African Animal Figures Kit | Safari Small World Animals

The useful property of an African animal set is the size spread. Nowhere else in the range does one collection run from something as large as an elephant to something as small as a meerkat, and that range turns into mathematics.

Children order the figures biggest to smallest, and the ordering is genuinely contested — is the lion bigger than the zebra? They have to compare, argue and check, which is far better reasoning practice than sorting objects whose sizes are obvious.

The same spread supports comparative language directly: bigger than, smaller than, tallest, shortest. These are hard structures to teach abstractly and easy to teach with objects a child can physically line up.

Figures are solid moulded and washable, with the proportions kept accurate enough that size comparison actually reflects the real animals — a set with a cartoon-scaled giraffe would defeat the purpose.

• Wide size range — ordering by size becomes a real reasoning task
• Supports comparative language: bigger than, tallest, shortest
• Proportions kept accurate so size comparison is meaningful
• Solid, washable mouldings for sand, water and carpet play
• Recommended ages 3–7
• Contains adult-and-young African animals plus trees and stones
• Figures graded 17.5×6.2 cm down to 5×2 cm; adult-and-young pairs invite size comparison
• Storage box included — the set stays a complete set

Part of the animal kit range. For KG maths and topic work, nursery small-world play and childcare group activities.