Magnetic Tiles are hugely popular. My children love them and they can provide many hours of uninterrupted play. Magnetic Tiles are an open-ended construction toy that can really get the children thinking! They are bright, colorful and so much fun to use. But what are the educational benefits of Magnetic Tiles? Are they the ultimate educational toy?
Magnetic Tiles come in various colors in the shapes of squares and triangles. They have magnets and attract on all sides. Our Magnetic Tiles are translucent and work beautifully on the light table. We store our tiles in a basket on the children’s shelves or sometimes under our light table. They are well sized for the child’s hands (recommended for 3yrs+) and offer hands-on learning. They are also safe to use, there are no sharp edges and the magnets are really secure.
Magnetic Tiles offer children the opportunity to use and develop a whole range of skills. Magnetic Tile play can teach and help develop:
- Shape recognition
- Magnetic princples
- Sorting and stacking
- Symmetry
- Mathematical and spatial relationships
- Persistence
- Problem solving
- Creativity
- Hand-eye coordination
- Concentration
- Building and construction skills
- Patterning skills
- Ability to build two and three-dimensional shapes, allows the child to visualize three-dimensional creations
Magnetic Tiles can also challenge the child’s creative building and enhance cognitive processes. Using Magnetic Tiles children can build something from their imagination, they can recreate an image or copy an object someone else has made. The colors, translucency, and magnets allow children to build and create in ways they can’t with standard building blocks!
wonderful clementine / 24134 posts
We love our set! We have the car/train bed that go with them to make vehicles.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
I think if we had a light table, they would have gotten a ton more use.