Sea Animals Matching Mat

£12.00

Activity ideas included

Expandable sets

Learn & grow system

Printed onto metal

Product details

Materials and sizing
  • Printed onto an A5 (148 x 210 mm) size metal board
  • Picture tokens measure 25mm squares and are printed onto metal
  • Our metal is light, thick and has rounded corners for little hands
Everything that's included with this board
  • One A5 metal board with 12 sea animals
  • 13 metal picture tokens with matching sea animals and 'sea animals' token for later development activities
  • A categorised tin to hold your tokens inside
  • An 'ideas' sheet for more learning opportunities to get the most out of your board
Learn and Grow System

Discover endless learning possibilities with our Sea Animals Matching Mat, part of the Learn & Grow range — a modular 1–5 stage system designed to grow with your child.

🌊 Stage 1: Matching & Recognition

• Match the sea animals to their picture on the board to encourage focus, observation, and vocabulary building.

• Practise naming each ocean creature, describing features like fins, shells, or tentacles, and mimicking sea sounds for fun language play.

🐠 Stage 2: Sorting & Comparing (with add-on packs)

• Mix and match with other sets — e.g. compare sea animals vs jungle or farm animals.

• Sort by categories such as habitat, size, or colour.

• Spot the odd one out to build reasoning and attention-to-detail skills.

🔠 Stage 3: Literacy & Numeracy Foundations (with add-on packs)

• Match initial sounds (D for Dolphin, C for Crab).

• Count and group sea animals by features like fins, legs, or shells.

🧮 Stage 4: Deeper Numeracy and Literacy Learning

• Explore CVC words and simple sums using sea creature tokens.

• Sequence and sort animals by size or number of legs for logical reasoning practice.

📝 Stage 5: Confident in Foundational Reading and Writing

• Create under-the-sea stories or fact cards about each creature.

• Use tokens for spelling practice, story prompts, and simple maths games.

Why parents love it:

One board, endless activities.

Interchangeable tokens = no single-use clutter.

Designed to last from early years through to the end of primary school.

Supports EYFS skills: recognition, categorising, phonics, counting, comparing, and reasoning.

Top Tip: Start with the Sea Animals Matching Mat, then expand with extra token packs (letters, numbers, colours, jungle animals, dinosaurs…) to keep learning fresh and exciting!

Shipping details
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  • Dispatch times are updated weekly here
  • We ship worldwide

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