{"product_id":"wooden-colour-sorting-set-29-pieces","title":"Wooden Colour Sorting Set 29 Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAcorns, bowls, a scoop, a spoon and tweezers - 29 wooden pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNatural and coloured wooden acorns with bowls, a scoop, a spoon and tweezers. 29 pieces. Ages 3 and up. $40.00.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe tools are the reason to buy this over a bag of counters.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sorting acorns by hand is a colour activity. Sorting them with tweezers is a pincer-grip exercise that a three-year-old will do for twenty minutes because they want the acorn in the bowl, not because anyone asked them to strengthen their fingers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThree tools of increasing difficulty:\u003c\/strong\u003e the scoop for the youngest, the spoon next, the tweezers last. One set therefore covers a range of ability without anyone being handed a different activity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWood rather than plastic\u003c\/strong\u003e - it has weight and texture, it sounds different in a bowl, and it does not slide off a table the way light plastic counters do. For sensory work that matters as much as the colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNatural and coloured acorns together\u003c\/strong\u003e, so the sorting can be by colour, by natural-versus-dyed, by size or by whatever the child notices - which is a better activity than one with a single right answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAges 3 and up. Small wooden pieces, so supervise children who still mouth objects.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MTA Essentials","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53793123074411,"sku":"EVGKIN423","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/2795\/8891\/files\/gkin423_colour-classify-toys-29pc_v1_1.jpg?v=1788359903","url":"https:\/\/megaofficesupplies.com.au\/products\/wooden-colour-sorting-set-29-pieces","provider":"Mega Office Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}