The Korko Champions Cork Boccia Set brings meaningful, skill‑building play into early childhood environments, offering children a rich blend of physical, social, and cognitive learning opportunities. This educator‑friendly version of the classic Boccia game includes 4 lightweight cork balls and 1 wooden target ball, designed for safe indoor use and perfectly suited to young hands.

An ideal resource for group games, turn‑taking, and cooperative play, the set encourages children to explore aiming, rolling, and strategy while working in pairs or teams. The soft, tactile cork material supports sensory engagement and ensures the game remains gentle, quiet, and developmentally appropriate for early learning settings.

The simplicity of the game makes it highly inclusive, adaptable, and easy to scaffold, allowing educators to use it across multiple learning areas from movement and coordination to social‑emotional learning and communication. Balls measure 6.5cm d. Ages 3yrs+.

Key Educational Benefits:

• Fine Motor Development: Rolling and controlling the cork balls supports: Strengthening hand and finger muscles, improving wrist rotation, Developing control, accuracy, and gentle grip. These skills contribute to children’s readiness for writing, drawing, and self‑help tasks.
• Hand‑Eye Coordination & Spatial Awareness: The game naturally targets physical coordination, as children: Estimate distance, Use controlled movements to aim, track moving objects, adjust technique based on visual cues. These are foundational physical literacy skills within early learning environments.
• Cognitive Skills & Early Problem-Solving: Boccia provides opportunities for children to: Predict outcomes (“What will happen if I roll harder?”), Make simple strategies, evaluate their approach and adjust, engage in cause-and-effect thinking, these are key components of cognitive development and align with STEM-based exploration.
• Social, Emotional & Communication Skills: The set supports group games that encourage: Turn‑taking, sharing resources, negotiating rules, Managing emotions during wins/losses, Cooperative team play.
• It strengthens children’s ability to engage respectfully with peers, communicate their ideas, and build confidence in social settings.
• Creativity & Flexible Thinking: Beyond traditional Boccia, educators can extend learning by: Creating themed challenges, incorporating storytelling (“Roll your ball to the treasure!”), Designing obstacle courses. Encouraging children to invent their own rules This empowers children to use imagination, build agency, and participate in game construction.
• Gross Motor Skill Development: As children move around the play area, crouch, reach, and adjust their body position, they build: Core strength, Balance and stability, Body control and coordination. Ideal for both planned outdoor play and intentional indoor movement experiences.
• Inclusive & Accessible Play: Boccia is widely known as an inclusive sport, and this child‑friendly version: Supports mixed‑ability play, requires minimal physical strength, can be adapted to various developmental levels, Encourages equal participation. An excellent resource for fostering a sense of belonging and inclusion.
• Sustainability & Environmental Awareness: Made from sustainably sourced cork, the set helps educators demonstrate: Responsible material use, Respect for natural resources, Eco‑friendly play choices. This supports early conversations about caring for the environment.