‘Turtles – Colours’ sorter

About the game

In the underwater world, there are some unusual little turtles — each one dreams of having its own colourful shell! Help them get all dressed up: choose colours and assemble the shell using discs and half-rings.

The child looks at the sample card and assembles a shell in the right colours for each of the four snails. The pieces are interchangeable, so you can not only replicate the cards but also come up with your own combinations.

Today the snail is green and purple, and tomorrow it’ll be something completely different.

In the set

• a 32 × 23 cm base with an underwater background and 4 shells
• 20 shell pieces in 4 colours: each colour has one circle and 4 half-circles
• 10 cards with colour combinations

How to play

1. Choose a card.
2. The child assembles each tortoise’s shell using circles and half-rings in the correct colours.
3. Check against the card — then move on to the next one.

Where to start

Start with a single shell of one colour. Then move on to two colours and a full card.

Game variations

• ‘match by colour’;
• ‘who’s lost what’: take one piece away and find it;
• ‘name the shell’: ‘green and purple’;
• create your own colour combinations.

What children can practise

• knowledge of colours
• the concepts of ‘part and whole’ and ‘more and less’
• comparing and sorting
• attention and 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.