Resources for Loose Parts Play

The Grapat Perpetual Calendar is an annual manipulative and active calendar that allows the child to touch the year and understand the passage of time through the experience.  Pre-Schoolers and even School Age children often find it hard to understand time, especially when further in the distance. Take Birthdays for example, a child may know when their Birthday is but the amount of time they have to wait for their day to arrive is often hard to understand. This is where the Perpetual Calendar can help visualize the time. It is also a fabulous tool to teach the months of the year and seasons in a visual way. The set contains 12 Nins® in 12 colors according to the Waldorf pedagogy, both to determine the month and it's season of the year. 1 bowl of natural beech wood, two natural beech wood cubes with the numbers of the days printed, and a platform distributed in 4 sections that determine the seasons, stamped with the months of the year. Recommended from 3 yrs+

QToys' Natural Stacking and Nesting Bowls are the perfect addition to open ended play. They can be used for different fine motor skills activities, filled and emptied or used for organising loose parts. All Qtoys products are made from plantation wood and non-toxic chemicals. Size: 13 cm x 13 cm x 10 cm Recommended from 12 mths+

Practice your fine motor skills with the Grimm's Hearts. These fantastic building blocks open new possibilities for building and creating.Contains 13 pieces in either rainbow or red colours. Materials: lime wood, non-toxic water based colour stain or plant based oil finish. Size: L=28 cm, H=4 cm, single Hearts L=5-7,5 cm and H=2-4 cm. Recommended from 12 mths+

The Grapat 6 coloured mates is a beautiful open ended set and a tactile tool to discover, experience and explore the world, through non specific play. Fill and empty, move, store, collect, sort and stack.  Simple exploratory games that help to develop hand eye coordination, imagination, math skills and so much more. These beautifully crafted little containers are perfect for loose parts play. They can be colour sorted, counted or used in imaginary and home corner play. Combines perfectly with Grapat's 12 Nins. Contains 6 coloured mates. Recommended from 10 mths+

These Grapat Wooden Bowls come in six beautiful rainbow colours. Open ended resources allow children to use their imagination to discover and explore. The bowls can be included in activities such as, stacking ,sorting, covering, hiding and so much more. This set will have great longevity and it’s uses will grow and change with the child. Size: Each bowl measures approx. 6 x 3 cm Recommended from 18 mths+

The Grapat Mandala Little Coin set is a highly versatile, open ended, loose parts wooden toy resource. It creates a unique sensory experience and develops fine motor skills. Be creative and design your own mandala or use the coins as part of small world play. A beautifully interactive way to teach children about symmetry. This set of thirty-six little coins in 3 different shades of blue, can also be used as counters for for developing counting skills. Handmade from sustainably sourced wood and finished with non-toxic colours. Grapat Mandala sets are a perfect addition to imaginative play, role play, creative picture making and story telling. The possibilities are endless. Contains: 36 little wooden coins in 3 different shades of blue. Size: around 4 cm Recommended Age +36 Months

Nature is like a kaleidoscope of images giving us a beautiful scene month after month. No matter where we live, in the countryside or in the city, every season has its own beauty, colours and treasures. n spring, life is reborn, everything is filled with flowers, new animals and days of light, appear pink, magenta, fresh green and yellow fresh and clean. The combined Nins, rings and coins encourages children to create logical, mathematical relationships when sorting and counting the different shapes and colours. This simple action strengthens fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination and the many pieces that are included inspire open ended play. The Grapat Seasons Spring set includes 3 Nins, 3 Nins with Top Hats, 3 Mates (cups), 9 rings and 9 coins. Nins measure 6 cm high, Mates measure 5 cm high and coins and rings have a diameter of 4.7 cm. Recommended from 12 mths+

Grimm's small bobbins threading game is very versatile in its play options: It is ideal for stacking and threading but also for practicing colours, sorting and stacking the bobbins on the colored dowels. The bobbins are also ideal for sorting and building with the Grimm's Wooden Balls and Rainbow. Contains 8 pieces incl. a wooden needle. Materials: maple wood and limewood, non-toxic water based color stain or non-toxic plant based oil finish. Size: H = 4,5 cm, L = 22,5 cm. Recommended from 12 mths+

