Melissa & Doug Race Around the World Tracks Cardboard Jigsaw
Melissa & Doug Race Around the World Tracks Cardboard Jigsaw Floor Puzzle and Wind-Up Vehicles, Busy Board, Puzzles for 3 year olds, Montessori toys, Toddler puzzles, Gift for boy or girl
| Dimensions: | 29.34 x 19.81 x 0.25 cm; 1.45 kg |
| Model: | 31009 |
| Material: | Cardboard |
| Colour: | Multicolor |
| Pack Quantity: | 48 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Age: | 36 months – 6 years |
| Assembly: | No |
| Dimensions: | 29.34 x 19.81 x 0.25 cm; 1.45 kg |
| Material: | Cardboard |
| Quantity: | 48 |
Very nice design and size
Great for kids from 4 years old. They can do it independently as the size of each piece is good and the overall size of the puzzle makes it fun for them. Good design. Recommend
3 year old nephew absolutely delighted!
This was part of a Christmas gift for a young child who is mesmerised by our solar system. He has already completed it and just loves it. Also it was actually quite cheap but sturdy, which is excellent for a child getting to grips with joining the pieces.
Lovely desig
Beautiful jigsaw. Probably slightly beyond many 3yr olds given the number of pieces and complexity of the picture, but a good one to work on together whilst also learning about sea life.
Really love i
My kids love this puzzle they are 3 and 4 and can do it with a little bit of guidance and once complete they love standing on the sun and pretending it’s hot and jumping on to Neptune to cool dow
Fantastic quality, well worth the money
Fantastic quality. I purchased this for my 6 year old son after learning about the planets at school. He loves this puzzle and can complete it himself. Large puzzle with clear pictures of the planets, encouraged dirtier discussion and learning about the solar system.
Favourite space puzzle
Excellent space puzzle, by far favouite of all purchased. 24 big chunky pieces. 33 month old and parents love. Big, bright with all eight planets on view from the moon. Page enclosed with names of each planets in multiple languages. Extremely educational and fun to assemble.
Definitely recommend
My 4yo absolutely loves jigsaws and he’s currently mad about everything space. This jigsaw is brilliant for him learning his plannets as well as fine motor skills. A bright, colourful jigsaw highly recommend
Bought this for my 4yo grandson who loved anything to do with space. He loved it! The pieces are a good size and he found it easy to put together. Once completed it looks like a magnificent picture. There’s a sheet included with everything numbered to tell you which is which. I would recommend this as a wonderful activity for them to do with you and alone.
very educative puzzle, colourful and of high resolution. it would take a while for a child to picture the puzzle, as it may confuse her : she cannot always understand that the perspective in taken from the point where a person is standing on the moon. The planets seem not to be in the order the child knows. ( Mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus neptune)
It is always tricky to assemble to sun ( all yellow). Good size and good quality.
with great sturdy pieces that are quite chunky
My four year old absolutely loves this jigsaw. It has really vibrant colours, with great sturdy pieces that are quite chunky. It is a large jigsaw but when completed you will honestly stand back and say wow!! It’s very tough and durable! My son must have done this at least fifty times! If your child is into space/ planets/ moon. I’d highly recommend this. They’ll love it, it’s amazing!
A really good quality jigsaw for children. It’s a little bit too hard for my three-year-old to do by herself as there’s lots of quite similar pieces, but she enjoys doing it with help and she’ll grow into it. As a physics teacher I would say it’s not ideal for teaching your children about the solar system as it’s from the prospective of the moon so your child may believe the moon is the largest thing in the solar system. Otherwise, it is a lovely, good quality jigsaw and a starting point for little astrophysicists, hence the four stars.
Melissa & Doug Strike Again with this 'Planet' Jigsaw
Melissa & Doug jigsaws are great for under-5’s, as the pieces are large and robust and will stand up to little ones’ determination to force them into the wrong place! I bought 2 of the Solar System puzzles for 2 4-year-old great nephews for their birthdays, as they are both interested in the stars and planets. Only one has been received yet, but his Dad informs me that he loved it.
Better than Expected!
