Learning to Count

Montessori counting toys help children move from reciting numbers to really understanding them. With an abacus, a set of counting sticks or number rods, quantities become visible and easy to compare, so counting, adding and taking away make sense step by step.

• Abacuses: a traditional soroban, a horizontal abacus for addition and subtraction, and 100-bead counting frames in blue or red and blue.
• Counting sticks and rainbow maths rods in sets of 100 for grouping in tens.
• Number rods and large calculation rods that show at a glance that seven is longer than three.
• Counting games: a counting and maths matching game, a counting hands number puzzle and a counting board with spinning gears.

Choose an abacus toy for daily counting practice, then add rods or games as your child grows in confidence.