to make sure that the ends are straight. The child can then recognize any mistakes easily.