Recommended Products for Ages 3-5

The following products are generally appropriate for children age 3-5, though the individual child's abilities should be taken into consideration, as well as the degree to which an adult will work with and help the child.
   
OctaBlocks
$19.95
OctaBlocks are the geometric blocks that really stack up! Six different shapes of prisms - based on two sizes of right triangles, squares (cubes), rectangles, rhombi, and octagons. OctaBlocks are more amenable to construction of true 3-dimensional structures than block sets based on hexagons and equilateral triangles. The edge lengths are 1.6" (4 cm) for the cubes. 34 pieces, with 4 pages of lessons and a plastic storage tub.
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Monkey Business
$9.95
Youngsters can go ape and bananas at the same time with this whimsical puzzle. Eight monkeys and eight big bananas make for a jungle of fun! The tessellation formed by the puzzle exhibits pure translational symmetry. Ages 3-7.
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Something Fishy
$9.95
Kids will be swimming in fun when they try their hand at Something Fishy. Twelve big colorful fish fit together in fascinating ways to school young minds. The tessellation formed by the puzzle have three distinct points of rotational symmetry. Ages 3-7.
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