number blocks

Stackable digit cubes

Number blocks are physical manipulatives—typically wooden or plastic cubes, rods, or shapes—used to teach children mathematical concepts like counting, addition, and place value.

Each block usually displays a numeral or represents a quantity through its size or markings.

The term also refers to a British children's animated series featuring number characters: My kids learned to count watching Number Blocks.

Related
  • digitsSingle-place numerals
  • countingDetermining quantity sequentially
  • cubesEqual-sided solid blocks
  • mathStudy of numbers
  • toysObjects for amusement

children · stacking · colorful · primary colors · learning · one · two · three · building · preschool · arithmetic · play · play mat · educational · wooden · plastic · sequence · addition

Opposites
symbolic content type

number blocksletter blocks

Toy cubes showing alphabet

alphabet blocks · letter tiles · vocabulary cards · storybooks · flashcards

Family

number, block, numbers, numbered, numbering, numberless, numeral, numerate, numeration

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G