Wooden inset puzzles: ‘More or Less: Fruit Basket – 2’

About the game

A pear, grapes, an apricot, a lemon and a strawberry have been gathered in a fruit basket. But each piece of fruit here can be large, medium or very small. Will you be able to sort them by size correctly?

‘Fruit Basket – 2’ is a wooden shape-sorting puzzle featuring fruits of three different sizes. The child compares them, finds the correct slots on the base and lifts the smaller pieces hidden beneath the larger ones. This turns ordinary sorting into an engaging game with sizes.

From a large pear to a tiny strawberry — every piece found helps to better understand the difference between sizes.

In the set

• 23 × 16 cm base with a basket
• 15 inserts: 5 types of fruit in three sizes — pear, grapes, apricot, lemon, strawberry
• the small inserts fit inside the large ones

How to play

1. Remove the tabs.
2. The child sorts the fruit 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 fruit and three sizes.

Game variations

• ‘big, medium, small’;
• ‘name the fruit’;
• count to 15;
• ‘which is sour and which is sweet?’.

What children can practise

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

Who it’s for

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

Material

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