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The set consists of twenty bars of each quantity 1-10, which are stored in a box with 10 compartments.

The Colored Counting Bars is an alternative to bead bar materials. Each of the bars are in the same hierarchical colors as the bead materials (with the ten bars being a natural wood finish), but without clearly defined units (i.e. beads) on each piece the student has to use a more comparative style of reasoning to determine their value.

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The Colored Counting Bars correspond in length and color to the Cubing Material.

This material is used by the child as a transition between the bead bars and the solid material.