| 35 of 35 people found the following review helpful  WOODEN WONDER TOY, By = Durability:  = Fun: = Educational: Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Melissa & Doug Pattern Blocks and Boards (Toy) This is a lovely product on many counts. It comes in a sturdy wooden box which holds 5 double-sided pattern boards (so 10 pattern designs) and over 100 wooden shapes which are - hexagons, squares, diamonds (2), triangles and a trapezoid.There are numerous ways to play: 1) Let your child construct their own patterns freestyle with the blocks for using their own imagination. This is often the most fun for little ones. My little girl likes to stack these up as well as place them side by side. She has them all on a tray so they don't slide off the table! 2) Help your child recognise different colours or shapes by using the blocks. Shame there are only 5 shapes but you can also make a rectangle, for example, by placing 2 squares together. 3) We use the boards and blocks to count with. I ask my daughter how many squares there are on a pattern board or how many green pieces. Or we do basic adding up and taking away with the larger shapes. In fact... Read more 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful  Wish i hadn't brought, By = Durability: = Fun: = Educational: Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Melissa & Doug Pattern Blocks and Boards (Toy) I thought this looked really lovely on the website, as a childminder I am constantly looking for new toys and resources. At first glance i thought this was a little expensive for what it was but decided to get it anyway. Was really suprised to find that this has NO ATTACHABLE LID!!!!!!!!!!???????? just a small plastic thing that sits on top but would not stop the pieces falling out at all........not very well thought through. When I got this out the children I look after who normally pounce on new toys with the enthusiasm of a labrador puppy did not want to play with it. I keep getting this toy out periodically but as yet it has not been played with.Waste of money for me im afraid, although I can see the educational side if you are using it as an aid for shape, pattern recognition etc. Still I have made a lotto game and pairs game to do that ....these my children will play with. 13 of 14 people found the following review helpful Attractive but not functional as a toy for young children, By = Durability: = Fun: = Educational: This review is from: Melissa & Doug Pattern Blocks and Boards (Toy) Pros:1. Light but strong wooden blocks and boards . Very durable. 2. Visually very appealing - Bright & attractive colours, interesting & varied patterns 3. Unusual (at least to me!) for a preschooler. Welcome respite from Peppa Pig and plasticky toys. Cons: 1. Design flaw: Blocks do not "stick" on the underlying pattern board. It should have been either magnetic or there should have been ridges on the board to keep the blocks in place. The board is absolutely flat and smooth and the blocks slide about as my preschooler attempts to put the pattern together. As a result, very frustrating to play with and she loses interest in minutes. I've resorted to sticking pieces of blutack on the pattern board! 2. No lid! Surely it's not so difficult to design a sliding lid for the wooden box. I wouldn't have minded paying a quid more for a box with lid. I really don't understand why so many of the Melissa and Doug toys don't have a lid (I have the Abby & Emma... Read more |
