hand2mind Plastic Cuisenaire Rods Individual Set, Math Manipulatives, Montessori Math Rods, Math Counters, Math Blocks, Counting Blocks, Montessori Math, Fraction Bars, Number Rods (Set of 74)

The color quality is good. Sturdy plastic. Does not dent when dropped. I glued them together for a math demonstration.

The children and I love these math tools/toys. They're great for counting in math but great for building too. The children enjoy the texture and colors of them.

I was surprised they're made of plastic, because they look and feel almost like painted wood. They seem to be cut of a full square rod (not empty inside) but they are light. Even the sound they make against each other is almost like wood. It seems like they can be washed in water and would last forever. The size is 1 cm (13/32 inch) square, which, I believe, is the original size. The smallest blocks are just 1 cm cubes which is smaller than regular dice, and will be a choking hazard to very young children, so it's generally not for children below 3 years old. The set contains 74 blocks, including four each of the longer sizes (10 to 5 cm), 6 x 4 cm, 10 x 3 cm, 12 x 2 cm and 22 x 1 cm. This is good size set to let children learn colors, quantitative relationships, sizes, numbers, adding and multiplying. The small size makes the set very transportable as they fit in a very small bag. It would still be fun to also have a jumbo version of this set, because your genius kids may be ready to learn math at much younger age than three.

These were pretty good, but two of them were cracked. They still work well for helping with math.

My students desperately need to get their hands on tools to better understand how numbers work. Am excited to use these to teach them how to make part to whole models and tape diagrams for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. There are no numbers in the rods, students need to figure that out. It takes away the automatically using memorized facts and forces them to move the blocks around. In each kit was a total value of 270. There are 4 orange (ten), 4 blue (nine), 4 brown (eight), 4 black (seven), 4 teal (six), 4 yellow (five), 6 lavender (four), 10 lt. green (three), 12 red (two), and 22 white (one).

Good quality. Similar to the ones used in school. These are plastic. Original sets were wood. Good for teaching arithmetic, fractions, grouping, sets, etc. My granddaughter likes the set. In fact, I bought her two sets so she and her parents could use them at the same time. Solve problems side by side.

I liked these rods because I am working with my preschool grandson, and he is like a little sponge. He picks up on things that match, and the numbers are less important at this stage than the patterns he can make.

My daughter completed her first year of Montessori and was sent home with some "homework" for the summer to continue practicing her cuisenaire rods. We chose the plastic version for the durability. They are well made and are holding up well so far. We ended up buying three sets so she would have enough to complete larger or more complex problems. So far, three sets is the perfect amount.