SiliShapes Soft Bricks Pk24

The TickiT® SiliShapes Soft Bricks are thoughtfully designed to provide toddlers and young children with their first experience of building and stacking. Made from soft, flexible, see-through silicone, these bricks offer a unique sensory experience while remaining safe, durable, and easy for little hands to grasp.

Key Features of the SiliShapes Soft Bricks Set

• Perfect Size for Small Hands: Each brick measures 75 x 37.5 x 25mm, ideal for toddlers to comfortably grip and manipulate. The easy-to-hold size enables young children to stack, arrange, and create patterns, helping to strengthen their fine motor skills as they play.

• Soft and Safe Material: Crafted from high-quality, see-through silicone, these bricks are gentle to the touch, making them suitable for children aged 18 months and up. The material is both robust and safe, ensuring peace of mind for parents and educators while encouraging tactile exploration.

• Colourful Transparency: With vibrant colours including red, blue, green, and yellow, these bricks captivate children’s attention, particularly when used on a light panel where they glow and blend to create new hues. This visual stimulation enhances colour recognition and introduces the basics of colour mixing.

• Versatile Learning Tool: The SiliShapes Soft Bricks support a range of early educational goals, aligning with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Key Stage 1 (KS1) National Curriculum. They assist in developing physical skills like moving and handling, and early mathematical skills, such as counting, sorting, and understanding shape and space.

• Easy to Clean and Hygienic: The bricks are dishwasher-safe, allowing them to be thoroughly cleaned and ready for the next play session. Whether used in sand and water play, small world setups, or traditional stacking, they’re easy to maintain and withstand frequent use.

Ideas for Play and Learning

1. Stacking and Balancing: Encourage children to stack bricks in various shapes, sizes, or colours, allowing them to develop their coordination and fine motor skills while exploring balance and stability.

2. Pattern and Colour Recognition: Arrange bricks by colour, creating simple or complex patterns to boost early maths skills, such as sequencing and sorting.

3. Light Panel Play: Use the SiliShapes Soft Bricks on a light panel to explore colour mixing and transparency. Children can place different colours together, watching as new hues emerge, enhancing their understanding of colour combinations.

4. Small World Play: Incorporate these bricks into small world play as props for imaginary scenes, helping children build stories and understand concepts of scale and arrangement.

5. Water and Sand Play: Due to their durable silicone material, these bricks can be taken outdoors for sand and water play, making them a versatile choice for various sensory environments.

6. Language and Communication: Use the bricks to initiate discussions around colour, shape, and size, and to introduce simple concepts such as bigger, smaller, more, and less.

Educational Benefits and Development Areas

The SiliShapes Soft Bricks set is designed to enhance:

• Physical Development: Helps improve coordination, fine motor skills, and hand-eye coordination as children stack, sort, and balance the bricks.

• Mathematical Skills: Supports counting, colour and shape recognition, and the exploration of patterns and sequencing.

• Understanding the World: Encourages sensory exploration and introduces concepts of technology and creative thinking.

• Creative Development: Encourages imaginative play and the exploration of media and materials, allowing children to express creativity.

Product Specifications

• Set Includes: 24 silicone bricks in four colours (6 each of red, blue, green, and yellow).
• Size: Each brick measures 75 x 37.5 x 25mm.
• Age Recommendation: Suitable for children aged 18 months and up.
• Awards: Winner of the 2014 Practical Pre-School Awards.

The TickiT® SiliShapes Soft Bricks are an ideal addition to any early learning environment, offering a safe, tactile, and visually engaging way for young children to develop essential skills.