Rainbow Architect Set

1500 g
£79.00

Award winning natural solid beechwood nesting shape set. Comes in the seven colours of the rainbow, with a natural finish that shows the beautiful grain of the wood. The 4 geometric shapes are squares, rectangles, triangles and arches. The inner block in each nesting group is a solid 3D shape for added learning opportunities.

"Outstanding resource with endless learning opportunities." - NW Awards 2019 (Prime Areas)

This fantastic resource will provide a wide range of learning and endless possibilities for creative, construction and imaginative play. This set will engage children in learning across multiple areas of the curriculum: using innovation and creative skills to build towers, buildings or free form sculptures; tapping into the imagination to design rooms or even a zoo for filling with small world play people or animals; applying mathematical logic to sort counters into the shapes which match by colour, shape or size; learning the geometric properties of common shapes; exploring size and scale; using mathematical terms - larger, smaller, taller, wider etc; and for improving language skills and broadening descriptive vocabulary.  

Supports the following areas of learning:

• Personal Development - collaborative play
• Physical Development - motor skills, construction
• Communication & Language - descriptive language 
• Expressive Arts & Design - imaginative play
• Maths - shape & space, sorting, pattern & sequence
• Understanding the World - colour

Nursery World Equipment & Resources Awards 2019
(Gold - Prime Areas category)

Specification

Size: height of triangle set 148mm, square set 148mm, rectangle set 148mm, arch set 73mm. Wall thickness 8mm. Pk28.

Age: Suitable from 12 months.