Habitat Matching Game
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Item #: 108725
From Zeki Learning, the Palestinian program that produced this adorable handmade educational toy:
"Activate your child’s mind with the Animal Habitat Matching Game. This game includes 9 animal pieces and 9 corresponding habitat images. Your child will recognize and identify real world concepts, and have fun while doing it!
The Animal Habitat Matching Game provides numerous benefits for toddlers’ and preschoolers’ development. Matching games mimic the action of comparing the shapes and sounds of each letter. Through visually comparing images, children will strengthen their pre-reading skills. Math skills will develop through counting, sorting and measuring, and comparing and contrasting. Encourage play with friends to learn about relational concepts, like sharing. This set was designed with a portable carrying case so the fun can go anywhere!
The Animal Habitat Matching Game is an excellent resource to increase awareness of nature and the environment. Play with the Matching Game promotes nature and science knowledge, reading, math, social development, and dramatic play.
Key Features:
- Includes 9 animal pieces, 9 habitat images, carrying case
- Carrying case measures 5.5" x 5"
- Made with upcycled cotton blend and felt
- Hand wash or machine wash on delicate cycle
Here at Zeki Learning, we're interested in bettering the minds of children and the lives of mothers. We are a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit and Fair Trade certified brand that provides fair working conditions and living wages for our mother artisans in the West Bank. Zeki collaborates with early childhood educators to design toys and games rooted in traditional Montessori principles. These materials promote essential physical and mental skills that children need for proper development. Our products are designed by hand using locally-sourced upcycled materials. Each piece is lovingly made by a dedicated team of mothers who have historically suffered from financial hardship. All Zeki Learning purchases contribute directly to the financial empowerment and independence of these women and their children. Join Zeki on our journey of shaping minds and shaping lives."
Where this product came from
Preventative Product
She may have been abandoned or widowed. Perhaps she has been raped or seen her sister sold. Maybe she has to feed her family and has nothing to sell but herself. These are the stories of women at risk—women who are vulnerable, desperate, and targeted by traffickers. By empowering women to make a living with dignity, WAR, Int’l’s preventative programs strive to “rescue” these women and children before they ever fall prey to traffickers. Women who can provide for themselves and their families are not lured by the money and opportunity “promised” by strangers. They are not driven to selling themselves—or their children—out of sheer desperation. These women can forge new futures for their families, break generational cycles of poverty and exploitation, and create legacies of safety and dignity for others. The beautiful product in your hands was crafted by one of these women, a woman protected and empowered against all odds.
Rescue is not enough—it is only the start. Every time you buy a WAR, Int’l product, you protect and empower an at-risk woman. When you share their stories, you become a voice for the voiceless, sounding a war cry on behalf of those kept in silence. When you volunteer your resources or time, you enter into the front lines of the fight to lift women to dignity. You are our fellow soldiers. You have jumped into the trenches with us. Together we can help the woman or child who is hiding there, waiting for an escape. Without a means to support her family or feed her children, a woman may be lured out of the trench by pimps and traffickers, or even pulled out and sold by family members. But if she can earn a living by sewing or making jewelry, she can work in dignity and safety. Buying the work of her hands offers a woman freedom and a new start, giving her not a handout but a hand-up. Thank you for becoming our fellow WARriors and joining the fight for at-risk women around the world. We couldn’t do it without you!
