JanodMagneti'Book Dinosaurs - 50-part educational magnetic game Teaches fine motor skills and imagination - FSC Certified - Suitable for ages 3 and up - J02590, Yellow(gelb)

Very good product

I bought this for my great-neice's 4th birthday. I got the dinosaur one as she loves dinosaurs. We thought it was a game or a story board thing and were a little surprised when we opened the box that it's only magnetic pieces (we didn't see the cards at first), but we launched into it with her assembling the dinosaur on the board according to what's on the card. Effectively it's a simple magnetic jigsaw - each dinosaur comprises 4 pieces: a head, front body and legs, rear body and legs, and a tail. In that first play session she could quite happily search through the pieces until she found a part with the right colour and pattern on it, but she struggled with the concept of leaving a space for the missing pieces on the board (e.g. she would butt the head against the rear legs if the front legs were missing). She also struggled a little with aligning the pieces but we all enjoyed the game. The next day she asked to play with the dinosaurs again. Clearly something had been processed in her head overnight because this time, right from the start of the play session she was leaving gaps for missing pieces and her dexterity with alignment was amazing. She then realised that all the pieces are made to fit together so you could put any head on any front legs with any back legs and any tail and she spent some time making new dinosaurs which we gave funny 'saurus names to, culminating in the giant 10 legged, 2 tailed fearsome Multilegosaurus Rex! Not only is this entertaining in its own right for her, it has prepared her well for 'proper' jigsaws as she has learned all the concepts necessary.

The media could not be loaded. I bought this product for use on a long haul flight by my 18 month old. Admittedly it was a bit above her skill level at the time, but she loved playing with the cards and magnets. The magnets are hardy and survived her clumsy toddler hands, the cards (as you can see) became a bit more damaged, but not to an unusable level.My daughter is now 2 and 2 months and she is beginning to use it as intended. And she loves it. It has really sparked a love of dinosaurs, which is nice. She does sometimes struggle with aligning the pieces, as it’s not always immediately obvious for younger ones, but she’s getting there. The pieces don’t slot together like jigsaw pieces, but the size and shape of the aligning sides correspond well. You can only fit one dinosaur comfortably on the scene at once, but I guess this a sacrifice to ensure it’s relatively compact.The box is a little larger than expected; it will fit in a standard rucksack, but takes up quite a bit of space. The box itself is magnetised, preventing content spillage whilst traveling, but it’s not the strongest magnet; ours did get knocked open mid travel. The pieces are a bit small, so unfortunately we lost a couple as a result.We had a couple of duplicate cards in our kit, which I’m assuming is a one off manufacturing fault. It doesn’t hurt to have spares anyway.All in all I am glad we have this kit, and I’d consider buying others in the range.

Love this

The cards are a but flimsy but they seem to be ok. I am going to laminate them.

Great quality, super for keeping your kids entertained while travelling or away

Bought for Christmas. I’m sure my grandson is going to enjoy playing with it.

Perfect gift for any dinosaur loving little boy/girl.We have a few different ones of these and can keep my daughters attention and focus for a while.