Created especially with the Montessori methods in mind this new, beautifully packaged, game from White Star will stimulate young minds and provide hours of fun. Developed using progressive complexity, a key feature of the Montessori Method, 'My First Box of the Shapes' will help children acquire a basic understanding of geometry. Each card features matching shapes in different sizes and colour shades, allowing children to learn to associate similar shapes despite differences which might be confusing. A fun, interactive, method of learning, this box is the perfect accompaniment to the Montessori book series. AGES: 2-4 AUTHOR: Chiara Piroddi is a psychologist, an expert in Neuropsychology and specialises in psychotherapy with an evolutionary cognitive address. She graduated in Psychology from the University of Pavia (Italy) and continues to work there as aTeaching Assistant in Physiological Psychology and Professor in Neuropsychology Practice. She is the author and co-author of several scientific publications in the field of Neuropsychology. She lives between Barcelona and Milan, where she works as a developmental therapist. Agnese Baruzzi graduated in Graphic Design at ISIA (Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche) in Urbino. She has worked as an illustrator and author since 2001, writing more than 40 children's books that have been published in Italy, the UK, Japan, Portugal, the US, France and South Korea. She holds workshops for children and adults in schools and libraries and provides illustrations for agencies, graphic art studios and publishers. She is a long-standing collaborator of White Star, illustrating Animal Mix and Match, Curious Creatures, Dinosaurs Mix and Match, Dining with Monsters!, Curious Dinosaurs, Topsy-Turvy Monsters, I'm going to eat you!, Puss in boots and Hansel and Gretel.