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18 JULY 2025 COUNTING & ADD/SUB CORE @ MAWA

Bond Blocks

An Australian Mathematics Teaching and Intervention System

From Counting to Addition and Subtraction

Award Winning

Bond Blocks – Winner of the 2022 Educational
Publishing Awards
Primary Student Resource Category

What Is the Bond Blocks System?

The Bond Blocks system has two uses:

  1. Whole class teaching (Tier 1): teaching well initially in order to reduce the number of students who need intervention efforts
  2. Maths Intervention (Tier 2 and 3 Intervention): in small groups or with pairs of students to build up foundational skills.

Informed by research using evidence-based methodology, developed by Australian teacher Narelle Rice together with Dr Paul Swan.

Designed to be implemented using a Response To Intervention (RTI) Tier 1/2/3 approach. Suitable for use within a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS).

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Bond Blocks System Kits

Bond Blocks Counting to 10 & 20 Kit

Pre-F/Foundation Content

Tier 1 & 2/3 Resource

Planners Sample
Activity Boards

191 Activities

Kit Activity Sample
Lessons

Video Lessons

Kit Lesson Sample
Assessment

Test and Tools included

Assessment Sample
Curriculum Covered
Counting To 10 & 20 Implementation 39 Web

Learn how to expand your Bond Blocks Counting to 10 & 20 Kit for more groups / classes

Bond Blocks Core Kit

Addition & Subtraction
Yr 1 to 3 content

Tier 1 & 2/3 Resource

Planners Sample
Activity Boards

108 Activities

Kit Activity Sample
Lessons

Video Lessons

Kit Lesson Sample
Assessment

Test and Tools included

Assessment Sample

Learn how to expand your Bond Blocks Core Kit for more groups / classes 

Bond Blocks System Kits

How you can get this award-winning system implemented into your teaching, whether your needs are Tier  1 Classroom teaching for Pre-Foundation to Year 3 or Tier 2 and 3 Intervention from Pre-Foundation to Year 7:

Bond Blocks Counting to 10 & 20 Kit (2024 Edition)

Pre-Foundation/ Foundation Curriculum Content

$ 1450
+ GST (or $1595 including GST)
  • Tier 1 Class Teaching for Pre-Foundation / Foundation

    • INCLUDED: The base kit contains everything required for Tier 1 Class Teaching for a class of 24.

    Add-ons extend this for a reduced price.
  • Tier 2 & 3 Intervention for Years 1 to 6

    • INCLUDED: Everything required for Intervention with a group of 4 students
  • No Subscriptions
  • Professional Learning Included
  • Testing & Monitoring
  • Counting Skills Sequence
  • Assessment Skills Checklists
  • Planners for Tier 1 Class Teaching
  • Planners for Tier 2 & 3 Intervention
  • 46× Teacher-Led Activity Boards
  • Modelled on Video for Explicit Teaching
  • 17× Exploratory Play Activity Cards
  • 128× Guided Play Activity Cards
  • EYLF aligned
  • Curriculum linked (ACv9, WA, VIC, NSW)
  • Created with evidence-based metholodogy
  • Differentiated
  • Developed to support learning dfficulties (linked ABLEWA, VIC Levels A-D)
  • Support for regional schools
  • Support for education assistants
  • Mathematical language specified
  • Concrete-representational-abstract approach
Purchase a Bond Blocks Counting Kit
Only 1 Counting Kit required per school campus. Support more Intervention Groups (Tier 2 & 3) or Classes (Tier 1) using Add-ons.
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Tier 1 Maths Classroom Teaching

Class Teaching

Suitable as a Tier 1 Class Teaching resource for
Pre-Foundation & Foundation.

Tier 2 & 3 Maths Intervention

Intervention

Suitable as a Tier 2 & 3 Mathematics Intervention resource for
Pre-Foundation to Year 6

Bond Blocks Core Addition & Subtraction Kit (2024)

Year 1 to 3 Curriculum Content

$ 2080
+ GST (or $2288 including GST)
  • Tier 1 Class Teaching for Years 1 to 3

    • Easily extend to Tier 1 Class Teaching with Core Kit Class Add-ons.
  • Tier 2 & 3 Intervention for Years 1 to 6

    • INCLUDED: Everything required for Intervention with a group of 4 students.
  • No Subscriptions
  • Professional Learning Included
  • Testing & Monitoring
  • Planners for Tier 1 Class Teaching
  • Planners for Tier 2 & 3 Intervention
  • 108× Teacher-Led Activity Boards
  • Modelled on Video for Explicit Teaching
  • Curriculum linked (ACv9, WA, VIC, NSW)
  • Created with evidence-based metholodogy
  • Differentiated
  • Developed to support learning difficulties (linked ABLEWA, VIC Levels A-D)
  • Whole School Approach
  • Support for regional schools
  • Support for education assistants
  • Mathematical language specified
  • Concrete-representational-abstract approach
Purchase a Bond Blocks Core Kit
Only 1 Core Kit required per school campus. Support more Intervention Groups (Tier 2 & 3) or Classes (Tier 1) using Add-ons.
Tier 1 Maths Classroom Teaching

Class Teaching

The Bond Blocks Core Kit provides a whole-school approach to Tier 1 classroom teaching from Year 1 to Year 3
in  Addition/Subtraction.

