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 | Fabulous cuisenaire
We called the number four rods "crimson" just like Little Balck Sambo's shoes"....with crimson soles and crimson linings"
Love these guys so much. Had the t- shirt but left it at my cousin's place. He never gave it back to me... how bad is that.
Love the rods completely and my five year old might be allowed to play with them if he's really good.
Mary Jane Robiony-Rogers
| Wellington, New Zealand | CustOMER Since 1990 | 
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Sun 1 Jun 2008 | 12:43 AM SYD EST
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| Got one for the baby
Like many people, I grew up with these, then bought the t-shirt. I also got one for a friend's English husband-to-be as an Australian-themed wedding present. Then the new sizes came out. Yay! Got one for the baby too.
Manda Leong Johnston
| oslo, Norway | CustOMER Since 1988 | |
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Fri 29 Jun 2007 | 08:05 PM SYD EST
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| Brings back memories
I owned one of these t-shirts for years, wore it to death. Unfortantely we moved and it didn't.
What makes this shirt so interesting is my wife bought this for me, fresh from university with a shiny new maths degree. That was a long time ago and the shirt reminds me of the promise you have when you are starting out.
Mark Young
| Sydney, Australia | CustOMER Since 1990 | |
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Tue 26 Dec 2006 | 10:10 AM SYD EST
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| Lucky me!
Got this one in a Remo lucky dip sale! I remember using Cuisenaire to build towers with in Grade 1. Joy.
Stephanie McLoughlin
| Frankston, Australia | CustOMER Since 1991 | |
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Mon 13 Nov 2006 | 08:26 PM SYD EST
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| My Brain On A T-Shirt
I learnt all the basics of maths using these things! And when I find the odd occasion where I am actually doing some mental arithmetic, I still find myself visualising a whole bunch of these little coloured rods!!
Jeremy Robertson
| Harbord, Australia | CustOMER Since 1995 | |
Wed 28 May 2003 | 11:38 AM SYD EST
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| oh yeah!
these little things were sooo cool, they were practically toys. cuisenaire rods led our optimistic kindy selves to believe that maths promised us colour and fun. it was a total lie, but a wonderful idea, anyways. and did anyone else have a "sentence maker" at the same age to learn about how to use english?
E Melanie Lever
| Brisbane, Australia | CustOMER Since 1989 | |
Wed 8 Jan 2003 | 10:30 PM SYD EST
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| Cuisenaire down on the farm.
Sadly, not being a maths nerd, my imagination would take over and I discovered that the white ones made lovely sheep, the red ones were the pigs and you could make nice little pens for them with the rest of the rods!
I remember you used to sell the set of rods, I would love to get some for my 6 year old.
Hopefully she will see the maths potential and eventually will be able to do maths in her head. (unlike her wooly headed mum!)
Maybe I'll show her my farm idea!
Skubi
| Kedron, Australia | CustOMER Since 1997 | |
Thu 13 Jun 2002 | 11:49 PM SYD EST
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| Brings back old memories
When we were young, we used to learn mathematics by playing with these rods and had great fun with them. We were wondering where to find these rods. Here's something that Remo can consider including in the current range of products. By the way, there were 2 more colors, charcoal grey for 11 and dark purple for 12.
V Chiu
| Nth Ryde BC, Australia | CustOMER Since 1989 | |
Thu 13 Jun 2002 | 10:55 PM SYD EST
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| A major part of being a kid
Rods were something that every kid loved - even if you didn't use them for maths! Not being a maths guru, I remember taking great delight in fitting them back into the green plastic box - who else remembers the outline guide on the inside cover of the box??? My brother and I used to fight over possession of our one and only set - and more often than not, I would build the tower & he would crash it down. A brilliant (yet simple) maths concept - and a brilliant t-shirt!
Sally Lovegrove
| Australia | CustOMER Since 2000 | |
Thu 13 Jun 2002 | 07:46 PM SYD EST
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| A maths nerd confesses...
Fabbo! Cuisenaire rods were my fave thing at school (after perkins paste - just the smell, not the taste)! Cuisenaire rods prove that maths is beautiful and so is this shirt!
Great work Remo. Am adding it to my aging collection of Oxford St faves!
Jacqui
| Australia | CustOMER Since 1991 | |
Wed 10 Apr 2002 | 02:24 AM SYD EST
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| one plus two does equal three
it is good to know that some things remain the same regardless of postmodernity!
Nathain Secker
| Epping, Australia | CustOMER Since 2007 | |
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Thu 4 Jan 2007 | 12:22 PM SYD EST
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| Kindy engineers unite!
This reminds me of the towers we used to build and then drop the little white ones down the middle. Did someone say you can do maths with these things??
Greg Bakes
| Linden, Australia | CustOMER Since 1988 | |
Thu 13 Jun 2002 | 06:41 PM SYD EST
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| planetREMO where Yellow+Red=Green
~ SamIam ~ used to play with these ~ in his younger days ~ when he went to montessori? ~ but then ~ montessori was packed to the rafters ~ with far-out goodies ~ such as these ~ but ~ that place ~ was a minefield of ~ blocks ~ and ~ other very cool ~ stuff ~ cool yes ~ but the cause of ~ absolute and total ~ blind panic ~ when one ~ was collared ~ to sit down with the class ~ and ~ try to ~ help! ~ as some genius ~ peanuts? ~ once said ~ 'how can you do new math with an old math brain?' ~ suspect one can't ~ :( ~ but this ~ REMOT ~ might help ~ or at least ~ trick the kids into thinking ~ you can ~ wish ~ :]]
k
| Manuka, Australia | CustOMER Since 1988 | |
Fri 29 Mar 2002 | 09:56 PM SYD EST
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| Aaah, the good old days
Many years ago I picked up an ancient set of cuisenaire rods at a car boot sale held at my old primary school. I had enjoyed them so much when I was a young'un that I decided if I ever had children of my own, I'd like to be able to share with them the wonder of those little blocks of wood. I now have a 6-year old boy who has played with my cuisenaire rods ever since he was old enough not to eat them, despite the fact that the set has been battered and scribbled upon by probably hundreds of other kids. It's amazing how some things never lose their attracion. Great t-shirt, by the way!
Anonymous
| Australia | CustOMER Since 1988 |
Wed 27 Mar 2002 | 06:39 AM SYD EST
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| Combinatorix
GC's reglettes should, quite
simply, be school compulsory.
How else can anyone distinguish oneself later in front of peevish peers, or, far worse one's thesis advisor, when the need for some wicked street smart (read combinatorial) thinking is called for!
JaneTA
| Los Alamos, United States | CustOMER Since 1992 | |
Sat 16 Mar 2002 | 12:47 AM SYD EST
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| Childhood Obsession
My mum tells me (and there's no reason for her to lie) that I was obsessed with Cuisenaire Rods as a child ... and that might be why Sister Annette called me The Professor. (I also remember the time that Gregory Pender swallowed a number two and Mother Declan had to take him to sick bay.) To me these blocks had everything going for them: mathematical correctness, construction potential ... and lots of nice colours.
Remo Giuffre
| Bondi, Australia | CustOMER Since 1988 | |
Fri 26 Oct 2001 | 08:13 AM SYD EST
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