Wooden Sorting Tray

$49.45 (Ex GST)

$56.87 (Incl GST)

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Product Code QGP822

Description

A beautiful timber sorting tray. This sorting tray is made from solid acacia timber. It is perfect for sorting activities, storage or decoration. Try using on a table top and add provocations, counters, art resources or loose parts. This sorting tray measures 31.5cm wide x 14.5cm long and have 3 sections. Try adding loose parts to the tray. Playing with loose parts promotes creative thinking, invention and problem solving. The materials or parts do not have specified uses or come with instructions. They are open ended and can be used with a variety of other resources. They can be built, redesigned, balanced, lined up, and taken apart and put back together in endless ways. Large or small, size does not matter either. There is no right or wrong way to play with loose parts. Children can explore dramatic play, maths, science, physics, pattern making, sorting, engineering, language and communication. Perfect for STEM and STEAM activities. These type of resources help children to understand how the world works through exploration and problem solving. As there are no set instructions, these open ended resources can be almost anything. Texture, colour, weight, line and shape are all explored in complex play. This type of play is suitable for both group and individual learning, with children being able to lead solve problems with creative thinking. Loose parts can be manipulated in multiple possibilities and transformed into symbolic materials as children create stories, construct small worlds, transient art, construction, develop early mathematical and literacy understanding. Children can create endless small world possibilities and enhance their symbolic play using the open ended pieces and their past experiences. It allows them to create narratives and stories building on their early literacy skills. Support children’s mathematical skills by encouraging children to sort, classify, match and represent amounts. Allow them to explore and classify different shapes, sizes and colours. Children are able to look at size differences by identifying the physical differences

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MTA Early Years Catalogue Page: 307

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