The Viga abacus – 100 colourful beads that make counting something you can see and touch.

This wooden abacus is a classic learning toy that introduces children to numbers and basic maths simply and engagingly. It has 10 rows of 10 colourful beads that slide freely along metal rods – 100 beads in red, yellow, green, blue and purple. Children can count, group, compare quantities and do their first sums. The colourful beads help with colours, and sliding them builds dexterity. The stable wooden frame keeps the abacus upright. Package 31.5 × 31.5 × 8.5 cm. From 3 years.

What your child develops

• Counting. Up to 100.
• Maths. Plus and minus.
• Colour recognition. Five colours.
• Dexterity. Sliding beads.

How to play

Slide 3 beads and then 2 more – how many altogether? Count them one by one.

Count in tens: each row is ten – how many in three rows?

A great gift

A classic, useful gift for a preschooler.

What's in the box

• 1 wooden abacus with 100 beads

Find more letters and numbers toys in our letters, numbers and counting collection, or more ideas for this age in toys for 3–5 year olds.