Children’s educational game ‘Professions’ (wooden tiles)

About the game

What does a doctor need to do their job? What does a chef use? And what equipment do firefighters and police officers carry with them? There are so many interesting items in the world of professions! Help each professional find their tools.

‘Professions’ is a wooden game designed to match professionals with the items they use in their work. Children explore the roles of a doctor, a cook, a police officer and a firefighter through play, selecting four matching cards for each. For example, a doctor needs a first-aid kit, a chef needs a saucepan, and a firefighter needs a fire extinguisher.

Every correctly matched set is a little discovery about how people in different professions work.

In the set

• a 32 × 23 cm base with 4 sections representing different professions: doctor, chef, police officer, firefighter
• 16 insert cards featuring objects, 4 for each profession:
• doctor: microscope, syringe, first-aid kit, tablets
• cook: cake, chopping board, saucepan, mincer
• police officer: walkie-talkie, bulletproof vest, police car, pistol
• firefighter: fire extinguisher, gas mask, fire engine, fire hose

How to play

1. Look at the 4 professions.
2. The child picks up an object and decides who needs it.
3. They place the card in the correct slot for the relevant profession.

Where to start

Start with two professions — doctor and chef.

Game variations

• ‘Who does what?’;
• ‘Which one doesn’t belong?’;
• role-play;
• ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’.

What children can practise

• knowledge of different professions
• classification
• 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.