All About Me Family Counters - 72 Pieces

Bring learning about families, counting, and sorting to life with the All About Me Family Counters set. These charming counters represent various family members and pets in six different shapes and colours, inviting students to engage with familiar social concepts while developing maths skills. Students can count, sort, and classify the pieces by colour, shape, or size, strengthening core mathematical concepts across Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and even Science strands. Beyond maths, these counters inspire storytelling and personal reflection, allowing children to create narratives about their families, communities, or schools. The tallest figure-the father-measures 6.3 cm, with other family members and pets varying in size, adding a tactile dimension to learning.

Educational Benefits:

• Promotes counting, sorting, and classification linked to maths curriculum strands.
• Encourages social and emotional learning through family-related manipulatives.
• Supports patterning and size comparison activities.
• Fosters creativity and language skills through story creation.

Classroom Ideas:

• Use counters to create stories about families and communities as writing prompts.
• Organise sorting tasks by colour, shape, or size to teach classification.
• Incorporate into measurement lessons comparing heights and sizes of figures.
• Use in group discussions to promote sharing and social skills.

Information:

• Ages: 3 years and above
• Includes 72 pieces: father (6.3 cm), mother (6.0 cm), sister (4.9 cm), brother (4.6 cm), baby (2.9 cm), and pet (3.4 cm)
• Variety of shapes and colours included