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An ideal first manipulative! Five double-sided boards with 10 recessed design templates are ready to fill with these brightly colored geometric shapes. Complete the pictures or create your own designs and matching activities. Everything stores neatly in the sturdy wooden storage box. Our wooden pattern blocks and boards are a classic math manipulative and learning activity. It’s great for spatial awareness, color recognition, hand-eye coordination, and problem-solving. This Melissa & Doug wooden blocks for kids set features double-sided boards that provide kids with even more creative play opportunities. Kids can complete the pictures or create their own designs. The Melissa & Doug Beginner Wooden Pattern Blocks set makes an exceptional gift for kids from 2 to 4 years. Add the Melissa & Doug 100-Piece Wood Block Set to round out the play experience and give kids another engaging option for screen-free fun. For more than 30 years, Melissa & Doug has created beautifully designed imagination- and creativity-sparking products that NBC News called “the gold standard in early childhood play.” Today, Melissa & Doug is proudly partnering with the American Academy of Pediatrics to foster early brain development and help children build important life skills through play.
A perfect first manipulative
Includes 5 two-sided boards with 10 recessed design templates
Includes 30 geometric shape pieces; pieces store in sturdy wooden crate
Complete the pictures or create your own designs
Makes a great gift for toddlers and preschoolers, ages 2 to 4, for hands-on, screen-free play
Customers say
Customers find this wooden pattern block toy excellent for teaching shapes and colors, with many patterns to choose from and vibrant wooden pieces. The toy is well-made and holds up well over time, while being easy for toddlers to handle. While some customers consider it an excellent investment, others feel it’s not worth the price. The ease of assembly receives mixed feedback, with some finding it too easy for young children.
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CAsunsets! –
Great developmental puzzle set!
Great purchase so far. Got it for my 2.5 year old, we are able to engage him in talking about colors, shapes, numbers and dif images when playing with this set. Itâs great to have the box to keep all the pieces in though it has no cover. Overall, I highly recommend!
The Brafford Family –
Speech-Language Pathologist Review- Toddler Masterminds!!!
SpeechâLanguage Pathologist Review:This Melissa & Doug Beginner Pattern Blocks is a great for the little problem solver in your life! This set is made of vibrant wooden pieces that are conveniently stored in the original packaging. The patter blocks are great developing fine motor, cognitive and speech-language skills. Your child will use spatial awareness to find the correct block placement and will problem solve how to fit the block into the spaces using hand-eye coordination.For parents/caregivers who are wanting to expand their child’s receptive and expressive language skills here are some ways to play with this toy with the child in your life.- Offer your child choices of different pattern pictures to complete, “Do you want to complete the butterfly or fish?” Bring the topping choices close your face, so your child can see how your mouth creates the sounds. This activity will help build vocabulary for the names of the pictures and encourage your child to use words or gestures to make a choice.- Give your child 1 or 2 step directions of finding specific pieces to complete the pictures. Example directions, “Find the purple circle.” or “Put in the triangle and then find the oval.”- Spread out the blocks/puzzle boards and ask your child, “Where’s is yellow?” or “Whereâs the circle?” This activity will help build receptive language vocabulary.Happy Playing!!!
SMiry –
Another hit from Melissa & Doug– great activity toy for toddlers but requires grown up participation
I try to keep the toys in my home to a minimum– only buying well-made, simple toys that will withstand the test of time, help children reach developmental milestones, and provide them with entertainment. Melissa & Doug can be hit-or-miss when it comes to these factors.With this beginner pattern block set, they have a hit!This is a set of brightly-colored, very well made wooden boards with puzzle pieces that help children with coordination, planning, and motor skill development. Each board is a figure (kit, fish, bird) that is completed with wooden shapes. The kit contains 5 board which are double sided, giving children a total of 10 pattern boards to play with.The boards are made of wood and are super sturdy and sized perfectly for toddler hands to easily pick up, move around, and play with. The little puzzle pieces are also ideally sized for toddlers. There are enough pieces to allow for two children to play at the same time.One note– this is definitely an activity toy that little ones may need grown-up help with. The first several times we used this, I sat down with my child and led the activity so he could understand that the pieces were for building shapes, not just throwing around the room. Also– some of the puzzle pieces are small, and will require your supervision and judgement for safety.
Early Intervention OT –
Excellent for learning shapes!
I have been teaching older toddlers/pre-schoolers to identify & discriminate shapes for more than 40 years. This set works much better than most for learning basic puzzle skills as the child must recognize the shape to place it correctly, not just match the pictures as most other puzzles for beginners do. And there are several puzzle boards included that tap into various levels of difficulty, going from mostly circles to a combination of triangles, rectangles, ovals and squares. One can also use the shapes to make your own design or use the shapes to play other learning games. (All pieces are too large to choke on even for kids that may still explore with their mouths on occasion.) Great price for a well-made and versatile product.
Amy W. –
Granddaughter loves this!
20 month old granddaughter loves playing with these puzzles. Naming colors and shapes. Placing the shapes into the puzzle. We give her a group of shapes and she has to figure out which puzzle they go with. Lots of options. Well made. Easy to handle. Will last to past down to her brother.
ZooMama –
another great one…
…from Melissa & Doug.Beyond the obvious shape, color & object learning, this toy is just plain fun! I’m a fan of wooden toys; the less toxic plastic in my world the better.My preschooler son enjoys this one a great deal & will get it out on his own, dumping it all over the floor. The puzzles are two-sided & along with the shape pieces, stored in it’s own compartmented box. I wish it came with a lid, either sliding or flap, but not having a lid does make it easier for my son to see what’s inside.The only downside, is the many pieces to pick up, but you can make it a fun game with your child by asking him or her to pick up first by color, then by shape, etc.There are points of course on the angular pieces, but with some supervision no one should get hurt. Hey, your child can get hurt walking…so far, no one’s gotten poked, pricked or banged except when my son throws the pieces around, as he does with everything.A good puzzle set for the toddler in your life.UPDATE…almost 2 years on & the paint has held up, the wood has held up, all in all so far fairly durable. My son still plays with the puzzles & has fun!
Alba –
Very good quality toy. Good to practice shapes and colours. Each wooden board has 2 designs, so 10 in total. Unfortunately this is not my toddler go to toy. He likes other jigsaws better. Probably just his preference?
Ajeet Karn –
Very nice my 2 year old loves it.
Cliente Amazon –
Perfetto per i bambini da 2 a 4 anni. Imparano le forme geometriche, colori, affinano la notificata fine! Ottima qualità .
Love it, good quality easy for a starter like a toddler –
My 16 months old able to play it. Started to learn a color and shape.
Rosie –
Very solidly built. Great fun to use. The two sided boards and storage box are easy for little ones handle. All the pieces are solid wood. The bright colours and large shapes are perfect for little hands.