Melissa & Doug The Wheels on the Bus Sound Puzzle - School Bus Puzzle, Wooden Puzzle For Kids and Toddlers Ages 2+

4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars | 2,912 ratings

Price: 9.99

Last update: 08-18-2024


About this item

PEG PUZZLES SET: The Melissa & Doug Wheels on the Bus Sound Puzzle is an entertaining and educational developmental toy for kids. It plays verses of the wheels on the bus when each of the 6 pieces are lifted, and includes the lyrics. (AAA batteries not included.)
EASY TO GRASP: This wooden puzzle is made for smaller hands to easily grasp. The pieces create a beautiful school bus illustration.
PLAY AND LEARN: Shaped wooden pieces with durable plastic pegs are easy for small hands to grasp, making this a perfect preschool puzzle that helps with fine motor skill development, as well as auditory processing.
GREAT GIFT FOR AGES 2 TO 4: This puzzle is an educational gift for kids ages 2 to 4 years. Add the Melissa & Doug Alphabet Sound Puzzle to round out the hands-on play experience and to give kids an engaging option for screen-free fun.
“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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Brigida Pagan
5.0 out of 5 stars Melissa & Doug The Wheels on the Bus Sound Puzzle
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2024
I purchased the puzzle for working with two-year-olds. The puzzle works best with new batteries. I tried a cheaper battery option and the song did not play well. The two-year-olds loved revealing each part of the bus piece, as the song played and they sang along. The two-years olds were able to use their fingers to grab the knobbed puzzle piece and placed the puzzle piece in the insert. Overall, the product is very sturdy and durable for toddlers.
Lindsey Lira
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for musically motivated toddlers
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2020
Updated: return process was easy. Replacement arrived next day and UPS picked up old one next day and brought their own label to put on box. Replacement puzzle worked perfectly. The song segments are just the right length - brief enough for the short attention spans but get through the verse once. The volume is adequate and not too loud. This puzzle uses the small red peg knows that require a toddler to use or practice their pincer grasp. The puzzle is thick and sturdy. I like the on/off switch. All M&D puzzles now use a high quality sticker on top so younger toddlers should be monitored and redirected when trying to mouth the pieces so as not to ruin the picture on the puzzle piece.

Does not work, even in bright light. Product arrived quickly. No dents or scratches. Immediately ran out to drug store to buy brand new batteries. Switch on back turned to "on" and double checked batteries in correct orientation. I have tried under several bright lights in the house. Nothing. Hoping the company will reach out to replace. Meanwhile I'll call Amazon. Will update review to report response.
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Lindsey Lira
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for musically motivated toddlers
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2020
Updated: return process was easy. Replacement arrived next day and UPS picked up old one next day and brought their own label to put on box. Replacement puzzle worked perfectly. The song segments are just the right length - brief enough for the short attention spans but get through the verse once. The volume is adequate and not too loud. This puzzle uses the small red peg knows that require a toddler to use or practice their pincer grasp. The puzzle is thick and sturdy. I like the on/off switch. All M&D puzzles now use a high quality sticker on top so younger toddlers should be monitored and redirected when trying to mouth the pieces so as not to ruin the picture on the puzzle piece.

Does not work, even in bright light. Product arrived quickly. No dents or scratches. Immediately ran out to drug store to buy brand new batteries. Switch on back turned to "on" and double checked batteries in correct orientation. I have tried under several bright lights in the house. Nothing. Hoping the company will reach out to replace. Meanwhile I'll call Amazon. Will update review to report response.
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Michael Rogin
5.0 out of 5 stars You can turn the music on or off
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2024
Perfect first puzzle!
siamese91
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect toy fotlr 2 year old
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2024
I am not big into toys that make sound and things but this is perfect cuz it plays one of my daughters favorite songs but isn't over stimulating or flashy.
Gin
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice pictures
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2024
Better quality wooden puzzle than some of the others on the market, daughter really likes the animal pictures, but sounds are a bit tricky, sometimes it doesn’t work
MLT
5.0 out of 5 stars I love all Melissa and Doug toys because they are well ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2018
I bought this for my 19 month old granddaughter because she loves animals, I love all Melissa and Doug toys because they are well made and priced right. I read some of the reviews on the puzzle before I bought it and I almost didn’t buy it because some of the reviews stated that the puzzle is “ Possessed “ and just goes off at random times, or sometimes the animals didn’t make the sound at all. Anyway since I have bought several items of theirs before for my grandchildren I went ahead and bought it, it arrived and worked great, then it didn’t. I called the number on the back of the puzzle and I have to say that their customer service is amazing, come to find out that each piece is light sensitive and if you are playing with it in a room that is a normal lit room then it works perfectly, my granddaughters bedroom at night is dark but has a nightlight so if the pieces weren’t in the puzzle and you went in and turned on the light the animals would make their sounds because the sensor on the puzzle piece is sensitive to light. We now have the puzzle out in the living room with most of her other toys and we haven’t had a problem since. When I spoke to the customer service representative he said that they are using this feedback to possibly have this information on the package. I am glad I bought this puzzle and called customer service before writing my review since I know reading reviews on products will sometimes sway someone’s purchase when all that is needed is a phone call to customer service, which I know takes time, but I would rather give a good review to a good product than a bad or mediocre review to a good product because I didn’t make the call. I definitely plan on buying more of these puzzles.
Sherri Hull-Lillis
5.0 out of 5 stars Toddler puzzle
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2024
Can't go wrong with Melissa and Doug products. This puzzle was fun to do with my grandson while it sang old-time nursery rhymes to him with each lift of a puzzle piece.
Nolanola
3.0 out of 5 stars Several design flaws with this one
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2023
The Good: This is a sturdy, high quality puzzle with bright and colorful images. The singer of the Old MacDonald song has a pleasant voice.

The Bad: First, it plays the verse when you remove the animal piece, not when you put it back on. That’s backwards to me.

The Ugly: Most annoying of all, ***the puzzle doesn’t finish necessarily each verse.*** So if your kid removes the ducks piece, it will start singing “And on that farm he had some ducks . . . “ but if your kid then removes the chickens piece before the ducks song is finished, the puzzle starts the chicken verse “And on that farm he had some chickens . . . .” So what happens when your kid removes all the puzzle pieces rapidly (you know, like anyone would normally do when getting ready to start a nuestro puzzle) is that you hear “And o—And—And—And on th—And—A” (imagine an old CD that fell out of its case and got scratched by the loose change in your center console) until all the pieces are off, and whichever piece was removed last is the only verse you’ll hear completely. Then, remember, it doesn’t play the verses when you solve the puzzle by putting the pieces back on the board. It’s silent then. *rolls eyes*

But wait, there’s more! (Ugly): What about when your kid picks up the ducks piece and tries to fit it in the chickens slot? You hear the chickens verse. Or, at least you hear however much of the chickens verse will play before your kid tries to put the ducks into the horse slot or the farmer slot, at which point each of those verses will start but not finish (as soon as a shadow crosses over an empty slot, that slot starts playing, no matter what is already playing).

So, what you’re left with is a nightmare cacophony Old MacDonald dj mixing table that confuses and overwhelms kids as they’re trying to find the right slot for each piece.

I have already removed the batteries; we’re using this as a regular old puzzle from now on. Do they even test these things with actual kids before mass producing them? One can’t help but wonder….

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