Stack and sort these shapes (Flair Melissa & Doug Stack and Sort Board)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Flair Melissa & Doug Stack and Sort Board
Date:	30/09/09 (66 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: good well built toy

Disadvantages: none

Melissa and Doug make some good strong wooden toys. This Flair Melissa & Doug - Stack and Sort Board is one I have seen many children use.

It is really an educational toy. This board is a fairly thick base about 6cm wide and 2 cm thick it is about 30cm long .(my measurements are not exact but guesswork I do not have the toy with me but visualised it against a ruler I have here .)

There are 5 poles of ascending heights fitted into the natural coloured base these have The tip at the enc coloured either red , blue , yellow , purple or green. Onto these fit coloured shapes.
There is 1 green circle, two purple rectangles, 3 yellow triangles, 4 blue squares and 5 red pentagons 15 shapes in total . These shapes will fit onto any of the poles but the idea is to match the colours and shapes and then pop them onto the same pole. Each pole is just big enough for the correct number of coloured shapes. So starting with one green circle the number of shapes on each pole increases by one.

The shapes are easy to hold and put onto the poles each shape has a circular hole in the centre.
This toy is suitable for a child aged 2 and over. I have used this toy with 5, 6, 7 ,8 year old special needs pupils.
This toy promotes colour recognition and matching as well as counting skills. This toy also helps practise those fine motor manipulative skills.
Children do enjoy playing with this toy.

This Stack and Sort Board is good it is well made and strong should last many years many play hours. It is suitable for both, home or school, nursery or playgroup.
This toy cost £7.99 from http://www.amazon.co.uk. I would imagine it will be in one of the school equipment suppliers catalogue too.

Would I recommend? Yes it is a good strong colour and counting stacker.

Summary: A stacking and sorting toy