Bought for my 4yr old, she is besotted with it. Was learning about the solar system in Montessori & loved the big pieces & challenge of making it without help. She is fairly good with jigsaws, yet was a challenge for her. She loves being quizzed on which planet is which & opened her up to many thoughts and questions about planets, earth etc. Was looking after my 4yr old nephew recently & my daughter chose it as an activity to do. I was shocked at how attentive he was to trying to make it & the questions that followed. Going to buy it for him. Very colourful & great size when fully made. Only quip would be that it is difficult to explain perspective, as planets are as they would look as if you were looking out from the moon. My daughter understood after a few discussions. Very worthwhile purchase.
A quality produc
My grandson aged nearly four loved this and does it time and time again as there is so much to look at and talk about once the jigsaw is completed. Nice thick pieces, lovely colours and interesting picture. Will need to buy more difficult ones in future as he now takes just minutes to complete! Jigsaws are a great way to get children thinking mathematically – would thoroughly recommend!
The puzzle is quite large and does require a decent amount of floor space to put together. The pieces are also quite large which helps little hands to be able to do it for themselves. Both my children (4&2) love this jigsaw, the eldest is able to complete it by herself and the youngest only requires a little help. The picture is different to a lot of other jigsaws and there is a piece of paper in the box with another copy on the picture on with each planet numbered and then a key detailing which number is which planet. It has been played with everyday since it arrived and is both fun and educational.
I have to say that this is the best Solar system themed puzzle that you can buy right now. Make sure that you don`t forget that this is a “floor” puzzle, so it will be a bit bigger than your average 48 piece.
I bought this for my son who loves astronomy and is really into the wonders of the universe app (2.5 years old) and he absolutely loves it. The names for the planets are on an attached sheet for reference in case you are not familiar with them and let me just say that I don`t agree with some other reviewers in that it should be printed on the puzzle. The last thing I want is the word “Mercury” blocking the image of the actual planet on a product that is aimed at kids who cannot or can just barely read letters of the alphabet.
As a parent I have to tell you that the biggest bonus this puzzle gives is that it is trying to be as factually accurate much as it possibly can:
– all the celestial bodies are roughly to scale (I say roughly, because you will never see an enjoyable image with the size of the Sun and planets to scale as the planets would appear as dots).
– the image includes the (inner) asteroid belt, and it is accurately located between Mars and Jupiter
– the stars are not plain white but between blue and red, just like real stars when watched through a telescope due to surface temperature differences
– contains the bigger moons of the bigger planets
– does not list Pluto as a planet (as it shouldn`t)
So all in all accuracy is the biggest plus for me as I would just hate to teach something to my kid and have to explain a couple of years later that some of the things I thought him were lies. If you think alike and your kid is into astronomy buy it, you are not going to regret i
Out of this world!
Bought this for my 5 year old autistic grandson who is currently mad about the planets of the solar system.
It is brilliant in every way. The picture is beautiful, bold colours and very clear. Each piece is has a lovely feel, not too thin or thick, very well cut and fixes together easily.
My Grandson is especially pleased that the picture includes the asteroid belt and a big bold sun!
Could not be happier.
Brilliant jigsaw!
I have bought this for my 5 yr old daughters birthday so she hasn’t seen it or put it together yet (but my husband and I have!) I am sure she will love it. The jigsaw will be great for doing on the floor as it is quite large, the pieces are excellent quality and the picture I am sure will teach her a lot whilst being great fun too! This is my first Melissa and Doug product I have bought and it will not be the last. Quality and value for money!
Good educational fu
Good,chunky, durable pieces enabled our disabled child to enjoy this puzzle without the frustrations he experiences with some others we have tried.
Very good value educationally as we have covered and are still covering the subject of the planets and space travel.
We are now very keen to try other Melissa and Doug puzzles.
One small problem is that the pieces are difficult to fit back easily into the box. Perhaps a slightly bigger box would be better.
Great quality jigsaw. It’s a large puzzle so it needs a little bit of space but the big pieces are easier for small hands. My 3 and a half year old loves this. It’s a beautiful image with enough detail to talk about individual planets without being overwhelming. There are also some nice details that can be good for leading off into further discussion for older children – an asteroid belt, comet, spiral galaxy, nebula, the fact that the earth is part in shadow so you can discuss why we have day/night etc. We combined it with a couple of the Usborne beginner books (Sun, Moon and Stars and The Solar System) which complemented it well. Very pleased with this purchase.