Product Description
 
Beautifully polished translucent acrylic blocks in different shapes, with a plane mirror, 15 work cards and teachers' notes included.
The smooth colourful tactile blocks are designed to enable children to explore light & colour, build patterns and sequences as well as create imaginative pictures. 
Regular polygons to help with mathematical language and the understanding of shapes and forms (square, triangle, oblong, circle, ellipse)
Irregular shapes to enable more complex pictures to be made and to encourage a rich diversity of language such as wave, zigzag, arch, bridge etc 
Plane mirror for children to build patterns and see the effects of reflective symmetry 
Coloured and clear blocks so children can see the world in a different hue, overlay them to mix new colour combinations and use them on a light panel
15 pupil work cards from simple ideas to more complex challenges.
There are pictures to copy in 2D or 3D, shape sequences to solve and ideas for reflective symmetry work. 
Teachers' guide including background information, suggested activities to try, questions to ask the children and extension ideas.
Set includes 25 blocks, 15 A4 work cards, 1 acrylic plane mirror and a teachers' guide, stored in a robust card box with key guide and foam inserts to protect the blocks.
The mirror is 160 x 320mm and largest block height is 80mm
 
PPS Awards - what the testers said: "Lovely, bright, translucent colours that were immediately appealing and awesome on the light box! Tactile shapes and the addition of the mirror extended the learning and play value."