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Educational Play

Animal Matching Board

by Bigjigs

A bright lift-out matching board for naming, sorting and making all the animal noises.

There is a stage when animal words begin to pop up in the middle of the day, often with a very proud sound effect attached. The Bigjigs Animal Matching Board gives your little one a simple place to use those new words: choose an animal piece, work out where it belongs, then say the name or make the noise all over again.

The board that brings out the animal voices

Some days it may come out for a quiet few minutes on the floor. Other days, it becomes a little call-and-response game, with your child choosing an animal piece and you waiting to hear the name or sound that comes next. Eventually, without anyone really planning it, the same board becomes part of the way your little one practises knowing which animal goes where.

From 12 months Recommended age
46.5 × 5 × 9 cm Product footprint
Designed for Childhood Pieces that make room for curiosity, independence and play.
$34.95
Two-year structural warranty Structural faults are covered under our warranty terms.
Dispatched from Melbourne Sent from our Melbourne warehouse with tracking.
Thirty-day change-of-mind returns Available on eligible items returned unused and unassembled.

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Who this product is particularly well suited to.

Best for

Best for a little one from 12 months who enjoys hands-on matching, animal words and repeatable play you can set up on the floor or a low table. If you are choosing for a child outside your own home, the 12 months+ age guidance and 46.5 x 5 x 9cm listed size give you clear boundaries before it arrives.

Age Guide

12 months+

Product overview

A little animal game they can return to

The games that last in family life are often the ones your child can understand quickly, then make their own over time. At first, the Animal Matching Board may be all about picking up the bright pieces and moving them around. Soon, your little one starts trying the match. Before long, the play has its own rhythm: find the animal, place it on the board, say the word, add the noise, then do it again another way.

Bigjigs Animal Matching Board educational toy – every animal needs its home – can you find them all?

Product details

Thoughtful details that make a difference

The play changes as their words grow

This is not a one-way activity. Your little one can begin by exploring the bright animal pieces, then move into matching, naming and making animal sounds as those
Why this matters

It gives the board more than one way to be used, so your child has reasons to come back as the matching and animal words become easier.

Matching that feels like play, not a lesson

The animal pieces give your child something clear to look for and try. They can choose a piece, test where it belongs, and bring the match to life
Why this matters

It turns sorting and matching into a shared little ritual, rather than something that feels taught.

Before you order

Practical information

Everything you need to know before bringing this product home.

Age and suitability

Recommended age
12 months+

Helpful answers

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Can siblings use this together or in turn?

It is one matching board with lift-out pieces, so turn-taking is the clearest way to share it. One child can choose an animal piece while another has a turn naming it, making the sound or finding where it belongs.