Best maths toys for 3 and 5 year old

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Hi all what maths toys would you recommend for a 3 and 5 year old?

Thank you 😊

What do you mean by a 'maths' toy please

Sumblox look interesting. Don't have any myself though.

My two (2.5 and 4.5) both love magnatiles and I can see that they are still young and there's lots more potential for them to play and be even more creative as they get older.

I've got a 3 and 4 year old, and there are a couple of Orchard Games that are good for maths

We had a pile of pebbles ..counting, adding, subtracting, multiply and divide

A till? and counting out things to sel
Cooking stuff
magformers for shape
5 year old might just be old enough for uno (maybe a little young)
dominos
snakes and ladders

Lovely wooden mosaic tile things to make pictures with - Melissa and Doug
Orchard Games - my son's fave was spotty dogs
Duplo - the number sets are great and my daughter totally learned her number recognition from them as she played
Old calculators, remote controls etc
Peg boards and pegs
Chalks for on the patio - hopscotch, draw a number and find that many leaves, stones, cars etc
Shops with tills - you can make your own
Blocks of different colours and sizes
Make patterns with blocks and use a mirror for symmetry
Play dough
Weighing scales
There's loads!!!
Maybe follow Dadlab on Facebook, he's always got suggestions of gorgeous educational toys he's sponsored to promote

Have a look at numicon, they use it in reception classes

Just place marking as I'm at work but I'll be back.

@ arbrighton I mean toys that will help support my children developing math knowledge ☺

Thank you everyone you've given me lots to look into 😊

I recommend you look into Montessori maths toys and items/equipment.

Also an old fashioned abacus, and learn how to use it yourself to show units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.

Sorry for the brief post again. Will be back.

Great thread.

Thank you

Look up homemade maths manipulatives (and also math, so you don't miss out on ideas from the US).

Look up lego maths (and also lego math).

A couple of good and fairly easy ideas:
famly.co/blog/inspiration/8-ways-to-use-lego-in-eyfs-development/

Also, look at Pinterest for inspiration.

Thanks for this @mathanxiety. Appreciate it.

These class="underline">z72wIVTLDtCh0a4AbhEAQYAiABEgJMiPDBwE number scales are brilliant (and in the sale at the moo)