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Ones, Tens, Hundreds, Thousands — the Montessori way!

Meet the ONES

Every number starts here!

Count these beads. Each bead is one.
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We can count 1, 2, 3 ... up to 9 with single beads.
But what happens when we get 10 beads? They get bundled!
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