ColinsMum and Val, I'm thinking I'm going to hack the multi-base Cuisenaire sets with Popsicle sticks and dry beans. I refuse to pay several hundred dollars for a tool that DS will, in all likelihood, discard within the first hour of use. In the meantime, the gluing can make for some good fine motor work together. I figure I can build bases 2 through 10 on less than $20, then we can have a bonfire once the concept is down.

What is to give light must endure burning.