The Mini Block Pads series offers a collection of activity books designed for children aged 3 to 5 in nursery and early years settings. Developed by education professionals, these books feature educational games and activities aimed at supporting and encouraging independent development in young children.
All activities come with clear and simple instructions and are enriched with playful, engaging illustrations.
THE BOOKS STRUCTURE
A personal page to write your name and stick your photo.
48 activities, organised in order of increasing difficulty.
Stickers to be placed throughout the pages.
A puzzle to complete, design to promote relaxation and concentration.
VISUAL SKILLS
Activities involving the completion of images with missing parts, filling in logic blocks according to a geometric design, and identifying incorrect elements in a visual pattern to be reassembled.
ORDERING AND CLASSIFICATION
Classifying elements based on logical characteristics, size, or colour; set-based activities.
LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Counting, matching quantities to numbers, comparing quantities, working with sets, recognising geometric shapes, and more.
SPATIAL ORIENTATION
Activities involving concepts such as inside–outside, above–below; identifying or placing elements according to these criteria.
PRE-WRITING SKILLS
Tracing paths, following dotted outlines, completing drawings, and similar tasks.
COMPREHENSION AND SEMANTICS
“Find the odd one out”, verbal dictation, grouping by semantic field, and related activities.
GLOBAL METAPHONOLOGICAL SKILLS
Syllable synthesis and segmentation, auditory discrimination of real and made-up words, recognising the initial and final syllables of words.
WATCH OUT…
Watch Out at the zoo
3 years – on attention and concentration
Watch Out in the city
4 years – on concentration and flexibility
Watch Out in the castle
5 years – on concentration and logical thinking
THE LITTLE PIRATES
The little pirates and the greedy treasure
3 years
The little pirates and the funny treasure
4 years
The little pirates and the precious treasure
5 years
THAT’S LOGICAL
That’s logical, Mr. Octopus!
3 years
That’s logical, Mrs. Tiger!
4 years