Description
The TickiT® Rainbow Wooden Super Set is a versatile, fun-filled resource designed to inspire endless creative play and learning. Made from smooth, solid beechwood, each piece in this super set showcases the natural woodgrain finish, painted in the seven vibrant colours of the rainbow. Ideal for children of all ages, this set promotes hands-on learning while supporting a wide range of developmental skills.
Why Choose the Rainbow Wooden Super Set?
This comprehensive set of 84 wooden pieces invites children to engage with colours, shapes, and patterns through open-ended play. Each object is carefully crafted for small hands, making them easy to hold, stack, and arrange. Children will love using this set in imaginative play, creating colourful patterns, and engaging in activities that enhance their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and cognitive development.
Key Features and Learning Benefits
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Colour Recognition and Sorting: With seven vibrant colours, this set is ideal for teaching children about colours and helping them distinguish between hues. Sorting the pieces by colour adds an extra dimension to their play and encourages visual discrimination.
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Shape and Pattern Recognition: The set includes a wide variety of shapes—discs, spools, cubes, rings, balls, and more—making it perfect for pattern recognition and exploration. Children can experiment with different arrangements, developing spatial awareness and learning how shapes fit together.
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Counting, Stacking, and Sequencing: These wooden pieces are ideal for early maths activities. Encourage children to count the different shapes, stack them in towers, or arrange them in sequence to strengthen their understanding of numbers and improve sequencing skills.
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Building and Construction Skills: Each object is carefully crafted to stack and balance, allowing children to build towers and explore balance and gravity. This activity is not only fun but also helps develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and hand-eye coordination.
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Imaginative and Small World Play: The set includes people-shaped figures, spinning tops, and other shapes that encourage imaginative play. Children can create colourful worlds, incorporating these pieces as characters, houses, or props in their stories. This imaginative play promotes language development, storytelling, and social interaction skills.
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Combines with Other TickiT® Sets: For even more play options, the Rainbow Wooden Super Set can be paired with other TickiT® Rainbow Wooden products, such as the Architect Set or Loose Parts. This adds variety and extends learning opportunities, allowing children to create larger, more complex structures and scenes.
Suggested Activities with the Rainbow Wooden Super Set
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Colour and Shape Sorting: Encourage children to group pieces by colour and shape, supporting visual discrimination and early categorisation skills.
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Pattern Making and Sequencing: Children can create patterns using different shapes and colours, an activity that reinforces mathematical concepts like symmetry and order.
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Stacking Towers: Challenge children to stack the pieces as high as they can, promoting problem-solving and patience.
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Counting Games: Use the pieces to practice counting and simple maths, such as addition and subtraction, in a hands-on way.
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Small World Play: The pieces in this set can be used to create tiny worlds with people, structures, and landscapes, supporting imaginative play and storytelling.
Product Details
- Set Includes: 84 wooden shapes across a variety of designs, each shape available in seven rainbow colours. Comes with a cotton drawstring storage bag for easy clean-up and portability.
- Shapes and Sizes: Discs (6cm diameter), spools (3.5cm diameter), cubes (4cm and 5cm), rings (4.8cm, 5.6cm, and 7cm diameter), balls (5cm diameter), semi-spheres (4cm diameter), figures (10cm), bowls (9.2cm diameter), spinning tops (5cm diameter).
- Age Suitability: Designed for children aged 10 months and up.
Why Parents and Educators Love the Rainbow Wooden Super Set
The TickiT® Rainbow Wooden Super Set is a wonderful resource for any playroom, nursery, or classroom. It not only supports early learning and development but also provides endless entertainment through open-ended play. Durable, beautifully crafted, and safe for young children, this set is designed to withstand the rigours of everyday play while sparking creativity and discovery.
Introduce the TickiT® Rainbow Wooden Super Set to your child’s playtime and watch as they discover the world of colours, shapes, and patterns in a truly engaging way. Whether stacking towers, building creative worlds, or simply exploring colour combinations, this set is an invaluable addition to early learning and development.