Wooden sorting puzzle ‘Football balls: colour and counting’

About the game

A variety of coloured balls have gathered on the football pitch, but each one has a different number of patches. Where does the red ball with three patches go, and where should the blue one with five be placed? Try to arrange all the balls correctly!

‘Football Balls: Colour and Counting’ — a wooden sorting puzzle with a grid for matching. The child identifies the colour of the ball, counts the patches from 1 to 5, and selects the correct slot based on the colour and number clues.

Twenty balls — twenty little challenges, combining colour recognition with counting.

In the set

• a 32 × 23 cm frame with a mesh
• 34 discs: 20 balls in 4 colours with 1–5 black patches, 5 discs with hint balls, 4 colour discs, 5 discs with numbers from 1 to 5

How to play

1. Arrange the clue balls or numbers at the top, and the colours at the side.
2. The child counts the patches on the ball and identifies the colour.
3. They place the ball at the intersection of the correct row and column.

Where to start

Start with one colour and count to 3.

Game variations

• replace the hint balls with numbers;
• ‘how many patches?’;
• swap the colours around.

What children can practise

• counting up to 5 and numbers
• colours
• understanding a table

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.