Counting sticks

Another learning center I have out this week is counting sticks.  There are 10 cups, a bowl of beads, and counting sticks (craft sticks with dots on them).  The kiddos find the stick that matches the number on the cup, then they count the correct number of beads into the cup.  They can self correct by matching the beads to the number of dots on the sticks.  My 4 year olds enjoyed this.  My 3 year olds didn't care for using the sticks.  They just wanted to "count" the beads in.