Montessori Sorting Game | Sorting & Stacking Toy

A small hand slides open the first drawer, peeks inside, and pulls out a coloured peg — then slides the drawer shut again, just to open it once more. That quiet, repeated discovery is exactly what the Montessori Sorting Game from Small Foot is designed for.

Built from FSC-certified wood with smooth, rounded edges, this drawer-and-peg sorting toy gives toddlers from 12 months a clear, calm structure to explore. Three colour-coded drawers each hold matching insertable pegs, inviting little ones to sort by colour, practise opening and closing, and begin to understand that things exist even when they're out of sight — the foundational idea behind object permanence. It's a shape sorter with a quieter, more purposeful feel than the typical drop-and-rattle variety, and the soft palette keeps things focused rather than overwhelming.

Along the way, children build fine motor skills — grasping, placing, releasing — as well as hand-eye coordination and early color recognition, all through play that feels genuinely satisfying rather than instructed.

At BeoVERDE, we love this as a first-birthday gift — a wooden educational toy that looks lovely on a shelf, travels well in a bag, and keeps earning its place long after the wrapping paper is gone.