Wooden matching game ‘More or Less: Family – Animals of Australia’

About the game

Kangaroos, koalas, parrots and sloths have gathered in large families. But the adult animals and their little ones have got mixed up. Help each family get back together!

‘Family – Animals of Australia’ is a wooden sorting game for comparing sizes. The child matches the dad, mum and baby in four families, compares the sizes of the figures and finds the corresponding slots on the base.

Four families of unusual animals — four little stories about the big and small inhabitants of faraway lands.

In the set

• a 23 × 16 cm base with 4 recesses
• 12 figures — 4 ‘dad, mum, baby’ families: kangaroos, koalas, parrots and sloths

How to play

1. Take out the figures.
2. The child puts each family together.
3. Arrange the figures by size: baby, mum, dad.

Where to start

Start with one family — for example, the koalas.

Game variations

• ‘Who’s bigger?’;
• ‘Who jumps and who flies?’;
• ‘Whose little one is this?’;
• a story about a journey.

What children can practise

• the concept of ‘more and less’
• knowledge of animals
• speech

Who it’s for

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

Material

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