Platform 4 seasons 4 elements – Grapat

This beautiful handmade sustainable wooden Grapat platform 4 seasons 4 elements from the 2020 collection is a circular solid wooden base with a diameter of 38 cm and an ideal Waldorf seasonal learning toy. It features beautifully hand-painted elements which represent the 4 seasons spring, summer, autumn and winter in an anticlockwise direction.

The 4 seasons 4 elements platform is crafted entirely from wood by hand and specially designed as a complement to the Grapat perpetual calendar, which fits perfectly in the centre and enhances the connection with the annual changes in nature and the rhythm of the year as the seasons pass. It is a lovely tangible aid for young children to understand the days, months and seasons and fits perfectly with the classic Waldorf teaching philosophy.

The perpetual calendar is a widely used Waldorf method to help maintain rhythm throughout the year and to smooth transitions between the seasons. A treasured family ritual, the perpetual calendar is a physical way in which children can see the progression and changing of time. As it is shaped circular, the perpetual calendar visually represents time as an ongoing cycle.

This circular wooden base can also be used for all kinds of imaginative, open-ended and small world building play, offering a contained play space for the Grapat toys.

The Grapat platform 4 seasons 4 elements is entirely crafted by hand from sustainable wood and finished by hand with natural water based dyes. It is smooth and pleasant to touch and finished with natural bees wax.

The platform is suitable for children aged 12 months and up.

Contents:

1 circular wooden base

About Grapat

Inspired by the Waldorf pedagogy, the Spanish brand Grapat is well-known for their beautiful wooden toys which are open-ended and favour free and autonomous play. The Grapat philosophy is based on providing open-ended toys that encourage, invite and stimulate creation allowing children to invent their own games and imaginary worlds.

All the wooden Grapat toys are hand-crafted in various workshops in Catalunya, Spain, following traditional processes, with wood derived from sustainable forests and painted by hand with water based dyes. The toys are safe for use by small children as they are non-toxic and comply with the European safety regulations of the directive EN / 71-3: 2014 + A1: 2014 / 2013 regarding toy safety. A large part of the Grapat toys collection carries the prestigious Spielgut® seal.