Lace the Sea Animals

Lace the Sea Animals is a fun, hands-on activity that helps young children develop essential fine motor skills through creative play. Children can play in two ways. Roll two colour dice and lace a sea animal using the matching colours that are rolled on the dice, or they can follow a sequence of cards to replicate and lace the same animals that are shown on the cards. With a variety of colourful sea creatures, this activity supports visual discrimination, colour recognition, sorting, and fine motor development—all in one engaging game.

Ideal for use at home, in classrooms, or therapy settings, Lace the Sea Animals offers multiple ways to play and learn while promoting creativity and focus. Ages 3yrs+.

Key Educational Benefits:

• Strengthens Fine Motor Skills: Lacing the sea animals helps build hand strength, finger control, and coordination—important for handwriting, dressing, and other daily tasks.
• Enhances Hand-Eye Coordination: Aligning and threading the lace through the holes on each animal supports precise movements and visual tracking.
• Promotes Colour Recognition: Rolling the colour dice and matching the correct colours during play helps reinforce understanding of basic colours.
• Develops Visual Discrimination: Children practice identifying differences and similarities between shapes, colours, and animal designs, improving attention to detail.
• Encourages Sorting and Matching: Following card sequences or sorting animals by features fosters early logic and categorisation skills.
• Supports Sequencing and Memory: Replicating a sequence of animals shown on cards helps children build memory, order recognition, and patterning abilities.
• Improves Focus and Concentration: Completing a lacing task or matching a sequence encourages sustained attention and task persistence.
• Fosters Creativity and Imagination: Children can create their own colour combinations and storylines using the sea animal characters.
• Encourages Turn-Taking and Social Play: When used in group settings, rolling dice and taking turns promote cooperative learning and communication.
• Versatile for Various Learning Environments: Suitable for home, classrooms, and therapy, accommodating a range of developmental needs and learning styles.

Contents

24 Wooden Lacing Animals

24 Wooden Animal Cards

4 Cotton Laces

2 Colour Dices

Instruction Manual