Giant Wooden Abacus - Red & Yellow Beads

The Giant Wooden Abacus with red and yellow beads is a versatile and durable counting frame ideal for comprehensive number sense learning in the classroom. Featuring a solid wooden frame with ten removable rods, it allows educators to customise bead arrangements-grouping beads in sets of twos, fives, or alternating colours-enhancing lessons in number patterns, partitioning, addition, subtraction, and multiplication tables. Each rod holds 10 beads (36 mm x 22 mm), with 50 beads in red and 50 in yellow, mounted on stainless steel rods. The 56.5 cm tall abacus provides a large, visible aid for whole-class demonstrations. Its unique removable rods allow teachers to adjust the abacus for counting ranges such as 10 or 20, adapting to various skill levels and learning objectives. Made from natural wood, each unit may vary slightly in timber colour, adding charm to this essential educational tool.

Educational Benefits:

• Enhances understanding of number patterns and partitioning concepts.
• Supports hands-on practice with addition, subtraction, and multiplication.
• Facilitates visualisation of grouping and place value through colour coding.
• Encourages flexible learning by allowing rod removal and bead rearrangement.

Classroom Ideas:

• Use for whole-class lessons demonstrating number facts and patterns.
• Encourage students to create custom bead arrangements to explore grouping.
• Integrate into small group activities focusing on place value and arithmetic.
• Utilise removable rods to tailor lessons for various counting ranges.

Information:

• Ages: Suitable for primary students from Year 1 upwards
• Measurements: 56.5 cm (H); beads 36 mm x 22 mm; 10 rods with 100 beads total