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If you are not sure whether Inchimals or Cuisenaire Rods would be a better choice to help your child learn math, this video helps explain the differences.
From Timberdoodle.com:
About Inchimals: Teach your preschooler the language of math with Inchimals by Fat Brain Toys! This set of twelve whimsical wooden blocks is taking the home education market by storm. From the one-inch ladybug cube to the twelve-inch giraffe rod, Inchimals are all you’ll need to introduce your young child to math. Thoughtfully designed with matching numerals and dot equivalent on opposite ends of each block, Inchimals is the best hands-on program we have seen for teaching math to young children. For children from three to eight years of age.
About Cuisenaire Rods Introductory Set: In the 1980s, when widespread homeschooling in the USA was still in its infancy, I read of a homeschooling mom in Ireland who used multi-colored, multi-length rods to teach her children a variety of mathematical concepts. Using rods in an assortment of ten bright colors to depict numerical values, her children could easily see a multitude of mathematical concepts as they manipulated the rods. Used in classrooms around the world, this essential learning tool is suitable for preschoolers and on through eighth grade. Set of plastic rods contains seventy-four rods (the smallest rod is a one cm cube, the largest is ten cm long), tray with lid, and an activity guide.
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