(Requires class add-on for materials)

Tier 2 & 3 Maths Intervention

Intervention

The Bond Blocks Core Kit is also suitable as a Tier 2 & 3 Mathematics Intervention resource for Year 1 to Year 6 in  Addition/Subtraction.

Over 100 specific activities

in the Core Intervention Kit

The Bond Blocks Maths Intervention Program is fully sequenced, Australian Curriculum linked and follows a Concrete-Representational-Abstract approach. 

Every activity is completed on one A3 board by an individual student or pair.

Activity boards are reusable and ready-to-go with minimal equipment and setup.

Complete one activity a week. All you need is approximately 8 minutes, 3 times a week. 

Every activity has its own publicly accessible webpage, where the activity is:

  • modelled in a short video for consistent, school wide teaching.
  • explained with specified mathematics and language.
  • differentiated ‘a little easier’ or ‘a little harder’.
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The Support:

Teaching Modelled in Video

  • Explicit teaching of the activity
  • Demonstrating to teachers how to link the mathematical manipulative, the language and symbols

Differentiations – Done!

  • Free downloads and website instructions to make the activity a little easier or harder

Activity Instructions,  Assessments, Monitoring, Teacher Notes

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Example of an activity video

How to administer the assessment

The Blocks

  • Bond Blocks are not scored, with individual
    unit lines. They are a representational
    manipulative that supports students to
    move from counting to calculating with
    numbers.
  • The length of the block helps student
    develop the concept of a mental number
    line.
  • The natural wood, sustainably-sourced New Zealand Pine, reduces distraction of colourful plastic and focuses children on the written numerals.
  • Ten is represented with two different blocks: Linear Ten and an Empty Ten Frame, similar to a ten strip and ten frame.
  • They are a ratio of one unit : 2 cm making them easy to manipulate.
  • They are self-checking, encouraging number sense and estimation.

There’s a lot you can do with just the Blocks themselves and the Bond Blocks Out of the Box book, but the activity boards (included in the Core Intervention Kit) let you do so much more.

An Australian Maths Intervention Program Developed:

  • Based on research
  • With extensive classroom trials and teacher feedback
  • In partnership with Dr Paul Swan (www.drpaulswan.com.au)
  • By a Western Australian teacher

>> Developer Credentials

>> The evidence base for Bond Blocks

Testimonials

Whether you’re a teacher or homeschooling parent you can be sure Bond Blocks will be an effective tool

Just an update on how our school has implemented the Core Intervention Kit. We have assigned a full time maths intervention teacher, who is working predominantly with the program with identified students in our year 3 to 6 cohort. Adding to this we also have several of our support staff engaging in small group work using the program. We have seen an absolute 100% turn around in our students’ confidence, alongside their ability to respond with a deeper understanding of the concepts they have been addressing. It is so heart-warming to see. The program has allowed all the staff involved to see how rich and crucial the concepts are. As a school we are now converts to the value of the Bond Blocks as a mathematical tool that support building strong mathematical foundations, hence our latest purchase to support our year 1/2 students ‘nail’ their understanding of counting and addition and subtraction. Thank you so much for creating such a valuable resource for our students.
Terri T.
Dandenong Primary School, Victoria
The activities are prescriptive, quick and easy with few materials required. The students particularly like the partner games. I was surprised how quickly I saw student progress. It was obvious in their speed and accuracy. The wooden blocks are the genius element of this program - so simple yet effective. The children can see, touch and manipulate the numbers and see them in relation to each other. I would highly recommend this resource for every K-6 teacher. It is applicable for intervention and core teaching.
Amanda H.
Intervention Teacher
It’s fun. The blocks are made out of wood with numbers on. You get to build a wall, it’s tricky at first but quite fun when you complete it. I’ve learnt my number bonds of 10, 8, 5, 7, and 6. It wasn’t hard to learn because the activities are games.
Ashley
Student

>> More Testimonials

Aims of the Bond Blocks Maths Intervention Program

Use the Bond Block System to develop:

  • Fluency with number bonds, leading to recall.
  • Addition and subtraction to 20 and beyond.
  • Robust understandings of addition and subtraction concepts, and relationships between them.
  • Flexible, efficient calculating strategies.
  • Number concepts including place value.
  • Mathematical reasoning and problem solving.
Kits Overview
Easy to use
Video lessons with every activity
From Start to Finish
Everything covered from pre-tests to assessment.
Made from Sustainable Wood
The blocks are made from high quality, sustainable New Zealand Pine
Additional Material
Extensive teacher notes and implementation guide.

Take a moment to check out the site

Check out what a lesson looks like or peruse our FAQ. There are also fantastic support materials in our teacher notes section, including a 3-page document asking the question “Is the Bond Blocks Maths Intervention Program evidence-based?” which helps demystify what ‘evidence-based’ does and does not mean.

Or, take a look at what assessment materials you get along with this fantastic maths intervention support program that is now used across Australia.

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