An excellent toy for children just beginning their Montessori or Waldorf journey! This set of five brightly colored wooden bowls offers a wide range of valuable benefits for children in terms of their cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. A great sensory toy, providing hours of creative play.

Recommended age period

The Wooden stacking and Nesting Bowls are suitable for a wide age range, from toddlers (1 year +) to older children. It has a unique play potential and can grow with your child.

How to introduce the activity to my child? 

Have your toddler start with nesting biggest pieces, progressing to the smaller pieces. And remember – they don’t have to use all of the pieces at first.  Later on, children can progress to stacking the bowls based on their size.

What will my child learn? 

Nesting bowls are a great toy to add to your playroom and have many benefits to your child’s development. This seemingly simple toy packs a big punch when it comes to early learning development.

Fine Motor Skills

All sorts of grasping, flexing, rotating, manipulating, and coordinating hand skills are needed to properly orient the blocks whether a child wants to stack or nest. For young children, picking items up and putting them in place helps them learn the important skill of intentional grasp and release, as well as how to control and position their fingers.

Visual and Spatial Perception

Stacking/nesting also works on depth perception, hand-eye coordination, and understanding where your body is in space.  As you put each piece on top of the other, you have to visually gauge where to place each piece both in relation to yourself, and in relation to the other pieces.

Language Concepts⁠ & Vocabulary Development

These nesting bowls offer so much learning and language in a playful way. In/out, on/off, up/down, big(ger)/small(er), tall etc. along with introducing children to different colors and basic math concepts.

Open-ended Exploration

Because there is no ONE correct way to play with nesting blocks, kids have the opportunity for limitless creativity.

What is included?

A set of five brightly colored wooden bowls (red, blue, green orange and yellow) designed for open ended play: stacking, nesting, sorting, the possibilities are endless.

What is it made of? 

Handcrafted by Indian artisans, this beautiful set is made from beech wood and painted with non-toxic water-based child safe colors.

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Care instructions

Wooden toys are beautiful and durable. Toys made of natural materials bring your little one a little closer to the nature by nourishing the child’s senses.

Wood has natural anti-bacterial properties, so keeping them clean is simple and you can even get your kids involved in the process. Here are some tips that can come handy while taking care of the wooden toys –

1. Wooden toys can be wiped with a dry cloth for daily maintenance and cleaning.
2. No Soaking. Never submerge wooden toys in the water; to clean or otherwise. The wood can soak up the water which can gradually lead to cracks.
3. Instead, a slightly damp cloth or sponge can be used to remove dirt or dust and then the toy should be air dried.
4. While drying the toys, do not leave them in a direct sunlight. Sunlight can cause the colors to fade and long exposure to the sunlight and air might damage the wood.
5. Every once in a while, you may want to moisturize wooden toys when it starts to look dry or dull. Coconut oil or olive oil can be applied sparingly with a washcloth. Then let it dry.

Note

• During its lifetime, a tree is subjected to many natural forces that cause variations in wood grain, color, knots, splits, and stains. These variations are not defects. They enhance the beauty of the wood and add to the characteristic of the handcrafted toys making each toy unique.
• As with any baby toy or accessory, please use only under adult supervision.
• Always inspect for damage prior to use.