I read a book on teaching Montessori at home and found some of the exercises very interesting. Taking reference from the book, I created my own DIY number rods (the real ones retail from $50-70 depending on the size). Effort and cost? About 2 hours of a Saturday night, and less than $2 for a corrugated board. The rest of the materials were lying around at home (markers, scrapbooking scraps, glue).
We also got him a pair of tongs and fluffy balls for him to practise his dexterity with fingers. Surprisingly, he was able to use the tongs quite well, and thus we decided to introduce the Combi learning chopsticks. Here is a short video of him using it (you will need to tilt your head a little)...
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