Autumn is when children notice the leaves all around them, and a pocket full of leaves is already the beginning of a counting lesson. This wooden ten frame gives that instinct somewhere to go, with twenty double-sided hardwood leaves to sort, count, and arrange.

Ten frames are one of the most useful manipulatives in early math, because they give a child a way to see a number before they can write it. Seven leaves fill a row and leave three gaps, and a child who has arranged that a hundred times knows what seven looks like long before anyone asks them to add it to anything. This one was made to live on a preschool, homeschool, or kindergarten shelf for years.

Instead of paint, the set uses the color contrast between two woods. The maple leaves are cut from solid maple and the cherry leaves from solid cherry, which lets a child build a set of ten two different ways, compare two groups side by side, and notice doubles and even numbers before those words mean anything. There is no dye or paint anywhere in the set.

Each leaf is cut from solid hardwood rather than plywood and laser-engraved with its veins on both faces, so the set does the work of a nature study as readily as a math shelf. Carry the leaves outside and match each one to the tree it came from, hide them in a rice or bean sensory bin for an autumn dig, or scatter them across a nature table.

This is a piece that fits naturally alongside Montessori math, Singapore Math, and most preschool and kindergarten counting curricula. If the teacher at school is reaching for a ten frame, this is the one worth having at home too.

Wood is a natural material, and grain and tone vary slightly from piece to piece. We think that is part of the charm.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• 1 laser-cut Baltic birch ten frame board
• 20 double-sided solid hardwood leaf counters: 10 maple leaves and 10 cherry leaves
• 1 drawstring cotton muslin storage bag

SIZE Board approximately 15 x 6.75 inches (15 x 7.75 inches with a name added). 20 leaf counters, each approximately 2.25 x 1.75 inches.

MATERIALS Baltic birch board with solid maple and solid cherry leaf counters, finished by hand with food-safe beeswax and jojoba oil. No paint, stain, or dye.

PERSONALIZATION Add a name for a back-to-school gift, a classroom name for a teacher building out a math shelf, or a family name for a homeschool staple that comes out every fall. Leave the personalization field blank at checkout if you would prefer it plain.

AGES Best suited for kids aged 3 to 8.

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MADE SAFELY Bose Family Studios is a registered Small Batch Manufacturer with the CPSC. U.S. safety compliant for ages 3 and up. Handmade in the U.S.