{"product_id":"vilac-wooden-animals-counting-and-stacking","title":"Vilac Wooden Animals Counting and Stacking","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eIf you have ever watched a small child carefully place a tiny wooden mouse on top of a stack and then look up at you like they have just solved something enormously important, you will understand exactly why this toy exists. There is no noise, no batteries, no drama. Just a bear and her cub, a fox and her two kits, and a two-year-old utterly absorbed in the very serious business of getting everyone home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe love it because:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSarah Betz's illustration style is so tender and soft that the animals feel like characters rather than counting props. Children name them. They give them backstories. The stacking is almost beside the point, except that it is also entirely the point.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe counting is hidden inside the families, which is just clever. One bear cub, two fox cubs, three bunnies, four hedgehogs, five mice. It lands gently and naturally rather than feeling like a maths exercise.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShapes are built in too, completely without fanfare. Each parent animal sits on a wooden shape, circle, rectangle, triangle, square, star, so children are absorbing a lot of early learning while they think they are just playing families.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe stacking itself is wonderfully satisfying and genuinely challenging enough to hold attention without tipping over into frustrating. Fine motor skills, concentration, hand-eye coordination, all quietly happening.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt is made from wood and it shows. Solid, smooth, the kind of toy that survives toddlerhood and still looks beautiful at the end of it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's in the box:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 wooden animal parents (bear, fox, rabbit, hedgehog and mouse)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 baby animals to stack (because five families need a lot of little ones)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreat for:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAges 2 and up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA gift that looks as beautiful on a shelf as it does scattered across a playroom floor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly counting, shape recognition, animal matching and vocabulary, all at once and all through play\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuiet, focused independent play that does not require you in it (and we mean that with full affection)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA first birthday, second birthday, baby shower gift, or an any-Tuesday treat for a child who deserves something lovely\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImportant to know:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecommended for ages 2 and up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnimal parents stand approximately 10 cm tall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade from wood, illustrated by Sarah Betz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWipe clean with a dry or slightly damp cloth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContains small pieces, so best kept away from children under 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Vilac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55587402908024,"sku":"09c-V7125","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1568\/1037\/files\/vilac-wooden-animals-counting-stacking.jpg?v=1782241019","url":"https:\/\/www.mysmallworld.co.uk\/products\/vilac-wooden-animals-counting-and-stacking","provider":"My Small World Toy Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}