Due to hand and finger pain, it has become difficult for me to use my beloved rosary during my morning prayers. I discovered this abacus and I love it! I slide the red beads on the top row to indicate which decade I am on and I use all the beads on the bottom row for the Hail Marys. It is also great for the other rosaries and chaplets I say each day. You get four of these in one box. That was a bonus because I thought I was getting only one individual abacus. (Undoubtedly user error in not reading the description thoroughly.) Now I will have extras to put in various houses and vehicles as we move forward with our retirement plans. I HIGHLY recommend this abacus! Read more

A great way to help kids visualize addition and subtraction. Unfortunately most public schools don't bother to teach arithmetic, they have a curriculum (common core) that focuses solely on some bizarre idea of "understanding concepts" that the kids are actually not old enough to grasp and shun arithmetic as the dreaded "rote learning". Highly recommended fro home schoolers and parents making up for the gaps in public school education. Read more

I was actually happy to see reviews saying they came apart easily. A quick twist back and forth (what I’d expect a small child to do immediately) and the glued dowels began to break free. Didn’t take much more effort before the beads were falling off the rods. I reglued them all with a bit of super glue, and clamped them for a few minutes and they are rock solid now. I rearranged the beads to make four 119-point two-digit decimal scoring abaci for my game room. See photo. Read more

We’ve only used these twice and one of them is already broken. The wood came unglued and all of the beads fell all over the floor. Unfortunately, they are quite flimsy. Read more

I'm working with 10 frames with my 7 year old. These little counters are perfect. They feel nice in your hand (nice smooth wood with a good weight to it) and the beads slide nicely on the metal bars with a nice clink.The simple two colors don't look babyish and mimic the 10 frames in I have been using with her.The bonus being a 4 pack I can donate the rest to her teacher to help other kids who also may be struggling. Read more

Good for kids, explaining numbers and sturdy build that has withstood the wrath of a 2 year old and 4 year old! It is probably not something that will keep their attention on its own but useful for teaching purposes. I am surprised it has lasted this long as it is generally thrown in a large toy bin with other, much bigger toys. What you see is what you get and that is a good thing. I also use it to count sets and reps while exercising, works pretty well for that as well! Read more

For the price these are great. Their size is also good for younger students. I have had them for only a couple months so I’m not sure about durability but the wood is fairly thin, as are the beads. So I could see these eventually breaking after frequent use by my younger learners. Read more

My students absolutely LOVE this tool for adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. They use it in place of their fingers because it gives them a visual manipulative to help build their number sense. These are a must have for any classroom! Read more

Small size, but so far very durable. Nice wooden built Read more

I like the very small size of these; there's no reason they need to be bigger for student use. There are two things I don't like about them though. One is the beads. Because they're not round, they don't take up much space side-to-side. I prefer the round beads. (Other people might prefer these beads.) The other thing I don't like is the think round wooden dowel at the bottom. If I touch it, it bends. It doesn't seem to be very strong. A metal or thicker wooden dowel there would've been better.Having said that, the price is pretty good. I won't buy more though until I see how these hold up after daily use by young children.Edit: After a few uses one of the sides came off entirely and beads fell off. One of the bead rolled away and got lost so it’s garbage now. Read more

I like this size as my Kindergarten students can easily hold and complete math work. The quality is great to. And 4 to a box! Read more

These rekenreks are perfect for little hands. The quality is wonderful and the price was awesome! Read more

They seem to have a sturdy build. But on first use, we realized that two of the racks had extra beads. One of my kindergarten students told me there were 6 red beads. I was going to correct him when I saw that he was right.I am hoping I can easily cut/saw off the extra!! Read more