The Learning Journey: Match It! Mathematics - STEM Addition and Subtraction Calculation Activities Game - Teaches Early Math Facts with 30 Matching Pairs - Math Puzzle For Toddler Ages 3 to 6

Reason for purchase:After moving 4 hours away from my 3 year old (turning 4 this month) godson I started thinking outside the box. I researched STEM toy & book subscription boxes & found the age gap was too wide to consistently get age appropriate toys/books. I decided to make my own. I feel it necessary to disclose this is a time consuming project & it can be as inexpensive or expensive in price as you choose. It's entirely dependent on you.In my box:The Crayons: A Set of Books and Finger Puppets & The Learning Journey: Match It! - Counting - Self-Correcting Number & Learn to Count Puzzle.Product Review:The Learning Journey: Match It! - Counting - Self-Correcting Number & Learn to Count Puzzle was an inexpensive toy that went well with The Crayons Book of Numbers book. It's a simple but effective toy to practice numbers. My godson's interest in the toy seems to have limited entertainment value. Anytime a book about numbers is on the story time agenda the toy is used. He'll listen to the story wait for the numbers & pull out that puzzle card to show his mother or me via facetime he understands the number 2 is correspondent to the #2 puzzle & so on.I suspect the toy's limited shelf life is being extended by the learn your number type books.Recommendation:I'm not sure how interesting the toy would be alone in your household. I wouldn't recommend the toy as a gift. It was simply packaged & truly unimpressive alone.For my purposes I give it a 5 star rating.

I got this puzzle for a boy who has just turned 4. He plays with numbers 1-10 only so far as that is what he had been introduced to and it definitely helps him to practice number recognition and counting (he does not attempt to assemble random pieces but it definitely is useful that this puzzle is a self-correct type).The pictures and the print are good quality, the colors are vibrant, the pieces are pretty sturdy and fit well together when they should, do not fit at all when they shouldn’t.My only complaint is that there is nothing to make it easier for kids to tell which side of a number piece is the top and which is the bottom - for kids who don’t know the numbers names and shapes by heart yet, it may be difficult to easily spot the difference between 6 and 9 for example - obviously, they will eventually see that it is on the wrong side if they try to put them together but there should be no confusion at all.I wish there was a black line or something on the bottom of each piece for that reason (also, an almost 3 year old girl who likes to join her brother in play, ends up putting the pieces /connected pairs/ sideways or upside down... the line would help her, too)I was able to fix that issue myself though, using sharpies :)

Classroom favorite, will buy again

This was purchased as a Xmas present for my four year old along with a few other learning items. At his age I prefer educational presents since he is at an age where he is very much absorbing and learning what he sees, hears, watches and I prefer my children be hooked on books, not tv.My son has never been real interested in receiving toys, he does not ask for toys but will ask for books. He loves to read, do puzzles and I have been going over the map of the united states with him.This puzzle was definitely a hit with my son. The puzzle is easy for little hands and durable. Pricing is fair on this item

These flashcards are nice and sturdy, but I feel like given the size of the box that these came in the card could have been a little bit bigger so that once you get to higher numbers like 19 and 20 the pictures don't become so tiny that it's almost hard for a small child to count them and keep it straight. I also thought some of the pictures were a little outdated and they could have chosen pictures that were more recognizable to kids, for instance instead of the wheelbarrow and the cactus they coukd have used things like crayons or apples. Other than theg are working great so far for helping my son practice counting.

We got the “counting” set. The pieces are nice and thick. The description isn’t clear, but it came with two (different) sets of 1-10 and one set of 11-20. You can tell which of the two sets are supposed to go together because the color of the numerals match the color of the items, but in both 1-10 sets, the pieces for each number are cut with the same shape, so they can be interchanged. For now, we’ve separated them in baggies and just use one set of 1-10.

My son likes puzzles, and this way, he is also learning numbers - he loves this one.

My 3 yr old is in love with this game. He loves anything to do with numbers and counting, so it was a good game for him.The pictures are adorable, colorful and neat. And no confusion about which one us 6 or 9, because the puzzle pieces are unique, a 6 won’t fit 9 and vice versa. Few corners have come undone after playing for a few days, but nothing that a glue stick won’t fix.Overall a very sturdy, colorful, fun and educational game for little kids.