Wooden puzzle ‘Halves: Types of Transport’

About the game

Aeroplanes, ships, rockets and trains have been split in half. How can they set off on their journey now? Help each type of transport find its other half and become whole again!

‘Halves: Types of Transport’ is a wooden jigsaw puzzle featuring twelve images of various vehicles. The child matches the halves of cars, aeroplanes, ships and other modes of transport, selecting them based on the picture and the shape of the cut-out.

From a tractor to a space rocket — every completed picture reveals a new mode of transport for the little traveller.

In the set

• wooden box, 26 × 11 × 4 cm
• 12 pictures, 7 × 7 cm — 24 halves with different cut-out lines
• a ship, a train, a car, an excavator, a helicopter, a tractor, a hot-air balloon, a bus, a lorry, a rocket, a submarine, an aeroplane

How to play

1. Mix up the halves.
2. The child looks for the two parts of the same picture — based on the illustration and the shape of the cut-out.
3. Put them together and name what you’ve made.

Where to start

Start with 3–4 pictures.

Game variations

• ‘Find the matching pair’;
• ‘What flies, what swims, what drives?’;
• memory game;
• a story in three pictures.

What children can practise

• the ‘part–whole’ concept
• attention
• speech

Who it’s for

Children aged 3 and over; at home, at kindergarten, whilst travelling.

Material

Wood-based board (pressed wood), bright print.