‘Edible or Not Edible’ wooden sorting chest

About the game

Little Yasya is hungry, but the food, toys, clothes and bathroom items have all got mixed up. What can you give the little girl to eat, and what needs to be put away in the chest of drawers? Help Yasya sort everything out properly!

‘Edible or Not Edible’ — a wooden sorting chest with a figurine of a little girl. The child examines the pieces: she puts the edible items into Yasya’s ‘mouth’, and sorts the inedible items into the kitchen, bathroom and wardrobe compartments. The game combines food recognition with tidying up household items.

Once Yasya has been fed and everything is back in its place, you can mix up the pieces and start the game again.

In the set

• a chest of drawers measuring 19 × 15 × 8 cm with themed compartments: kitchen, bathroom, wardrobe and others
• a figurine of a little girl called Yasia on a stand with a ‘mouth’ for food
• 40 round tokens, 4 × 4 cm: food, toys, toiletries, clothes and other items
• card stands for the tokens

How to play

1. Lay out the pieces.
2. The child decides: is this edible or not?
3. Edible items are used to ‘feed’ Yasya; inedible items are placed in a compartment of the chest of drawers.

Where to start

Start with 8–10 pieces where the answer is obvious.

Game variations

• ‘Is it edible or not?’;
• ‘Where is this kept at home?’;
• ‘What does Yasya eat for breakfast?’;
• role-play.

What children can practise

• classification
• everyday concepts and safety
• speech

Who it’s for

Children aged 3 and over; at home, at kindergarten, or during lessons with a teacher.

Material

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