A beautiful beechwood 7-layer stacking puzzle, with 12 surprise shapes hidden inside. The smooth natural solid wooden shapes must be fitted correctly into their matching holes in each rainbow colour panel, then the panels can be layered to complete the stack. The set provides opportunities for developing logic and reasoning, problem-solving, collaborative play, fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, colour recognition, shape recognition and shape matching.

The shapes can be stacked to create a shape tower and with the panels would make fun stencils or for squashing into play dough. The set can be used in drawing and colouring activities or taken out and about to identify shapes and colours in the classroom or outdoors environment.

The smooth panels are in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. The chunky tactile shapes inside are a cross, hexagon, crown, flower, semicircle, star, mushroom, heart, square, rectangle, circle and triangle.

Supports the following areas of learning:

Physical Development – motor skills

Maths – shape & space

Communication & Language – reasoning

Personal Development – collaborative play

Understanding the World – colour

Expressive Arts & Design – imaginative play