Melissa & Doug Alphabet Train Floor Puzzle
by Melissa and Doug
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Toys and Games Reviews of Melissa & Doug Alphabet Train Floor Puzzle
Customer Review: Good purchase
Summary: 5 Stars
Of all the puzzles my grandchildren have, this one gets played with the most. Kids can look on the box and see what order to place the pieces even if they don't know their alphabet yet. After they put them in order, they run up and down them saying the alphabet. Even with this wear, the puzzle is still in excellent shape. Have had this puzzle for 2 years now. Customer Review: Great Puzzle; Warning: Takes up Lots of Floor Space
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great puzzle, perfect for learning letters of the alphabet and their corresponding order. The images on the pieces are really attractive and appealing to look at, and putting the puzzle together is great fun... as long as you plan in advance a place to lay out all 10 feet of it, or accept that you may have to split the puzzle in two halfway through (my daughter gets very upset by the latter solution).
We bought this for my daughter when she turned two, and although she liked it and could put it together with a lot of help from us, she was nearly three before she could appreciate the order of the letters and really understand the correlation between that and completing the puzzle. If I had it to do over, I may well have waited until she was three to give this puzzle to her.
I'm really pleased with how durable this puzzle has been. It is made of really thick heavy-duty cardboard, the pictures are glossy and have held up well to a little abuse. The pieces are smooth, particularly at the edges, and appear to be high-quality.
The only huge drawback I can see with this puzzle is, as another reviewer noted, the letter x has a fox, emphasis on the last letter, which is just... wrong. I mean, why not have a xerus (squirrel) or a xiphias (swordfish) as some of our ABC books have? Really, had they put any thought into this detail, they could have conjured at least a dozen possibilities. Were they just being lazy?
Otherwise, I think this is a great addition to a puzzle collection, and is a fun and engaging tool for children just becoming acquainted with recognizing and ordering the alphabet correctly.
Customer Review: Wonderful Puzzle
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this for my son when he was about 26 months old. At the time, he could identify all of the upper case letters. With the help of this puzzle, he quickly learned all of the lower case letters. By the time he was 2 1/2, he could build this puzzle all by himself, as long as I made sure all of the pieces were turned over for him.
At first, I only gave him 3 or 4 pieces at a time so that he wasn't too overwhelmed. Once he got those pieces in, I gave him 3 or 4 more, until it was finished.
This is a great first puzzle because all of the pieces go left to right (excellent prereading skill). It's also easy to tell if the piece is upside down so it minimizes confusion.
I have bought this puzzle countless times for gifts because we love it so much. I continue to recommend it to family and friends. Soon, I will need to buy a new one for my son because after daily use, it is showing it's wear. But, it's held up very well over the last year and has been worth every penny.
Customer Review: puzzle
Summary: 4 Stars
A great puzzle for my 4 year old who loves trains and is learning the alphabet.Customer Review: My 2 year old loves this puzzle!
Summary: 4 Stars
My 2 year old loves this puzzle. The puzzle is big, but she loves to see the train grow across the room. It's very durable, and she has learned both animals and her letters and can do the puzzle now by herself at 2.5.