Wooden inset puzzles ‘More or Less: Basket of Vegetables – 1’

About the game

A large basket is filled with vegetables of various sizes. Here is a large carrot, and a smaller one might be hiding underneath it. Try to find the biggest aubergine, the smallest cucumber and arrange all the vegetables in the correct order!

‘Basket of Vegetables – 1’ is a wooden sorting game for comparing sizes. The child selects carrots, aubergines, peppers, garlic and cucumbers in three sizes, and places them in the corresponding slots. The smaller pieces are hidden beneath the larger ones, so they can be revealed gradually.

Five familiar vegetables, each in three sizes — an engaging game where ‘big’ and ‘small’ become clear through touch.

In the set

• 23 × 16 cm base with a basket
• 15 inserts: 5 vegetables in three sizes — carrot, aubergine, pepper, garlic, cucumber
• the small inserts fit inside the large ones

How to play

1. Remove the tabs.
2. The child sorts the vegetables by size.
3. Place them in the basket: first the small ones, then the medium ones, and finally the large ones.

Where to start

Start with one vegetable and three sizes.

Game variations

• ‘big, medium, small’;
• ‘name the vegetable’;
• count to 15;
• ‘which of these is used to make borscht?’.

What children can practise

• the concept of ‘more and less’
• knowledge of vegetables
• counting

Who it’s for

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

Material

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