Wooden Bear Shape Stacker — Build the Bear from the Card

A wooden post and a set of coloured geometric pieces that thread onto it. Challenge cards show a bear built from those shapes, and your child picks the right pieces in the right order to match. Once the cards are done, they can build bears of their own.

How you play

1. Draw a challenge card and look at the bear on it.
2. Work out which shape makes each part of it.
3. Thread the pieces onto the wooden post in the right order.
4. Compare your bear with the card and correct anything out of place.
5. When the cards are finished, invent your own designs.

What it builds

• Reading a picture as a stack of separate shapes
• Order, since a piece threaded early cannot be moved later
• Fine motor control threading pieces onto a post
• Free design once the cards stop leading

Three ways to play it

• Build a bear and let your child find its card
• Use only three shapes and see what is still possible
• Build it upside down and see whether it still works

The details

• Ages: 3–6 years
• Material: wood