An animal-themed stacking game that features colorful, wooden pieces. |
Work on visual discrimination, spatial relations, manual dexterity, graded grasp and release, reach, sequencing, counting 1-10, process skills, executive functions, social interaction skills, playa nd leisure exploration and participation
In the box: 10 wooden elephants, 5 wooden jokers (1 gorilla, 1 lion, 1 bear, 2 clowns), 3 wooden balancing bars, 1 wooden die
Zimbbos is a stacking game that challenges you to build "fantastic pyramids". The 15 blocks (elephants and jokers) are all the same height and roughly the same width. Each elephant has a number in the top left hand corner (1-10), but the jokers do not have a number. All pieces are brightly painted and solid. The stacking bars come in three different lengths (8", 6", 4"), and are the same width and depth.
- 1 circle - Place one elephant on the pyramid.
- 2 circles - Place two elephants on the pyramid.
- 3 circles - Place three elephants on the pyramid.
- Star - Place one balancing bar or one joker on the pyramid.
Try this:
- Make a tower by stacking just one of top of the other. How many can you stack before the tower tumbles?
- Line up the elephants by number across the table top and count as you go. Then line them up backwards and count backwards.
- Make a rule that all pieces have to be facing forward. Lay the pieces on the table sideways and backwards before the game starts. Pick them up and turn them in-hand to orient before placing.
- Make a variety of towers before therapy and take a picture of each with your phone. Show the individual a picture at a time and have him copy your towers.
- Call out one color, number, or animal at a time and have the individual line up or stack in that order.
- After building, take the tower apart, one piece at a time, without toppling it.
- Give directions for where to place each piece, such as on the left, top right, in between, etc.
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