‘Amazing Animals’ wooden sorting puzzle (mini)

About the game

What would happen if you combined a cat’s head with a zebra’s body? Or invented an animal that looks like both a camel and a rhinoceros? In this game, you can assemble real animals or invent completely new ones!

‘Amazing Animals’ (mini) — a wooden puzzle sorter featuring the halves of six animals. The child matches the correct heads and bodies or swaps them around, creating funny, fantastical combinations. Each half has its own place on the game board.

First come the familiar cow, cat and zebra, and then — a whole world of unusual creatures created by their own imagination.

In the set

• a 23 × 16 cm board with 6 windows
• 12 pieces — 6 animals: a cow, a camel, a lamb, a cat, a zebra and a rhinoceros

How to play

1. Separate the halves.
2. The child joins the two parts of each animal.
3. Now do the opposite — create some funny ‘new’ animals.

Where to start

Start with 2–3 animals.

Game variations

• assemble correctly;
• invent a new animal and a name for it;
• ‘Whose tail is it?’.

What children can practise

• the ‘part–whole’ concept
• imagination and speech
• knowledge of animals

Who it’s for

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

Material

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