Wooden sorting puzzle ‘Point the Way – 2’

About the game

Which way is the fish swimming — to the right or to the left? Which way is the butterfly flying, and where is the tortoise crawling? Take a closer look at each character and help them all find the right direction!

‘Point the Way – 2’ — a wooden sorter for spatial orientation. The child looks at the animals, which are turned in four different directions, and sorts the cards according to the directions indicated by the arrows. Activities featuring tortoises, butterflies, fish, bees, birds and ladybirds help children compare the positions of the images.

Every correctly placed picture is another step towards confidently distinguishing between directions.

In the set

• board measuring 32 × 23 cm
• 28 pieces: 4 arrows and 24 animal cards — turtles, butterflies, fish, bees, birds and ladybirds, each showing 4 directions

How to play

1. Arrange the arrows at the top: up, down, right, left.
2. The child looks to see which way the animal is facing.
3. The child places the card in the column corresponding to the correct arrow.

Where to start

Start with two directions — up and down.

Game variations

• ‘Where is the fish swimming to?’;
• swap the arrows round and put them back together;
• ‘live arrows’: the child moves in the direction indicated by the arrow;
• ‘What’s been mixed up?’.

What children can practise

• spatial awareness
• concentration
• language: up, down, right, left

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.