🧠 Build brilliance block by block — the classic STEM play essential!
Melissa & Doug Pattern Blocks and Boards is a premium educational toy featuring 120 solid wood shapes and 5 double-sided boards designed to enhance spatial awareness, math skills, and creativity for kids aged 3 to 6. Lightweight and compact, this classic set offers screen-free, hands-on learning trusted for over 30 years.
Material Type | Wood |
Item Weight | 1.13 Kilograms |
Number of Items | 1 |
Number of Pieces | 125 |
Size | 13.0 x 8.75 x 1.5 |
Item Dimensions L x W | 13"L x 8.75"W |
Unit Count | 1.0 Count |
Item Shape | Rectangular |
Color | Multi-color |
Subject Character | Animals |
Style | Standard |
Theme | Animals |
Play Activity Location | Tabletop |
Skill Level | All |
Educational Objective | STEM, Patterning, Creative Thinking, Math Skills, Logical Thinking, Patience Skills, Spatial Reasoning, Color Recognition, Hand-Eye Coordination, Problem Solving Skills, Counting Skills, Sorting Skills, Imagination Development, Shape Recognition |
Puzzle Type | Assembly and Disassembly |
Additional Features | Lightweight |
S**H
Great product for 3 year old motor skills!
I purchased this product for my 3 almost 4 year old daughter for Christmas.As far as the product itself goes, it is very easy for her to sort colors and match them to the pictures on the tiles. The quality of the pictures is great, and is easily read. The container and pieces are all made of wood, so it makes it more durable than plastic in my opinion. Some of the pieces are a bit small, so it's really up to a parent's own views whether or not to give them to a younger child. I personally would not go any younger than 3.The only downfall is that the lid that comes with the set isn't really stable. It looks great when first purchased as it's coated in plastic wrap, but the lid only sits on top of the container, nothing is secure. I had to purchase a plastic container to keep pieces in so they would not get lost.Overall, this is a great product to stimulate young minds, and can be used for making patterns even without the pictures provided.I would definitely recommend this product, and plan on purchasing extra pattern boards and blocks in the future.
K**N
Teaching helps
Great for kindergarten classroom helps to teach motor skills and visual aides
C**L
Puzzle /Geometric shapes
Like the construction. This will be a gift.
M**E
GREAT FOR COGNITIVE DEVELOPEMENT
The media could not be loaded. This board and patterns game has 10 puzzles to complete. The complexity of the puzzle's ranges from easy to difficult. All of the blocks come in different shapes and colors. Making it so fun and colorful.I will say, if your child has a bit of shaky hands, the blocks they have placed on the board already will move around as they are trying to place the new ones on the board, sort of messing it up for them. However, with a bit of supervision and help from guardians, it will be okay until those shaky hands and precision sharpens for the kid. Also, some blocks could potentially be a choking hazard. But as I said, supervision is key here.100% recommend. Everything is wooden so you know it's durable. The package and items came intact. Also, it shouldn't be too messy of a game. Kids can make the puzzles in its own tray.
A**A
Great toy but also slippery
I loved the idea of this toy so much! It looks classic. The only problem I had with it when it arrived is that the wood is polished and so slippery, it is really hard for little fingers to put the pieces in the right place and put another one down without them slipping everywhere! For the age it is meant for, it would be hard to expect them to be able to do this on their own. But I figured out a hack that made this game really nice! I bought some strong velcro dots, and applied all fuzzy side to the board (so that stacking them doesn't scratch the paint at all), and all the scratchy side to the shapes. Now, they stick and stay in place and the whole experience is more enjoyable and less frustrating! It is definitely montessori "work" in that they won't want to play with it all the time, but it is a great toy to rotate in and out and use to help them use their brains and be engaged. It is nice to do with them.
A**D
Handy
My kids love these so much fun and good for thinking skills and learn shapes
A**I
Useful For Many Concepts, Paint Might Have Longer Lasting Fumes
We've had this one for a little over two and a half years now. I purchased it to work on a whole bunch of things with our son, who has a host of medical conditions that come with global developmental delays. It ended up being a serious overreach at the time, and we're just now getting to where we're being able to start to use if functionally together.So, this is made of painted wood. I like that it's painted, but my only thing is that the paint, at least on our set, does have a bit of a smell. Nearly 3 years later and I can still smell it. Now granted, I have been storing ours in a gallon Ziploc bag, which doesn't really allow for a lot of airing out between uses, and it's not really causing him to stop playing with it, but...that is a potential downside for kiddos with sensory issues, and it's always possible a different paint is used now, so I'm not marking down for it, it's just something to consider for you. I mention it, despite the fact that it has spent a fair bit of time in a bag because I've had a few other painted toys do the same that didn't have the same fume issue over a comparable period of time, so I felt it was worth noting. Also, be aware some of the pieces are small, so if you have a younger baby or toddler in the house, or your kiddo is a chewer with low impulse control (like my kiddo) there are potential choke hazards in this set that will have to be watched carefully.I think that the concept of this toy is great, and it has good potential for so many areas. Fine motor, shape recognition, sorting, colors, matching, counting, really there are a whole lot of ways this toy could be used as a teach different concepts. Right now for us, we're working at matching the wooden shape pieces to the matching shape in the composite picture on the board. He has patience for about two shapes right now, but we'll work our way up on that. I also agree with another reviewer that a lid would have been fabulous on the wooden case, since they did go to the trouble of putting it in a wooden case, I think a lid makes a great deal of sense, but I'm not marking off for it, since I felt like I needed the flexibility of overall shape when it came to storage in our household that a Ziploc bag would provide. So overall, I think this is a great toy, but probably to unlock it's full potential even for a typically developing child, it would work best with parental interaction.
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