Viga Toys Wooden Touch and Find Game – Tactile Sensory Matching Game

Reach inside, feel carefully and discover what's hiding with the Viga Toys Wooden Touch and Find Game. This tactile sensory game challenges children to recognise wooden shapes using touch rather than sight. Featuring 20 wooden pieces, 20 illustrated game cards and a sturdy play tube with a touch opening, this engaging educational Game combines sensory exploration with matching, memory, concentration and problem-solving.

Children aged 3 years and over can reach into the tube, explore a hidden wooden piece by touch, and try to identify what they are feeling. Can they find the object shown on their picture card without peeking?

With several different ways to play, the Viga Toys Wooden Touch and Find Game is an excellent resource for homes, nurseries, early years classrooms and small-group learning activities.

What's Inside the Viga Toys Touch and Find Game?

The set includes:

• 20 wooden tactile pieces

• 20 illustrated matching cards

• Touch and Find play tube

• Lid

• Touch opening

The combination of physical wooden objects and corresponding visual cards lets children move between looking, touching, remembering, and matching.

Can You Find It Without Looking?

The central activity is wonderfully simple.

Place the wooden pieces inside the tube and select a picture card.

The player reaches through the opening without looking inside and uses their fingers to search for the matching wooden object.

They need to investigate:

• Shape

• Edges

• Curves

• Size

• Form

• Distinctive features

Once they think they have found the correct piece, they can pull it out and compare it with the card.

Learn Through Touch

Most matching games rely heavily on sight.

The Viga Toys Wooden Touch and Find Game changes the challenge by asking children to gather information primarily through their hands.

Instead of seeing a shape and immediately recognising it, children need to feel its characteristics and build a mental picture of what they are holding.

This makes tactile exploration central to the Game rather than simply an additional feature.

Tactile Sensory Exploration

The 20 wooden pieces provide plenty for little hands to investigate.

Children can feel around the outline of each piece and notice physical characteristics such as:

• Straight edges

• Rounded edges

• Corners

• Curves

• Different shapes

• Differences in size and form

Adults can encourage children to describe what they can feel before revealing the object.

Match 20 Wooden Pieces to 20 Picture Cards

Each of the 20 illustrated game cards provides a visual prompt that corresponds to the wooden pieces.

Children can look at the card carefully before searching inside the tube.

This creates a simple sequence:

Look → Remember → Reach → Feel → Identify → Match

Once the piece is removed, children can check their prediction against the picture.

Develop Tactile Discrimination

To find the correct object, children need to notice differences between pieces through touch.

Two objects may initially feel similar, requiring the child to investigate more carefully.

They might need to ask themselves:

• Does it have a corner?

• Is it rounded?

• How big does it feel?

• Is this the shape on my card?

• Can I find another piece that feels more like it?

This encourages increasingly careful tactile comparison.

Memory and Recall

The picture cards add a memory element to the activity.

Children look at an image and then reach inside where they can no longer rely on sight to locate the matching piece.

They need to remember the object's key characteristics while exploring possible matches.

Adults can vary the challenge according to the child, allowing plenty of time for investigation.

Shape Recognition

The wooden pieces can also be explored outside the tube.

Children can compare outlines and sort or match them by their physical characteristics.

Handling real objects gives children a three-dimensional experience of shape that differs from looking at a flat picture alone.

Fine Motor Skills

Searching through the tube and manipulating individual wooden pieces requires controlled hand and finger movement.

Children can practise:

• Reaching

• Grasping

• Finger movement

• Turning objects

• Rotating pieces

• Feeling around edges

• Picking up and releasing

The Game gives these movements a clear purpose: finding the correct hidden piece.

Hand-Eye Coordination

When children use the wooden pieces outside the tube for matching and sorting, they coordinate what they see with how they position each object.

They can place pieces beside the corresponding cards, arrange them into groups or return them to the Game.

This complements the touch-focused activity inside the tube.

Build Descriptive Vocabulary

The Game provides a useful context for introducing language associated with touch, shape and position.

Adults can encourage words such as:

• Smooth

• Hard

• Round

• Straight

• Curved

• Pointed

• Big

• Small

• Corner

• Edge

The exact vocabulary used should always relate to the genuine characteristics of the piece being explored.

Describe Before You Reveal

A simple way to extend the activity is to ask children to describe what they can feel before removing their hand from the tube.

For example:

"It feels round, and I can't find any corners."

Other players can listen to the clues and make their own predictions.

This turns tactile exploration into a communication and language game.

Several Ways to Play

The Viga Toys Wooden Touch and Find Game does not have to be played in only one way.

Children can use the components for:

• Touch-and-find games

• Picture matching

• Shape recognition

• Sorting

• Memory activities

• Descriptive-language games

• Guessing games

• Independent exploration

• Turn-taking activities

This versatility gives the set strong repeat-play potential.

Play Without the Cards

For a simpler activity, place several known objects into the tube and ask the child to find a named piece.

They can search using touch until they think they have located it.

This removes the need to remember a picture card and allows the activity to focus primarily on tactile recognition.

Play Without the Tube

The wooden pieces and illustrated cards can also be used as a conventional visual matching activity.

Spread the cards out and invite children to place each wooden object beside its corresponding image.

This can be a useful introduction before progressing towards the more challenging touch-only Game.

Sort the Wooden Pieces

Children can investigate the collection and develop their own ways of organising the pieces.

They might sort according to:

• Shape

• Colour

• Size

• Similar characteristics

Adults can ask children to explain why they have placed particular pieces together.

There may be several reasonable ways to organise the same collection.

A Fun Guessing Game

Instead of giving the player a picture card, allow them to reach inside and select one mystery object.

