Giant Wooden Maths Abacus

This traditional style Wooden Abacus is great for exploring number, quantity and counting.

• With its bright beads and sturdy wooden frame, this wooden Abacus has ten rows with ten beads on each.

• The ‘Giant Abacus’, the children set their own challenges with this. “It helps you with counting.” “I like spinning the balls, they’re like a rainbow.” “I can do the same on my one as you can on yours.” The giant design of the abacus made for a nice, sensory activity for the children, really reinforcing 1:1 correspondence whilst counting, as the beads had to be moved using their whole hand no beads were missed. The abacus allowed for easily differentiation too, from 1:1 counting, simple addition and subtraction, to thinking about number bonds, counting to 100 and counting in 10s and 2s. Angela Thorogood, Early Years Co-Ordinator