Get Smart with Tessell: A Play Mat, Puzzle and Ride On for Clever Kids
Posted: July 18th, 2011Written by Angela
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Look outside the square of most kids’ play mats and you have Tessell. A visually exciting product, Tessell play mats are not only a soft surface to cushion those little bottoms, but an interactive puzzle to stimulate growing minds *and* a ride on toy! (The pieces stack together to form the ride on – clever!!)
The manufacturer explains: “The Tessell play mat was designed to develop kids’ creativity, space perception and shaping ability by giving them the option to assemble whatever shape they want from soft colorful piece segments of the soft play mat. Tessellation was adopted as part of mathematical curriculum in the United States in 1960′s and it has been applied in mathematical education in many countries in the world, because it enables kids to develop mathematical thinking and creativity in the most natural way while they move, rotate, turn over the basic shapes of triangle, square, and hexagon which are the basic shapes of tessellation. While playing on the tessellation play mat, kids can see and feel the geometrical repetition of geometrical shapes, and this greatly improves kid’s creativity, space perception, shaping ability. This revolutionary play mat was awarded the Kind + Jugend prize for innovation in toys in 2008 and 2009.”
These environmentally friendly foam triple-duty play powerhouses are available in Animal, Bike, Car and Flower designs and will be launched into the Australian marketplace at the Kids Instyle trade show by Rose & Lily. You will be able to purchase soon direct from the Rose & Lily website and stockists Australia-wide for $169.00.
