‘The Cheerful Postman’ chest of drawers

About the game

The cheerful postman has a lot of work to do today: he needs to deliver all the letters to the correct addresses. Four coloured boxes are already waiting for the post, but how can he make sure he doesn’t mix them up – which one is for whom?

‘The Cheerful Postman’ is a wooden sorting chest in which the child takes on the role of a postman. They examine the ‘letters’ – cards featuring pictures of objects – and sort them into the four coloured boxes. Each new sorting session becomes a little postal task.

Once all the letters have been delivered, you can shuffle the post again and start a new working day for the cheerful postman.

In the set

• a wooden chest with 4 coloured drawers: yellow, red, blue and green
• 40 cards featuring objects: clothes, crockery, furniture, stationery, tools and plants

How to play

1. Take a look at the letterboxes.
2. The child postman takes a ‘letter’ and puts it in the letterbox of the correct colour.
3. Lay out all 40 tiles.

Where to start

Start with two boxes and 8–10 tiles.

Game variations

• ‘Deliver the post’;
• name the object on the card;
• sort by theme: crockery, clothes;
• a story about a postman.

What children can practise

• colours and classification
• speech
• attention

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.