Supercharge your little one’s journey into geometry, design and natural science with Trace and Place, our heirloom-quality double-sided tracing board. Crafted from sustainably sourced oak (2 cm thick, 50 cm long × 12 cm wide) and finished with a plant-based oil that highlights its beautiful grain, each board arrives wrapped in soft, natural wool felt—both protective and perfectly in tune with our eco-conscious ethos.
One side features eight precision-machined exotic-wood shapes (each roughly 5 cm across, oval and polygon alike), each housed in its own pocket alongside a snug oak stylus. Flip it over and discover a fresh constellation of outlines to spark new tracing adventures. As children slot, trace, and rotate each piece, they’re building spatial reasoning, fine-motor control, hand-eye coordination and pre-writing strokes—core STEM skills wrapped up in open-ended fun.
But Trace and Place is more than a puzzle. Every set includes our Wood Explorer booklet—inviting families into the Oak & Sprout “Wood Explorers Hub,” where short videos and free printables deepen curious minds’ knowledge of oak, padauk, purpleheart and more.
Designed for seated play from 12 months onward, its chunky weight and tactile surfaces also appeal to early positional and sensory schemas: balancing, sorting, stacking—and imagining whole worlds. Whether they’re architects of dream castles, budding engineers sketching bridges, or future inventors refining steady strokes, Trace and Place offers a lifetime of discovery and delight.
We poured our hearts into creating a toy that nurtures the next Brunel-mind—because if he’d traced curves and angles here, we’re sure he’d have loved it.
If you'd like to find out more about what inspires us, how our toys are made or even our philosophy, the About Oak & Sprout page is where you should head next, or why not check out our ever growing Wood Explorer Hub!
