What is the name of this toy? It has brightly colored shaped wires with moving beads usually on top of a wooden block.

Busy block

Abacus? Maybe that says a little too much about me... :cool:

I was thinking abacus too (former accountant) but she said colored wires ontop of a cube. That is not an abacus

I know which one you're talking about but I don't know what the name would be. I wonder if that would come up at say toys-r-us website?

Toys "R" Us - Melissa and Doug Classic Wooden Abacus

That's as close as I've found in a brief search. Sorry, good luck.

I think she's looking for the version that has different size and shape loops...

I know what she's thinking of. The early learning center calls it a "bead frame"

Large Bead Frame - Early Learning Centre

It's called a bead frame or a roller coaster toy. Here's a link to one:
My First Bead Frame