Teaching my son how to count - Abacus & a puppet

My son recieved an abacus and muppets for his birthday. I really loved the abacus and wanted to teach him how to use it. Of coarse, he rebelled and wanted to just push the beads back and forth. Finally, I got the idea to use his puppet to push each bead and count. Amazingly it worked !! He loves that the puppet pushes the beads, counts and then cheers hooray. It's educational entertainment. Definetly considering making a puppet theater now. 

My son is almost 2, so perfect time to get started on his math lessons. He counts from 1-3 then skips some numbers and counts 7-10 lol