Home made Montessori bead cabinet

I've finally finished making my bead cabinet. I used scrap wood that I took from an old chest of drawers. It is narrower than the usual cabinet and I have hung the short bead chains instead of lying them on the shelves. I am hoping to add another shelf at the top to house the bead cubes.

Moveable Alphabet box -Origami

These are boxes I made for my small moveable alphabet. I used two Ferrero Rocher boxes and made small individual origami boxes for each letter, a total of 25 for each box and I split one box for the 'i' and 'j'. Instructions for Origami boxes can be found here. What I really like about these boxes is that each letters box can come out individually, so sometimes we don't take the whole box to the mat but instead we just pick out the letters we need.

Its a.......checker board

Anyone know what this black roll might be???
Its the key to long multiplication.
I finally finished making a felt checker board and I am delighted with it. It took so long to make as i made so many mistakes and had to restart several times. Part of this has been stitched by hand during the school meetings and the rest on my mothers sewing machine.