Melissa & Doug Pattern Blocks and Boards - Wooden Classic Toy With 120 Solid Wood Shapes and 5 Double-Sided Panels, Multi-col

4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars | 8,960 ratings

Price: 15.39

Last update: 08-18-2024


About this item

Educational wooden block set: The Melissa & doug pattern blocks and boards classic toy is a set of 120 wooden blocks in various shapes and colors, inspiring kids to assemble colorful patterns on 5 boards
Classic learning activity: Our pattern blocks and boards set lets kids enjoy a classic math manipulative and learning activity. It’s great for spatial awareness, color recognition, hand eye coordination, and problem solving
Double sided board: The Melissa & doug pattern blocks and boards set features double sided boards that provide kids with even more creative play options. Kids can create linear patterns, sort blocks by color, count pieces, and more
Gift for kids 3 to 6: The Pattern Blocks and Boards Classic Toy makes an ideal gift for kids ages 3 to 6 years. Add the Melissa & Doug 100 Piece Wood Block Set to round out the hands on, screen free play experience. Packaging may vary
“The gold standard in childhood play”: 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.”

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Top reviews from the United States

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another great creative product
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2024
As with all Melissa and Doug products very well made and allows many hours of creative thinking
Came super fast and was the perfect gift for my little girl. She loved it. Lots of little pieces and seem to be pretty good quality.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great quality
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2024
Good wood quality. Have really enjoyed this toy
Nicole B
5.0 out of 5 stars My 3-Year-Old Son Plays For Hours
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2013
Melissa & Doug have lots of hit toys, and the Pattern Blocks and Boards are no exception. I love that their wooden toys are built to last for years. I have several children and anything we have bought from M&D has survived them all and most look just about as good as new.
My 3-year-old son plays with the pattern blocks and boards toys for hours. He has very few things that will hold his attention for this long. I am glad this is one of them! Placing the pieces on the board helps him with his motor skills. We also practice learning our shapes and colors with the different pieces. Even my 9 year old and 5 year old children have sat down and done some of the pattern boards.
I think this is an excellent toy choice for preschoolers and am very glad that I bought it.

The Cons: The wooden shapes are called "blocks," which I think is a little misleading. They are small and thin pieces of wood. So if you are looking for "building blocks," this is not what you want.
I wish that this toy came with a better way to store the blocks and boards. Although they come in a wooden box, there is no lid. There are so many block pieces that if they get spilled (and it will happen, trust me) they go everywhere. I wish the storage box had a lid. We currently store the small pieces in a ziploc baggie.
Andy & Ari
5.0 out of 5 stars Useful For Many Concepts, Paint Might Have Longer Lasting Fumes
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2017
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.
Amazon Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars Well made
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2024
Good quality. Unfortunately the board pieces don’t have grooves for the shapes to fit into…so they slip around.the board.
Shel
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Gift
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2024
We got this for our 3 year old great-nephew and he enjoys the challenge.
Shaeneea
5.0 out of 5 stars Littles love this
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2024
We saw this in a library we went to one day. My son loved playing with it so much we had to buy it for him. He’s learning his shapes and colors and loves all the pictures he gets to make all by himself.
Marie
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT FOR COGNITIVE DEVELOPEMENT
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2023
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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.

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