Melissa & Doug Sort & Snap Colour Match (Pre-Order)

Melissa & Doug Sort & Snap Colour Match (Pre-Order)Get inspired with M&D's amazing colour matching and creative activity Sort; Snap Colour Match board! Sort; Snap Colour Match by Melissa; Doug feature ten reversible picture cards that are held in place on a wooden playboard when children place the snap caps in the holes. On one side of the picture, the card is in colour for matching. The reverse side shows the picture in black and white, allowing the children to create their own patterns and designs!

Get inspired with M&D's amazing colour-matching and creative activity Sort; Snap Colour Match board!

Sort; Snap Colour Match by Melissa; Doug feature ten reversible picture cards that are held in place on a wooden playboard when children place the snap caps in the holes. On one side of the picture, the card is in colour for matching. The reverse side shows the picture in black and white, allowing the children to create their own patterns and designs! This activity is great for colour recognition, sorting, and beginning math skills...even has 3-D picture suggestions!

Sort; Snap Colour Match Features:

• Create colourful pictures using the included boards and snap caps
• Includes 10 double-sided picture cards and 64 snap caps
• Sturdy wooden frame
• Great for colour recognition, sorting, and beginning math skills
• Approx. product dimension: 11.38" x 15.75" x 2.25"
• Age 2 years+

Discover Countless Ways To Play

• SORT; COUNT: Mix all the colour caps together in a pile. Have kids sort the caps by colour (red, yellow, green, blue). Have them count the number of groups (four) and the number of caps in each group (16). Have kids choose one colour and snap all those caps into the holes on the wooden playboard so the caps are touching. Then, have them choose a second colour and snap those in the holes next to the first group. Colour caps can fit into spaces made by other caps placed close together -- challenge kids to build one layer using one colour, and a second layer with a different colour.
• MATH MATTERS: Place four colour caps in the wooden play board, and have kids count them. Have kids remove one cap and tell you how many are left. ("If we have four colour caps and we take away one, how many do we have? Four minus one is one, two, three!") Repeat, removing two colour caps, three, etc. Add back one colour cap at a time, asking kids to tell you how many there are as you do. As addition and subtraction skills develop, start with more than four colour caps on the board and add and subtract more than one cap at a time!
• WHO AM I? Have kids identify all of the animals on the cards. Have them sort the pictures according to the details you give, such as animals that fly and those that don't, or those that include flowers and those that don't. Encourage kids to make animal sounds and to make up stories using the cards and the colour caps. For instance, maybe Petunia Parrot is helping some pirates search for treasure on a desert island. Have kids hide "jewels" (colour caps) in Petunia's feathers. What other animals does the parrot meet as she flies around the island?

If you LOVE this product, pre-order it with an approx. 2-week lead time from receiving proof of payment. It's worth the wait!

For over 30 years, Melissa; Doug has created beautifully designed imagination- and creativity-sparking products. Today, Melissa; Doug partners proudly with the American Academy of Pediatrics to foster early brain development and help children build essential life skills through play.