MELISSA & DOUG DINOSAURS 48-PIECE FLOOR PUZZLE
Posted January 14th, 2010
Product Description
This dinosaur stage has been remade in to a complicated avocation card building puzzle. It facilities minute graphics as well as large, tall peculiarity pieces which have been 20% thicker than alternative building puzzles. The easy-to-clean aspect keeps puzzles seeking new, as well as a vast distance helps tiny hands learn. Contains 48 pieces Measures 24″ x 36″.
- Illustration of thirteen dinosaurs
- 48 Thick, laminated card nonplus pieces
- Educational as well as interesting plea for any kid to set up a nonplus as well as name all a dinosaurs
- A dino-sized worth of date proportions!
- Recommended Age Range 3 Years as well as up
Average Ratings : 4.5
Price : $6.49
Posted January 14th, 2010 in Puzzles by irwanbee.
There is nothing wrong with the physical quality of this product. The issue is with its suitability for children’s play and learning. One of the most difficult concepts for elementary school children to learn is that not all dinosaurs lived at the same time; that different families and species lived at one of three prehistoric time periods. This is result of the influence of the movie “Land Before Time” and other popular images showing scenes with Tyrannosaurus living at the same time as the sauropods (the “long necks” such as Apatosaurus) on impressionable preschoolers’ minds. So children then need to “unlearn” their concepts of dinosaurs living at the same time and place from those popular images. So as a Pre-K teacher in a state-certified program, I am suggesting that parents not buy this for their children. I am still searching for a dinosaurs floor puzzle that has the dinosaurs grouped into the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Periods of the Mesozoic Era. It is not developmentally appropriate to teach young children false information, just facts that are simple enough for them to comprehend.
Rating: 2 / 5
My 3 year old loves puzzles and dinosaurs, and he enjoys this puzzle. The colors are good, the pictures realistic, and it is durable (as I expect from Melissa and Doug products). My complaint is that there is no information about which dinosaurs are pictured. I am no expert, and my son keeps asking what their names are. We’ve been able to figure some out by looking through books, but it is work I don’t think I should have to do. If it had this information (or if you don’t care about this info), I would give it 5 stars. The Crocodile Creek dinosaur puzzle has a cartoonish look, but at least it includes the names and eliminates this hassle.
Rating: 3 / 5
My 5 year old little brother loves puzzles, but would often get frustrated if the pieces were too flimsy. This puzzle is great because the pieces are larger and thicker so they are more durable, and he loves having a big dinosaur picture to show off when he is done.
Rating: 5 / 5
My son received this puzzle for his second birthday. He loves it. Even when he was too young to complete it on his own, we would show him where they go and he really enjoyed putting it together and saying “i did it! i did it!”.
I am looking on amazon right now to buy the other two like this for Christmas.
Rating: 5 / 5
We bought this after success with M&D’s Solar System puzzle. Well, the little guy just loves it. He’s three years old. We thought it might be a little advanced for him, but after one time through, he’s got it. And that’s all he does. Over and over and over. He’s happy and the puzzle is durable enough to just leave it on the kitchen floor, sometimes partially completed and we just walk right over it. Fantastic! We’ve gone on to buy him the sealife puzzle also. Interesting things about this line of puzzles: the pieces are cut the same so you can interchange pieces from different puzzles. The upper left corner for all of them is the exact same shape. So now he does a space, dinosaur underwater puzzle.
One thing about this puzzle, there are no labels for the dinos. So what started as a nice, educational distraction for him, became a long, educational distraction for me. “What’s this one, dad?” “Who’s this?” “Is this a diplodachlosmechaurus?” You get my point….or do you??? (Cue scary music.)
Rating: 5 / 5