Pattern Blocks and Boards - Match Shapes & Colours
A timeless favourite that lets children explore shapes and colours as they fill the pattern boards with colourful wooden shapes.
The set includes 10 different designs for your child to recreate, or they can let their imagination take the lead and create their own colourful masterpieces.
With 120 colourful wooden pieces in 6 different shapes, you won't run out of fun anytime soon.
With this old-school classic, your child can explore shapes and colours, create mosaic patterns, and sharpen their matching and sorting skills. It's a fun, screen-free way to boost shape and colour recognition, vocabulary, and hand-eye coordination all at once.
What makes this product special
Toys for learning through play
Play is essential for children’s learning, well-being, and development. Through play, children learn about themselves and the world around them.
Play helps children:
• stay curious
• focus and become absorbed in what they're doing
• take on age-appropriate challenges
• build confidence
We believe children learn best by doing things for themselves:
• by making mistakes
• by getting messy
• by falling down and getting back up again
Resilience, confidence, and courage grow through experience, one small step at a time.
That's why we carefully choose toys that encourage independence, imagination, movement, and social skills — offering just the right balance of support, freedom, and opportunities to grow.
Carefully selected toys
We carefully handpick every toy from the vast world of toys available today. The only toys that make it into our range are ones we'd be happy to give our own children.
Every toy at ToyAcademy should:
• support learning through play
• be made from durable, high-quality materials
• be safe and enjoyable for children to play with
20 years of experience as parents and professionals
We're a Danish company founded in 2005, and we're parents too. We know what it's like to want the very best toys for your children.
Our mission is clear:
Toys should support children’s development, well-being, and confidence through play.
90-day returns
Shop with peace of mind — especially when buying gifts.
You have 90 days to return your purchase, giving you extra flexibility and peace of mind.
If you happen to choose the wrong toy, you can easily exchange it or return it.
What makes this product special
A timeless favourite that lets children explore shapes and colours as they fill the pattern boards with colourful wooden shapes.
The set includes 10 different designs for your child to recreate, or they can let their imagination take the lead and create their own colourful masterpieces.
With 120 colourful wooden pieces in 6 different shapes, you won't run out of fun anytime soon.
With this old-school classic, your child can explore shapes and colours, create mosaic patterns, and sharpen their matching and sorting skills. It's a fun, screen-free way to boost shape and colour recognition, vocabulary, and hand-eye coordination all at once.
Science is no longer something dull and difficult that adults work with in distant offices or laboratories. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) toys are a perfect example of that. The conventional boundaries between natural science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are removed, and your child gets to be at the centre of the learning process through experiments and play.
The activity is wonderful for your child's well-being and ability to learn:
- Strengthens your child's fine motor skills.
- Strengthens hand-eye coordination, a skill we use for example when cutting with scissors, pouring a glass of water without spilling, or when catching or kicking the ball that comes flying at us in the playground.
| Item number | 46-10029 |
|---|---|
| Age | 3 yrs., 4 yrs., 5 yrs. , 6 yrs. |
| Function | Fine motor skills, Shape and colour recognition, Hand-eye coordination, Logical thinking, Problem-solving, Spatial awareness |
| Material | Wood |
Do you know Melissa & Doug?
For many years now, the ToyAcademy team have enjoyed a good friendship with Melissa & Doug's skilled toy makers. The people at Melissa & Doug understand what children want in a toy, and what toys spark their curiosity, capture their attention, and help them learn with both their brain and their body.The playthings are durable and versatile, so most of the toys can be played with in many different ways. This makes the toys extra sustainable, as they offer lots of different play opportunities that do not require additional consumption of nature's resources and energy. And every year, Melissa & Doug wows us with fun new ideas for toys.
See our selection from Melissa & Doug here.
Delivery time: 2-4 business days
We aim to ship your order as quickly as possible. In most cases, you’ll receive it within 2-4 business days. Occasionally, minor delays may occur.
Please note: During busy periods, such as Christmas or Black Friday, delivery times may be slightly longer.
Returns
You have 90 days to return your purchase. That gives you extra peace of mind, especially when buying gifts. If you happen to choose the wrong toy, you can easily exchange it or return it.
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