Description
The TickiT® Rainbow Wooden Stars set is a delightful, versatile learning tool designed to inspire creativity and exploration in young children. Made from smooth, solid beechwood, each star in this set is finished to highlight the natural woodgrain, with vibrant rainbow colours adding a playful touch. With a variety of sizes and thicknesses, these chunky wooden stars are ideal for little hands to handle and engage with as they learn about colours, shapes, and basic counting.
Why Choose TickiT® Rainbow Wooden Stars?
The Rainbow Wooden Stars set provides a rich sensory experience and supports learning through hands-on play. Perfect for early childhood education, this set encourages children to explore colours, shapes, and patterns while enhancing their fine motor skills and manual dexterity. Each star is designed for durability and ease of handling, allowing children to stack, sort, and sequence as they develop fundamental skills.
Key Features and Learning Benefits
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Colour and Shape Recognition: With stars in the seven colours of the rainbow, this set is perfect for teaching young children about colours and supporting their ability to distinguish between different shapes. The stars' variety in size encourages further exploration of spatial relationships and comparisons.
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Early Numeracy Skills: The set is a great tool for introducing counting and early maths concepts. Children can count the stars, arrange them in size order, or use them in simple addition and subtraction activities, making early numeracy fun and interactive.
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Fine Motor Skill Development: The chunky design of the wooden stars is perfect for small hands. Picking up, stacking, and arranging the stars supports children’s fine motor development, hand-eye coordination, and precision.
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Open-Ended and Imaginative Play: These wooden stars are ideal for creative play scenarios. Children can create patterns, build towers, or use the stars as imaginative play props in small-world play. Such open-ended play fosters creativity, problem-solving, and narrative skills.
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Supports Multiple Learning Goals: This set is a great fit for early years frameworks, including fine motor development, colour recognition, and early numeracy. It's versatile enough to complement various play-based learning settings, from independent exploration to guided group activities.
How to Use TickiT® Rainbow Wooden Stars in Play
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Sorting and Stacking by Colour and Size: Challenge children to sort the stars by colour or size, encouraging visual discrimination and sorting skills.
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Pattern and Sequence Building: Create patterns with the stars by arranging them in colour sequences or size gradients. This promotes logical thinking, sequencing, and pattern recognition.
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Creative Small-World Play: Pair the Rainbow Wooden Stars with other items in the TickiT® Rainbow Wooden range, such as Architect Sets, Rainbow Loose Parts, or Wooden Buttons. This allows children to use the stars in imaginative play scenes, enhancing storytelling and descriptive language skills.
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Numeracy Games: Use the stars as counting tools, creating fun activities that develop basic maths skills. Children can count how many stars are in each colour or arrange them in numerical order by size.
Product Specifications
- Set Includes: 21 wooden stars in three different sizes and the seven vibrant colours of the rainbow
- Size: Largest stars measure approximately 6.2 cm in width, with 3 cm in diameter
- Recommended Age: Suitable for children aged 10 months and up
Why Parents and Educators Love the Rainbow Wooden Stars Set
The TickiT® Rainbow Wooden Stars set is a beautifully designed resource that provides endless opportunities for engaging, educational play. Durable, tactile, and crafted with high-quality materials, this set is built to withstand the everyday play of young children while supporting foundational learning skills. Whether at home or in a nursery setting, the Rainbow Wooden Stars are a wonderful addition to any educational environment, inspiring curiosity, creativity, and a love of learning.
Add the TickiT® Rainbow Wooden Stars to your child's play collection and watch as they explore, discover, and grow with each colourful star.