If you haven't come across this great toy yet, don't let the price tag on these scare you! The hours of creative play they provide really makes them a truly super toy.
Magformers are magnetic construction sets that promote brain development through exploration and fun. Magformers come in many different shapes and colours to promote creativity. They are made with very powerful neodymium (rare earth) magnets so the structures hold together well and can even be transported to some extent. The magnets are free floating within the plastic so the pieces do not have to be used in a specific direction to get the magnets to attract.
Magformers will help a child read and write without there even being letters around!
The construct components work on visual perceptual skills that are needed for effective and efficient reading and writing. Magformers work on form constancy - the ability to recognize objects as they change size, shape or direction - this is important for recognizing letters and words in different contexts, and helping children differentiate a b/p/d/q.
The resistance used to pull the pieces apart is great for developing the muscles in little hands and upper body helping kids build the muscles they need to use when writing.
As well they obligate kids to use both hands together to separate the pieces building bridges between the two sides of the brain.
This amazing toy has won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award in 2007 and the Best Toy For Kids Award in 2009 and 2010.
My girls really enjoyed playing with them. They discovered that the larger pieces provide more stability when building larger structures.
They came up with a really fun activity - where Boo built a structure using regular Magformers and the triplets then worked together to duplicate it out of the Super Magformers.
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Disclosure- I received the items reviewed as a free sample. No monetary compensation was provided. My participation was completely voluntary. All opinions are completely my own
