For grown-ups
Sandpaper numerals
What your child practices
The shape of each numeral, the direction it is written in, and the quantity that goes with it. Trace a 3 and three beads come out, one at a time, each with its own note. Zero brings no beads at all. The finger starts at the green dot; only the numeral is rough. The 1 is a plain line and the 7 has no bar, as they are usually written in English.
How to use it together
Show it once: put a finger on the green dot, follow the numeral slowly and say its name. Off the shape the sand goes quiet, nothing lights and a thread stretches back to where it stopped; there is no need to point this out. When the numeral is all lit, count the beads together if your child wants to. Brush the sand clean and do it again, or choose any other board.
These are Montessori-style activities. Handeware Kids is not affiliated with or approved by any Montessori organization.