Counting with Colors Wooden Number Chart

another Grimm's masterpiece

I purchased the Grimm's Counting with Colors Wooden Number Chart for my 3. 5 -year-old granddaughter who attends a Montessori school. She sees the older children in her class doing activities with a similar wooden chart and voiced that she aspires to learn about it as well. When I presented it to her, she naturally sorted the tiles by color. We also placed the numbers, 1-40 in the tray and will work our way eventually up to 100. The tiles have beautifully colored hues and there is room in each row to comfortably put them in place. I think a pairing of this counting chart with a Montessori numbers tray will help her better understand preliminary addition and subtraction operations with numbers 1-10. I see this counting chart expanding and growing along with my granddaughter's math prowess and computation skills.

Beautifully made

I got this for my 4 year old knowing it was a little early. He loves the colors and playing with them like little mini blocks. As he gets older I plan to talk more about numbers. I do wish the numbers were more clearly written and easier to read. It’s very light.

Disappointed in the quality

We have several Grimm’s toys and have enjoyed the longevity and quality of the craftsman. Thus, when I ordered the counting chart, I was very disappointed to find that several of the numbers are so faint that they can barely be distinguished (much less by a child just learning numeracy). The numbers are written with what appears to be a gold permanent marker or perhaps a paint pen, and on the particular unit I received it appears the marker had run out of ink and yet the artist kept on writing. I can go over the numbers with a similar pen that I’ll need to purchase, but given the price and the quality I’ve come to expect from Grimm’s, I’m disappointed. I understand that each toy is handmade and that variance is to be expected, but in this case I would posit that reasonable variation would be difference in handwriting or spacing, for example, and not decreased visibility of the numbers. Barely legible defeats the purpose of the toy.