math is cool

I just ran across the abacus art from CB2 and it made me realize that I always fall for things that seem a bit brainy but are also very fun to look at (take, for example, my cute engineer husband!).

Even looking back at my college degree- Life Science- I chalk it up to my love of all of the pictures and visuals that accompanied the learning I was doing. I loved anatomy, ecology, vertebrate biology, invertebrate biology, seed plant biology, physiology... OK, I hated physiology, but I passed it, and the rest were awesome. Anyway, I find that my love for the aesthetically-pleasing-but-still-educational also runs in my wants for decorating for C. So this abacus got me thinking that a little collection of  smaller (and cheaper) ones would be super cute hanging on the wall or on a shelf, as well as perfectly useful as the years go on. Here are my favorite finds for a math-is-cool collection:

 Our Green House, Oompa, Pottery Barn, Melissa and Doug

Bonus fun, check out these giant-sized abacuses that I'm sure kids love.

Pictures found here, here, here & here.
Finally, if you're totally inspired you, too, can own a larger-than-life abacus!