Rainbow Pebbles - Set of 36 Sorting and Stacking Stones with 20 Activity Cards - in Home Learning Toy for Early Math

Bought this for a gift, but my son wanted them so bad when they arrived that I had to buy a second one for the other kid! