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Beautifully polished translucent acrylic blocks in different shapes, with a plane mirror, 15 work cards and teachers’ notes included. The smooth colourful tactile blocks are designed to enable children to explore light & colour, build patterns and sequences as well as create imaginative pictures.
– Regular polygons to help with mathematical language and the understanding of shapes and forms (square, triangle, oblong, circle, ellipse)
– Irregular shapes to enable more complex pictures to be made and to encourage a rich diversity of language such as wave, zigzag, arch, bridge etc
– Plane mirror for children to build patterns and see the effects of reflective symmetry
– Coloured and clear blocks so children can see the world in a different hue, overlay them to mix new colour combinations and use them on a light panel
– 15 pupil work cards from simple ideas to more complex challenges. There are pictures to copy in 2D or 3D, shape sequences to solve and ideas for reflective symmetry work.
– Teacher’s guide including background information, suggested activities to try, questions to ask the children and extension ideas.
Set includes 25 blocks, 15 A4 work cards, 1 acrylic plane mirror and a teachers’ guide in 8 languages, stored in a robust card box with key guide and foam inserts to protect the blocks.
  
Supports the following areas of learning:
• Understanding the World – colour
• Physical Development – motor skills
• Maths – shape & space
• Personal Development – collaborative play
• Communication & Language – descriptive language
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What the Practical Pre-School Award testers said:
“Lovely, bright, translucent colours that were immediately appealing and awesome on the light box! Tactile shapes and the addition of the mirror extended the learning and play value.”
Specification
Size of mirror: 160 x 320mm. Largest block height: 80mm.
Ref: 72606
