Counters
Counters - Various Designs
A handful of counters and a child's imagination can go further than most toys three times the price. These small, satisfying figurines are one of those rare resources that work as hard in a therapy room as they do on a kitchen floor.
With more than 10 themed designs: from Pets and Dinos to, Wild Animals, and Marine life, there is a set for every child, every interest, and every stage of learning.
What's included:
Sets vary by design, ranging from 30 to 48 figurines per set. See individual variant details for full contents.
What our OT says:
Counters are one of the most versatile tools in early childhood development. On the surface, a child is sorting farm animals into colour groups or counting bugs into a cup. Underneath, they are building foundational math concepts, developing language through naming and describing, practising the pincer grip required for writing, and exercising the kind of focused, purposeful attention that underpins school readiness.
When paired with tweezers or scoops, available separately, counters also become a powerful fine motor tool, turning a simple sorting task into meaningful hand-strengthening work. These sets grow with your child: what begins as colour sorting at age two becomes pattern-making, addition, subtraction, and storytelling by age five and six.
Available designs include: Pets, Farm, Transport, Wild Animals, Bugs, Fruit, Aquatic, Dinos, Vegetables, Dinosaurs (4 colours), Bugs.
From R109.95.
How to play:
Pour out the counters and let your child sort, count, group, and arrange freely. Follow their lead, there is always more going on than it looks.
Other ways to play:
Sort by colour, size, or type into sorting cups or a muffin tin. Use tweezers to pick up and transfer figurines for an added fine motor challenge. Count out sets and introduce simple adding and subtracting. Create scenes and stories using the figurines as characters. Use with a sensory tray or bin as a hide-and-find activity. Match to flashcards or use with a light box for visual perception work.
Suitable for: 18 months and older, depending on the design. Always supervise young children with small figurines.
Let customers speak for us
We absolutely loved the gorgeous gift that we received of the cutest black & white flower bouquet with Afr & Eng gift tags for Mother's Day of 2026!
It was simply lovely and só spot on!
Thank you Tiny Tree Toys! ⚘️
I absolutely love this puzzle, and have purched multiple ones as gifts. It is well crafted, and the wood is neatly rounded off. I'll be honest I've never played the game guidlines included, and rather use it as a catalyst in my creative processes. I love the fact that there are no rules to this, and the opportunity to use it as an expressive tool. My tiny human loves it too, and can play endlessly with captivated imagination.
Absolutely love the wooden stacking toys, I am trying to move away from plastic and purchase better quality educational toys for my baby and this is the perfect shop for that!
Great addition to our light-box and there are more than one of each letter in this set. This gives you more word building opportunities.
What a great fine motor beading set. They give nice resistance when children push them together and pull them apart, which helps strengthen the fingers and improve hand control.
My nearly-4-year old daughter loves playing 'doctor' with this doll. She took it to school show and tell and it was a hit!
Another great buy from tiny tree toys <3
The Humpty Dumpty wall game is a firm favourite with our toddlers. It’s a simple cause-and-effect activity that immediately grabs attention and keeps little ones engaged. While it’s a plastic game and not the most durable piece in the room, the value for money is excellent. The amount of fun, repetition, and learning we’ve had from it makes it well worth it for early play and therapy sessions.
The rope ladder brings instant adventure into the OT space. It invites pretend play while quietly working on grip strength, shoulder stability, core control, and bilateral coordination. Climbing rung by rung challenges motor planning and body awareness, while the imaginative element keeps children motivated and engaged. It’s a brilliant way to blend functional movement, confidence-building, and play in a way that feels exciting rather than therapeutic.
The trapeze swing is always a hit in the OT room. It builds strong arms, shoulders, and core while giving the kind of movement input kids love. Swinging, hanging, and climbing all support coordination, body awareness, and regulation without it ever feeling like hard work. Big movement, big smiles, and loads of therapeutic value packed into one piece of equipment.
I was so excited to see something new in educational games. This can be used in many different ways. Perhaps it would be useful to list the different ways it can be used from simple to complex.
We are using this in therapy and I think the size and challenge is perfect for many of the kids we work with. One suggestion would be to add an extra one of each colour to make it more challenging - so if they get to the last one, it’s a bigger challenge to choose the correct colour when copying a pattern. Also in case any get lost. But overall, good quality and a lovely game
Well made and cute. Exactly what you expect