Without removing it, they describe what they can feel.

Other players try to guess what it might be.

Once everyone has made a prediction, reveal the piece.

This variation combines tactile exploration, descriptive language and listening.

Encourages Concentration

Finding a specific object amongst several hidden pieces requires children to slow down and investigate.

They may need to reject several possible matches before locating the correct one.

The physical challenge gives children a clear reason to pay close attention to the information coming from their fingertips.

Problem-Solving Through Play

Children need to decide how they will distinguish one hidden piece from another.

If the first object doesn't feel correct, they can release it and continue searching.

This creates a practical problem-solving sequence:

Explore → Compare → Reject or select → Check

If the answer is incorrect, children can try again.

Turn-Taking and Group Play

The Viga Toys Wooden Touch and Find Game works particularly well as a small-group activity.

Players can take turns:

1. Choosing a card.

2. Reaching into the tube.

3. Searching for the object.

4. Making a prediction.

5. Revealing the result.

Other children can watch, offer appropriate clues and wait for their own turn.

Communication and Listening

Group play creates natural opportunities for children to describe their ideas and listen to others.

A player might explain what they can feel while the rest of the group considers the clues.

This encourages communication within a meaningful game rather than requiring children to answer unrelated language questions.

Adjust the Difficulty

Adults can make the Game easier or more challenging according to the participating children.

For an easier activity:

• Use fewer wooden pieces.

• Allow children to explore the pieces beforehand.

• Use obvious contrasting shapes.

• Keep the corresponding picture visible.

For additional challenge:

• Add more pieces.

• Ask children to remember the card.

• Encourage identification before removing the object.

• Introduce descriptive clues.

This adaptability makes the Game useful across different levels of confidence and experience.

20 Pieces Provide Plenty of Variety

With 20 wooden objects and 20 corresponding cards, there is enough variety to keep the tactile search interesting.

Adults do not need to use all 20 pieces every time.

A smaller selection can be introduced initially, then gradually increased.

Smooth Wooden Pieces

The tactile pieces are made from wood with smooth surfaces designed for repeated handling.

The wooden construction gives the pieces a substantial feel within the hand, which is particularly important for a game centred around recognising objects through touch.

Sturdy Touch and Find Tube

The supplied tube provides the hidden play area required for the main Game.

Its touch opening allows children to reach inside while keeping the contents out of sight.

The lid helps contain the pieces during the activity and keeps the tactile challenge focused.

No Batteries Required

The Viga Toys Wooden Touch and Find Game relies entirely on children's own senses and actions.

There are:

• No batteries

• No electronic clues

• No flashing lights

• No screens

• No automated answers

Children solve the challenge by looking, remembering, touching, comparing and thinking.

Ideal for Nurseries and Early Years Settings

The Viga Toys Wooden Touch and Find Game can provide an engaging activity within:

• Homes

• Nurseries

• Preschools

• Early years classrooms

• Small-group learning

• Sensory provision

• Fine motor activities

• Communication and language sessions

Practitioners can adapt the number of pieces and style of play according to the group.

Suitable from 3 Years

The Viga Toys Wooden Touch and Find Game is recommended for children aged 3 years and over.

Adult supervision should be appropriate to the age and abilities of the participating children.

Check all components regularly and remove them from use if damaged.

Why Choose the Viga Toys Wooden Touch and Find Game?

The Viga Toys Wooden Touch and Find Game offers something different from a conventional visual matching puzzle by making touch central to the challenge.

Children study one of the 20 illustrated cards before reaching into the tube and attempting to identify the corresponding wooden piece without looking.

The activity naturally combines tactile discrimination, memory, shape recognition, concentration, fine motor movement and problem-solving.

With 20 wooden pieces, 20 matching cards and multiple ways to play, the set can be simplified for first attempts or developed into more challenging guessing and descriptive-language games.

For parents, teachers and early years practitioners looking for a hands-on wooden sensory game with genuine educational versatility, the Viga Toys Wooden Touch and Find Game provides plenty to explore.

Perfect For...

• Tactile sensory exploration

• Touch-and-find games

• Tactile discrimination

• Shape recognition

• Matching activities

• Memory games

• Concentration

• Problem-solving

• Fine motor skills

• Descriptive language

• Communication

• Guessing games

• Turn-taking

• Cooperative play

• Small-group activities

• Nursery and early years provision

Viga Toys Wooden Touch and Find Game Features

• Viga Toys Wooden Touch and Find Game

• Wooden tactile sensory matching game

• Includes 20 wooden pieces

• Includes 20 illustrated matching cards

• Sturdy touch-and-find tube

• Touch opening keeps pieces hidden during play

• Lid included

• Encourages recognition through touch

• Supports tactile discrimination

• Encourages shape recognition

• Provides opportunities for sorting and matching

• Supports memory and recall activities

• Encourages concentration

• Provides practical problem-solving challenges

• Supports fine motor hand activity

• Encourages descriptive vocabulary

• Suitable for independent and group play

• Encourages turn-taking and communication

• Multiple ways to play

• No batteries required

• Suitable for children aged 3 years +

Specifications

• Product Name: Viga Toys Wooden Touch and Find Game

• Brand: Viga Toys

• Product Type: Wooden tactile sensory and matching Game

• Contents: 20 wooden pieces, 20 illustrated game cards, touch-and-find tube and lid

• Number of Wooden Pieces: 20

• Number of Cards: 20

• Material: Wood with cardboard play tube

• Play Style: Touch recognition, matching, sorting, memory and guessing activities

• Batteries: Not required

• Learning Focus: Tactile sensory perception, shape recognition, matching, memory, concentration, problem-solving, fine motor skills, communication and turn-taking

• Recommended Age: 3 years +