Easy to use fun for elementary kids

These are great little unifix cubes- perfect for the math lessons we want to do. There are great because my daughter thinks she's playing with a toy when we are ready using a math manipulative. They actually stick together (unlike the first set we bought and returned, boo) so we were happy. Comes with a little activity book to give families an idea how to use them.

I purchased these to use as a supplement with my son's math homeschool curriculum for K and 1st grade. This is probably our most used math tool and will probably be used even in the next year or two! They can be used for colors, patterns, counting, skip counting, addding, subtraction, math vocabulary (greater than, less than, etc.), graphing and more. He even surprised me one day by announcing that there were 100 cubes in the package because he knew there were 10 sets of 10.

The cubes are very easy to manipulate. They stick together well but are not hard to seperate. After a year of use the bright colors have not faded and the cubes have not really shown any signs of wear. It does come with a brief booklet. I used a few of the ideas but you will find a great deal more ideas for their use in a curriculum, on the internet, or even just exploring them over time.

I bought these when my boys were 3 and 4 because i read that they helped a young childs mind to grasp math concepts. We would count, add and subtract, play little math games, and when I would walk away they came up with their own creative ways to play with them. My oldest is going to college for Engineering next fall, they both have amazing math minds. I believe these unifix cubes played a part in their understanding math the way they do.
I just bought a set for my 4 yr old daughter, she hasn't been as interested in counting and numbers as my boys were so i wasn't sure how these would go over. They came in yesterday, Well she loves them! First she took them out and started making patterns, unprompted, and later we played store and took turns buying and checking out the cubes in sets of 10 according to color. After she had played with them by herself for a while, I asked her how many blue ones there were (there are 10 of each color), and she said "10,they all have 10". I was excited to see she figured that out by herself just from playing with them. I recommend them for 3 yrs through the first few years of school while learning, addition, subtraction, multiplication and place value, wonderful to have nearby while helping with math homework.

Easy to assemble together and take a part. Great for teaching and playing.