Nine vegetables sit on this wooden board, each one in two halves joined by hook-and-loop tape. Your child cuts through them with the wooden knife supplied, then presses the halves back together. Among them you will recognise tomato, cucumber, carrot, mushroom, red onion and cabbage, each with the inside painted on.
The board works on both sides. One face is a flat chopping board; on the other your child looks for the right recess for every vegetable, so once the cutting is done the game turns into a shape puzzle.
Classic World gives 20 pieces, a size of 24 x 24 x 2.5 cm and an age from 18 months. Cutting, sorting and pressing back together exercises fine motor control and hand-eye coordination, and along the way toddlers pick up the names and the colours of vegetables.
It suits a play kitchen and playing shop. A gift with a long life, because it is a cutting game first and a puzzle later.
