OK. So you take a quick look at this educational toy, see the numbers 1 through 10 and say to yourself "Ho-hum, just another numbers toy. Borrring."

And you would be sooo missing the specialness of this toy. Now put your thinking cap on for a moment Mommy... what would you say if I told you that those 10 numbered sections were velcroed together and could be taken apart?

Would you think "Hmm. I know kids LOVE to take things apart and stick them together!" or "What if we stick them together backwards and teach counting up and counting down?" Or, "I guess we could stick maybe just the blue pieces together and do a little multiplication or addition. And that could also introduce 'sets' too couldn't it? And what if we took all the pieces and started taking some of them away one at a time? That could teach subtraction and negative numbers!"

If you're doing home schooling, Pre-K or have a special needs child, you owe it to your children to have a Count-A-Pillar. You don't even have to start with the numbers... it's a perfectly fine soft stuffed toy for a toddler who can take it apart and stick it together for years before they're ready to learn math skills.

But when they are ready, Count-A-Pillar is so versatile, your lesson plans will only be limited by your imagination.