Created by teachers, for teachers • Hands-on learning for primary classrooms
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Big learning starts with little hands.

Teacher-designed maths and literacy games that bring bright ideas to life through movement, conversation and hands-on play.

Teacher-designed
Hands-on learning
Made for primary
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Primary students playing a hands-on maths game
Learning that moves

Put the learning back into their hands.

Children don’t learn in just one way. Great learning gives them opportunities to see, hear, discuss, move and physically interact with ideas.

Eckle’s Place creates physical classroom resources that make abstract concepts tangible, encourage conversation and give students a reason to think together.

  • Hands-on maths and literacy practice
  • Useful for groups, rotations and intervention
  • Less passive screen time, more purposeful interaction
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Featured games

Classroom favourites in the making.

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MathsMaths in Motion marble maths board

Maths in Motion

A tactile maths game where students build and explore number patterns, multiplication, grouping and spatial relationships by moving pieces into place.

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MathsPossum's Way Home magnetic tree maths game

Possum’s Way Home

A hands-on maths adventure where students use number skills, problem-solving and strategic thinking to help the possum climb the tree and find its way home.

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From Eckle’s Place

Ideas for busy classrooms.

A dedicated space for articles, teaching ideas, product news and practical ways to make physical learning work in real classrooms.

Learning

Why hands-on learning matters

How movement, manipulatives and discussion can help make learning more meaningful.

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Teacher idea

5 ways to use maths games in rotations

Simple ways to make one physical resource work harder across the week.

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News

What’s growing at Eckle’s Place

Product updates, launch news and a look at what we are creating next.

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For teachers

Built for little hands, big thinking and busy classrooms.

Useful enough for teachers to reach for again and again. Fun enough that students ask for another round.

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