Wooden Lacing Clothes

Wooden Lacing Clothes – wooden colour-and-shape boards with three progressive challenge levels

Introducing the fun and educational Wooden Lacing Clothes set! The Wooden Lacing Clothes set is designed specifically to help young children develop colour and shape recognition, this colourful set is packed with interactive features that make learning a joy. Featuring 10 double-sided cards with different challenges across 3 levels, the set is perfect for children of varying skill levels. Whether they're just starting out or looking for a challenge, this set has something for everyone. Each card shows a particular colour or shape, and it's up to your child to lace the corresponding buttons onto the boards. With 32 FSC® certified pine wood buttons measuring approximately 4 x 4cm in 4 colours and 4 shapes to choose from, your child will love exploring the different combinations. The 4 boards (20 x 20cm) are made from FSC® certified plywood and feature integral holes for threading your shapes using the 8 laces included with the set. This means that your child can easily change out the buttons and try new combinations as often as they like. Overall, this Colour and Shape Lacing Board Set is perfect for supporting your child's fine motor skills while also encouraging collaborative play with other children. Wooden Lacing Clothes Children will learn colour and shape recognition as they lace each button onto the boards. This set comes with 10 double-sided cards (15 x 19.5cm)

Wooden Lacing Clothes gives parents, teachers and early years practitioners a purposeful resource for active learning. Children can see the result of their choices, repeat actions and build confidence through a practical activity rather than passive instruction.

What makes Wooden Lacing Clothes special

The genuine contents and format of Wooden Lacing Clothes provide several ways to explore, practise and extend learning. Adults can introduce one clear starting point, observe how children respond and add further vocabulary or challenge when appropriate.

Fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination

Threading with Wooden Lacing Clothes asks children to stabilise a piece, guide a lace and coordinate what their hands are doing with what they can see. Repeating this sequence supports controlled finger movement, bilateral coordination and the careful placement used across many early years activities.

Educational benefits

The pieces provide a practical way to explore the learning content built into the set. Children can identify, compare, order and check their choices while remaining physically involved. Adults can begin with free exploration, then introduce matching, sequencing or pattern challenges as confidence grows.

Problem-solving and communication

Children can decide which piece comes next, recognise when a sequence needs changing and explain the pattern they have made. Paired work encourages turn-taking, listening and the use of clear positional and descriptive language.

Why choose Wooden Lacing Clothes

Wooden Lacing Clothes combines a clear educational purpose with an activity children can take part in directly. The resource supports repeated learning through play, allowing adults to vary the questions and level of challenge while the core equipment remains familiar.

For nurseries and schools, it offers a practical addition to continuous provision, focused small-group work or classroom learning stations. At home, it provides a screen-free shared activity with genuine opportunities for conversation, problem-solving and growing independence.

Benefits for early years, schools and home learning

Practitioners can introduce Wooden Lacing Clothes during an adult-led session and then make it available for children to revisit. Repetition helps learners become familiar with the process while new prompts extend vocabulary and thinking. Families can use the same flexibility to follow a child’s interests and celebrate effort rather than one fixed outcome.

Perfect for

• Nurseries, preschools and early years settings
• Primary classrooms and learning support activities
• Home learning and purposeful play
• Individual, paired or small-group use

Gift suitability

Wooden Lacing Clothes is a thoughtful educational gift for families who value hands-on play with repeat learning potential. It offers an activity that can be introduced simply and revisited with new challenges as familiarity grows.

Product features

• 4 FSC-certified plywood boards measuring 20 × 20 cm
• 32 FSC-certified pine buttons measuring approximately 4 × 4 cm
• 8 laces
• 10 double-sided work cards measuring 15 × 19.5 cm
• Three progressive challenge levels
• Piece count: 54
• Supplied in a reusable carton

Specifications

• Product name: Wooden Lacing Clothes
• Brand: Sensory Education
• Product code: EA-503
• Contents and dimensions: See product features above
• Indoor/Outdoor: Indoor learning and play
• Batteries: Not required
• Learning focus: Colour and shape recognition, sequencing, fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and collaborative play
• Recommended age: 3 years+