Build a world filled with imagination, block by block with M&D’s Wooden Town Play Set!
Wooden Town Play Set by Melissa & Doug is a 32-piece play set that includes everything needed to create a miniature streetscape–12 buildings (including fire and police stations, a recycling centre, a service station, a house, and more), nine streets signs (Stop, One Way, Speed Limit, Yield, etc.), trees, fences, and walls. The brightly coloured shaped solid wood pieces stand approximately one to three inches high. Flat sides, attention to detail, and bright colours make this set great for stacking, sorting, counting, setting up, and knocking down. Designed to play perfectly with Melissa & Doug activity rugs, kids three and older will also have endless fun playing with the set independently or combining it with other play pieces, toy cars, and figures. Pieces store neatly in a divided wooden tray.
Wooden Town Play Set Features:
- 32-piece set of wooden streetscape “blocks” to create a town
- Includes 12 buildings, such as police and fire stations, hospital, service station, recycling centre, and more
- Also includes nine traffic signs, 8 trees, a brick wall, a picket fence, and park benches with a fountain
- Brightly coloured solid wood pieces store neatly in the divided wooden tray
- Approx. product dimensions:Â 14″ x 17″ x 2″Â
- Age 3 years+Â Â
Discover Countless Ways To Play
- Ask the child to identify the colours on each play piece, starting with the trees and traffic signs. Challenge the child to choose a sign or tree, name the colours on it, and then find buildings that feature the same colours.
- Have the child identify the different shapes of the signs (circle, triangle, square, rectangle, pentagon, octagon). Talk about what each sign means and why road signs are important.
- Ask the child to sort the pieces into groups–signs, buildings, trees, and “other”–and to count the pieces in each group. Ask which group has the most pieces (12 buildings) and which has the least (3 “other”–fountain, fence, and wall).
- Ask the child to identify the pieces that have words on them, such as the grocery mart, pet shop, recycling centre, stop sign, speed limit sign, etc. Ask the child to find and point to letters in the alphabet as you say them aloud (for example, the child might point to the “A” in “DEPARTMENT,” the “G” in “RECYCLING,” or an “R” in the railroad crossing sign).
- On a hard, flat surface, challenge the child to stack the pieces in different ways. For instance: all of the buildings laying flat; all of the buildings stand up; as many signs as possible; restaurant, Do Not Enter sign, fence, two pine trees, and school; or all the pieces with yellow on them. See how high the child can build a tower of pieces and what different shapes and designs he or she can create! Take turns stacking pieces, trying to build a tower as high as possible before it topples over.
- Have the child use the pieces to set up a streetscape. Use string, yarn, blocks, or chalk (if the surface is erasable) to create streets, and add other toys and play pieces the child already has, such as vehicles, animal figures, play people, or chunky puzzle pieces. Ask the child to take you “on a tour” of the town he or she has created. Ask him or her to tell you where to go to mail a letter, put gas in the car, buy groceries, or drop off empty cans and bottles. Take turns telling a story about people who live and work in the town.
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For over 30 years, Melissa & Doug has created beautifully designed imagination- and creativity-sparking products. Today, Melissa & Doug partners proudly with the American Academy of Pediatrics to foster early brain development and help children build essential life skills through play.Â
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