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Beautifully coloured natural beechwood hollow blocks in 4 geometric shapes - squares rectangles triangles and arches. Each group of shapes contains 7 graduated sizes for nesting in the 7 colours of the rainbow. The inner block in each group is a solid 3D shape.This wide-ranging enabling resource will provide endless possibilities for creativity construction and imaginative play engaging children in learning across several areas of the curriculum: using innovation and creativity to build towers houses or freeform sculptures; using the imagination to design rooms for filling with small world play people or animals; applying mathematical logic to sort counters into the shapes which match by colour shape or size; learning the geometric properties of common shapes; exploring size and scale; using mathematical terms - larger smaller taller wider etc; and for improving language skills and broadening descriptive vocabulary.Dimensions :Triangle: 148(H)mmSquare: 148(H)mmRectangle: 148(H)mmArch: 73(H)mmWall thickness: 8mm(D)Suitable for age 12 months +