Bargain Cuisenaire Rods - £2.99 on Amazon

blue_monkey_2

I remember hitting a boy over the head with the 10 block because he was teaching me to count and I already knew. And then I got told off and sent out of class.

Flash cards with that reader that went through and said the word out loud. Remember those??

FloFlo

They aren't much use for learning to count, for basic counting any little objects will do for that. I like Numicon for the next step for counting, adding, comparing values. These would be more useful for adding and multiplication. The number tracks that you can use with them are also very useful for demonstrating multiplication/repeated addition.

Link to tracks to use with cuisinaire rods http://www.amazon.co.uk/Numicon-1-100cm-Number-Rod-Track/dp/0198487118/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1329511558&sr=8-14

Link to numicon, great for counting, adding (particularly number bonds to 10), doubles. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Numicon-Bag-Shapes-1-10/dp/0198487312/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1329511717&sr=8-7

loobylou232

Up to £8.95 now.

CasperBloomberg

It's a shame that the deal now seems to be over

stumpycat

They're £2.99 on Play

http://www.play.com/Toys/Toys/-/17288682/-/Product.html?source=9593&_$ja=tsid:11853|prd:102563&awc=1418_1329515518_69e9c3b6a920ca4cd5f93a963a63775b

and Quidco cashback as well!