Sorting and fitting toy ‘Beavers the Painters – 2 (triangle, circle, square, rectangle)’

About the game

The painter beavers have set to work and prepared some colourful geometric shapes. But how do you arrange all the pieces correctly? You need to match the colour in one direction and the shape in another!

‘Painter Beavers – 2’ is a wooden sorter with a grid, in which the child learns to recognise both shape and colour at the same time. The Painter Beavers indicate the colour for each row, whilst the top row determines the geometric shape. The task is to correctly place triangles, circles, squares and rectangles in seven different colours.

Each filled-in square is the result of a careful choice based on two criteria at once.

In the set

• a 32 × 23 cm board with a 7 × 4 grid
• 28 inserts: triangle, circle, square, rectangle — each shape in 7 colours
• colour in the rows, shape in the columns

How to play

1. Look at the grid: the beavers with paint show the colour, whilst the top row shows the shape.
2. The child takes a shape and looks for the square where the colour and shape match.
3. Fill in the whole grid.

Where to start

Start with a single column — for example, just circles in all colours.

Game variations

• ‘Find the square’;
• ‘Colour in one colour’;
• ‘Which shape has gone missing?’;
• ‘Name the colour and shape.’

What children can practise

• colours and shapes
• navigating the table
• logical reasoning based on two criteria

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.