‘Wild and Domestic Animals’ wooden sorting chest

About the game

Various animals live in the forest and on the farm, but today all the pictures have got mixed up. Which animals belong among the forest dwellers, and which ones need to return to the farm? Help sort the pieces into the correct compartments!

The ‘Wild and Farm Animals’ sorting chest is a wooden game featuring two themed boxes. The child looks at pictures of wild and farm animals, mushrooms, berries, fruit and vegetables, and sorts them between the forest and the farm. Standing cards complete the set.

Two familiar worlds — the forest and the farm — help the child make connections between animals, plants and the places where they live and grow.

In the set

• a 17 × 14 × 6 cm chest-shaped money box with two compartments: ‘farm’ and ‘forest’
• 40 round tokens: wild and domestic animals, mushrooms, berries, fruit and vegetables
• token stands

How to play

1. Lay out the tokens.
2. The child decides who lives in the forest and who lives on the farm.
3. Place the token in the corresponding slot.

Where to start

Start with 5–6 familiar animals.

Game variations

• ‘Where do they live?’;
• ‘What does this animal eat?’;
• separate sections on mushrooms, berries, fruit and vegetables;
• animal sounds.

What children can practise

• classification
• knowledge of animals
• fine motor skills

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.