Shape recognition toy
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Plastic
Measurements
400 mm (length of board); 60 mm (length of triangular shape); 100 mm (width of board); 73 mm (width of square shape); 75 mm (diameter of circular shapes)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659477
Summary
A black plastic rectangular board with plastic coloured shapes. There are five sets of plastic shapes. These fit on protruding black plastic pegs for counting and shape recognition. There are four assorted coloured circular pieces with a central hole fitting on one peg. Next are four rectangular pieces fitting on two pegs, next four triangular shapes with three holes fitting on three pegs. Next are four square shapes with four holes fitting on four pegs and finally four hexagonal shapes with five holes fitting on five pegs. Each set of shapes has a red, blue, orange and yellow shape. The whole set is encased in a clear plastic wrapping. Total number of items is twenty one