‘Hedgehogs’ Sorting Puzzle

About the game

Mum Hedgehog has gathered her little ones in a meadow, and each has brought a basket of treats: some have apples, others mushrooms or nuts. But which of the hedgehogs is the biggest, and which is the smallest?

‘Hedgehogs’ is a wooden shape-sorting puzzle featuring four hedgehogs of different sizes: finding the right shape goes hand in hand with learning about size.

The little hedgehog family invites you to compare, count and make up your own forest stories.

In the set

• hedgehog base, 30 × 15 cm
• 4 hedgehog inserts of various sizes with baskets: apples, mushrooms, nuts

How to play

1. Take out the hedgehogs.
2. The child arranges them from smallest to largest.
3. Put each one back in its place.

Where to start

Start with the biggest and the smallest hedgehog.

Game variations

• ‘Who’s carrying what?’;
• a fairy tale about a forest family;
• ‘Put them in the right order’.

What children can practise

• the concept of ‘more and less’
• sequencing
• speech

Who it’s for

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

Material

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