Wooden sorting puzzle ‘Compare and Match: Colour and Counting’

About the game

How many yellow cubes are there in the picture? And where can you find three fish of the right colour? Here, each tile has two clues — colour and quantity. Try to find the right square for it!

‘Compare and Match: Colour and Counting’ — a wooden sorting puzzle with a double-sorting grid. The child counts parakeets, aeroplanes, fish, cubes or sweets, identifies their colour and places the tile at the intersection of the corresponding row and column. Interchangeable clues allow the colours and numbers to be rearranged.

Every correctly filled cell is a small victory, requiring the child to take both the number and the colour into account at the same time.

In the set

• 32 × 23 cm frame with a grid
• 20 tiles: parrots, aeroplanes, fish, cubes, sweets — 1–5 items each in 4 colours
• hint tiles: 4 colours and numbers from 1 to 5
• the tiles are interchangeable — the tasks can be varied

How to play

1. Arrange the colours at the top and the numbers on the side.
2. The child counts the objects on the board and identifies the colour.
3. The child places the board at the intersection of the correct row and column.

Where to start

Start with one colour and count to 3.

Game variations

• swap the colours and numbers around;
• ‘How many fish are there?’;
• ‘Find three yellow cubes’.

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.