Perfect for imaginative play, small world play, sorting and colour mapping. Through their different colours and different types of wood, the Rainbow Friends reflect our wonderful diverse world as well as celebrating everyone’s uniqueness. Each one of our little hand-painted wooden figures has a different look and individual wood grain. These happy little wooden figures are made from different types of wood from trees indigenous to central Europe. Each hand-painted peg doll is unique. Materials: Three different types of wood from sustainable forestry, depending on availability (maple wood, beech wood, cherry wood or alder wood), non-toxic water based colour stain. Size: Peg doll's height 6.5 cm, diameter 3 cm. Recommended from 12 m+

The Grapat Mandala Wooden Stones set is a versatile and open ended loose parts resource with endless possibilities. Designed to create a unique sensory experience as you design your mandala, this also encourages the development of fine motor skills and becomes a beautifully interactive way to learn about symmetry. Handmade from sustainably sourced wood and finished with non-toxic colours, Grapat Mandala sets are a perfect addition to imaginative play, role play, creative picture making and story telling. They are perfect for counting and sorting and assisting with mathematical concepts. Contains: 36 small wooden stones in 3 shades of grey. Size: 25 mm diameter Choking Hazard. Recommended from 3 yrs+

The Grapat Mandala Orange Cones set consists of 36 wooden cones in 3 shades of orange. It is an incredibly versatile and open ended resource and the possibilities of use are endless.  Designed to create a unique sensory experience it also encourages the development of fine motor skills and becomes a beautifully interactive way to teach children about symmetry. Handmade from sustainably sourced wood and finished with non-toxic colours, Grapat Mandala sets are a perfect addition to imaginative play, role play, creative picture making and story telling. They are perfect for counting and sorting and assisting with mathematical concepts. The possibilities are inspiring. Contains: 36 small wooden cones in 3 shades of orange. Size: 4 cm high  Choking Hazard. Recommended from 3 yrs+

Grapat's natural Nins are beautifully simple, wooden figures made from 3 different types of trees (Beech, Oak and Sapeli) reflecting the beauty of nature in three varied wooden tones and grains. The perfect size for little hands to grasp and hold, they can be used in a variety of ways for discovery and imaginative play. A great addition for other Grapat and Grimm's products. Size: 4.7 cm Recommended from 12 mths+

This Grapat Nins, Rings and Coins set contains 6 beautiful subtle colours. The Nins can be completely hidden, and slowly revealed, by the circular rings. Children can enjoy slowly hiding a Nin, as the 6 matching rings when stacked, will entirely cover a single Nin. The coins can be used like lids or covers or simply used as stacking pieces. A beautiful open ended toy and tactile tool with which to discover experience and explore the world, through non specific play Contains: 6  Nins, 18 Coins and 36 Rings in 6 different colours. Also includes a cotton bag for storage. Size: Nin 6 cm high , Coins & Rings Diameter 4.7 cm  Recommended from 18 mths+

The Grimm's Stacking Bowls Lollipop make a versatile toy for children of all ages.  Babies and toddlers will enjoy stacking and sorting the bowls by size or building towers with them. Older children will use them as a cooking pot or plate, or to collect treasures. Contains 5 bowls in different sizes. Materials: Made from alder wood with non-toxic water based colour stain.Size: Diameter approx. 9 cm. Recommended from 12 mths+

This set of Grimm's Stacking Bowls in Ocean colours makes a versatile toy for children of all ages.  Babies and toddlers will enjoy stacking and sorting the bowls by size and building towers with them.  While older children will use them as a cooking pot or plate, or to collect treasures. Made from alder wood and sanded by hand to give a perfectly smooth finish, they are a delight to feel, grip, and hold. Contains 5 bowls in different sizes.Materials: Made from alder wood with non-toxic water based colour stain.Size: Diameter approx. 9 cm. Recommended from 12 mths+

Grapat's Mandala Pineapples are a set of 36 little pineapples in varying shades of purple and are not only a great addition to the other Grapat Mandala sets but can also be used for developing mathematical skills and thinking, and are a useful tool for counting. Handmade from sustainably sourced wood and finished with non-toxic colours.  Grapat Mandala sets are a perfect addition to imaginative play, role play, creative picture making and story telling. The possibilities are endless. Size: 36 little pineapples, 37 mm high and 24 mm diameter. Recommended from 3 yrs+