1. Motor Development – Learning in Motion
Children aged 2.5 to 6 years understand the world through movement. Stapelstein® elements enable them to do just that: climbing, balancing, hopping, rolling, sorting, transporting, stacking, and they are versatile companions in role-playing games. Whether in movement rooms, corridors, or outdoors – they promote both gross and fine motor skills and continually adapt to the development and needs of the children.
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A movement course with different heights made of various Stapelstein® elements such as Originals, Minis, Insides and Boards lets children balance and jump. The course can be made very simple for younger children – and quickly made more challenging for older children. The Stapelstein® Mat with its large surface area is ideal as a non-slip base. Along the way, children learn more about their body coordination and strengthen their spatial perception in a playful way.
2. Cognitive Skills – Experience Colors, Numbers, and Space
Due to the clear color design and the stackable form, Stapelstein® elements can be excellently integrated into playful learning settings. Children recognize patterns, assign colors, count, compare sizes, or build logical sequences.
Practical Example
In free play, color sorting arises: “All the red stones are the bridge!” Or a number game: “Stack as many elements as you are old!” This way, learning with Movement holistically experienceable.
3. Social Skills – Getting into the game together
Stapelstein® Elements invite joint play. They promote communication, negotiation processes, and cooperation skills. Whether in role plays, building together, or making group decisions – children develop social roles, practice finding conflict resolutions, and strengthen their empathy.
Practical example
During the joint breakfast, children decide democratically, for example, what should be for breakfast tomorrow. The yellow element stands for fruit, the red element for bread, the blue element for spread, and the green element for vegetables. Each child has two voting tools like marbles, pebbles, or clothespins and makes their two choices. Then the votes are counted. The two elements with the most votes win. The colors become the bearer of a coordinated group result.
4. Language development – speaking in play
When children play with Stapelstein® elements, communication arises naturally: “Will you help me?”, “I’m building a stable”, “This is my boat!” Language becomes an expression of their imagination, their plan – and at the same time a means of communication.
Practical example
Children build a horse stable from Wesco modules and supplement it with Stapelstein® elements as feed troughs. They tell, explain, and negotiate – language development driven by their own initiative.
5. Open material – grow and connect
Stapelstein® elements are open in their use. They can be excellently combined with other materials: ropes, boxes, blankets, rolling boards, or natural materials. They grow with the children – depending on their developmental stage, needs, or interests.
Practical example
A very young child attaches a rope to the rolling board and pulls Stapelstein® elements – an independently developed Play idea that promotes creativity, technical understanding, cognitive processes, and the feeling of self-efficacy. Other children play in the “chestnut bath” and build slides and tracks with the elements. They serve as holders for rollers and are ingenious transport trays for diverse pouring materials.
6. Educational perspective – What professionals particularly appreciate
Educators particularly appreciate the following about Stapelstein® elements:
- their durability – they are indestructible in everyday life
- their cross-age usability
- their didactic openness
- their ability to make all areas of competence experientially accessible through play
- their versatile use, whether targeted or free
“As soon as we enter the movement room, the Stapelstein® elements are taken out – they are always chosen!”
7. Also valuable in the team – for reflection and structure
Not only children benefit: Even in the team, Stapelstein® elements offer surprising possibilities. As a visualizing tool, they can be used in team processes, conferences, or training sessions.
Practical example
In a team meeting on the child protection concept, the Stapelstein® elements serve as a visual and haptic tool: Color-coded, they symbolically stand for reflection questions like "What are we doing well?", "What can be improved?" or "What urgently needs change?" Through their physical presence, abstract processes become visible, tangible – and they open up space for creative solutions.
Moreover, Stapelstein® elements are true all-rounders – for example, at parties or parents' evenings: Whether as movement-promoting play impulses in water, on land, or as a dynamic seat stool – they appeal to people of all ages and offer versatile use possibilities for different needs and abilities.
Stapelstein® elements not only promote individual skills – they enable holistic, meaningful, active learning. They adapt, stimulate, connect, and grow with you. For children, they are a tool, playmate, and learning companion at the same time – and for educators, an indispensable element in daily work.
