‘Service Vehicles’ wooden sorting chest

About the game

There are many important services in the city, and each has its own vehicle and equipment. Firefighters rush out with their fire extinguishers, doctors take their medical kit, the police take their equipment, and the post office delivers letters. Help all the services get ready for work!

The ‘Emergency Vehicles’ sorting chest is a game featuring four vehicle-shaped boxes: a fire engine, an ambulance, a police car and a post van. The child looks at the items on the cards and identifies which service they belong to, sorting them into the corresponding vehicles. The card holders complement the game.

Each correctly filled vehicle tells another little story about the people who help others every day.

In the set

• a garage stand and 4 car-shaped boxes: fire engine, ambulance, police car, post van
• 40 cut-out pieces featuring various items: handcuffs, a syringe, a fire extinguisher, a letter, a helmet, a bandage and others
• boards for arranging the cut-out pieces

How to play

1. Look at the four vehicles.
2. The child takes a token and decides which service it is needed for.
3. The child inserts the token into the slot of the relevant vehicle.

Where to start

Start with two emergency services — the fire brigade and the ambulance service.

Game variations

• ‘Whose is this?’;
• ‘Which one doesn’t belong?’ — 3 tokens from one service and 1 from another;
• role-play;
• ‘Who will come to the rescue?’.

What children can practise

• classification and logic
• knowledge of different professions
• speech

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.