Spindle Box with 45 Spindles

• 2 beechwood boxes divided into compartments
• Box 1 has 5 compartments numbered 0 – 4
• Box 2 has 5 compartments numbered 5 – 9
• 45 hardwood spindles
• Suitable for age 3+ years 

Tips & ideas

This experience introduces children to the written symbols of numbers.  Through sorting the spindles, children are able to make the connection between the number quantity and it’s correlating symbol.

Children are also introduced to the idea of zero and its symbol.  As children fill the compartments with the spindles, they are also exploring number sequencing and patterns.