Rainbow Play Panel - 184 pieces

Spark creativity, exploration, and early mathematical thinking with the Freckled Frog Rainbow Play Panel - 184 pieces. This beautiful and thoughtfully designed set combines natural timber and vibrant felt, offering endless opportunities for pattern making, counting, sorting, and loose parts exploration in early years and primary school environments.

The set includes a large wooden play panel that measures 58 cm in diameter, featuring drilled holes that transform it into a dynamic peg board. Dividing easily into four pieces, the board encourages both collaborative and individual play experiences. Children can use the 180 colourful balls - half crafted from timber and half from felt - to create intricate patterns, artworks, and designs.

Perfect for STEM and STEAM-based activities, the Rainbow Play Panel inspires inventive play and problem-solving skills. With no set rules or instructions, children are free to build, balance, sort, line up, and create in an unlimited number of ways, developing fine motor control, language, mathematics, and storytelling skills through hands-on discovery.

Educational Benefits:

• Enhances fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination through sorting, placing, and designing
• Develops early mathematical concepts such as pattern recognition, classification, and counting
• Encourages creativity, storytelling, and symbolic thinking through open-ended exploration
• Supports social collaboration and communication when used in group play settings

Classroom Ideas:

• Set pattern-making challenges using specific sequences of colours or materials
• Divide the board into sections and have children create collaborative or individual artworks
• Explore sorting and categorisation activities by separating the balls by material, size, or colour
• Encourage narrative development by creating scenes and stories using the felt and timber balls

Safety & Information:

• Suitable for ages 2 years and over
• Made from sustainably sourced timber and high-quality felt
• Play panel measures 58 cm (diameter) and can be divided into four sections
• Each ball measures 3 cm (diameter)
• Includes 180 balls (90 felt balls and 90 timber balls) and 1 wooden board
• Finished with non-toxic paints and materials for safe classroom and early years use