Nature's Sorting Box

Bring the wonder of the outdoors into your learning environment with the Freckled Frog Nature's Sorting Box. This beautifully crafted 91-piece set is filled with high-quality wooden items, inviting children to explore natural textures, colours, and shapes. It includes a delightful collection of mushrooms, seasonal leaves, wood chips, acorns, sticks, ladybugs, and wooden rocks, all carefully packaged in a painted wooden tray for easy storage and display.

Perfectly designed for open-ended exploration, the set supports a wide range of activities including pattern making, sorting, counting, storytelling, and small world play. The tactile materials encourage children to immerse themselves in imaginative and sensory-rich learning experiences, developing key skills through playful discovery.

The sturdy wooden tray not only aids in organisation but also serves as an ideal platform for sorting activities and group work, making this a versatile addition to early years and primary classrooms. The Freckled Frog Nature's Sorting Box offers a rich and versatile resource for early learners to discover, sort, create, and tell stories, building essential skills through nature-inspired play.

Educational Benefits:

• Develops fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination through sorting, picking, and placing
• Supports early mathematical concepts such as categorisation, patterning, and counting
• Encourages creativity, language development, and storytelling through small world play
• Enhances sensory exploration by engaging with natural textures, shapes, and colours

Classroom Ideas:

• Set up a sorting station where children group items by type, colour, or size
• Create seasonal storytelling scenes using the different nature pieces as props
• Explore pattern making by arranging natural materials in sequences or designs
• Integrate materials into sensory play areas or small world settings to inspire imaginative play

Safety & Information:

• Suitable for ages 3 years and over
• Made from sustainably sourced timber and painted with non-toxic finishes
• Set includes 91 assorted wooden pieces and 1 painted wooden tray
• Wooden tray dimensions: 26.5 cm (length) x 26.5 cm (width) x 4.5 cm (height)
• Natural wood and painted finish safe for hands-on exploration