Excellerations® Calming Stacking Pegs & Cups

Ages 18 mos + / Toddler

Young children will be fascinated by Calming Stacking Pegs & Cups that are designed for small hands to easily grasp and manipulate. Kids learn the basics of stacking skills by connecting the peg pieces together. Promotes imaginative, open-ended play. Children will also enjoy exploring calming colors and light with the translucent cups when used on a light table or in natural light. When kids are done playing, the cups nest together for easy clean up and storage, a plastic storage bin is also included.

• CALMING COLORS: The 16-piece peg set is featured in 6 calming tones of blue, light blue, aqua, green, grey, and clear. The pegs each measure 1-4/5 in x 2-1/5 in. The 9-piece set is featured in 5 calming tones of blue, light blue, aqua, green, and grey. Smallest cup measures 1-4/10 in diameter x 1-1/2 in H; largest cup measures 3-1/5 in diameter x 3-1/5 in H.
• TACTILE EXPLORATION: These stacking pegs are ideal for children to practice developing their fine-motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Toddlers love to hold and fit the chunky peg pieces together. The cups offer multiple uses for tactile exploration, such as stacking, nesting, scooping, and molding. Each cup has a basic shape embossed on the bottom and is great for stamping in sand or dough. Holes in the bottoms of the cups allow water or sand to run through for more exploration fun!
• GREAT FOR LIGHT TABLE DISPLAY: Kids will enjoy discovering calming colors and light with the translucent stacking pegs. Soft colors like blues and greens are soothing to children, and the pegs perfect to use with a light box or even in natural light.
• PROMOTES EARLY MATH/STEM SKILLS: Children can explore the many possibilities of placing the pegs in various color patterns or pairing the same color peg. Also great for beginning counting, sorting, and stacking skills. Toddlers can stack or nest the cups while learning about sizes, counting, shapes, and spatial relationships.
• LEARN THROUGH PLAY: The stacking pegs are ideal for playing together with your child, or for kids to play together in a child-care or preschool setting. The calming stacking cups promote imaginative, open-ended play. The cups can be used at home, in the tub, the backyard, a sand table, the pool, or at the beach.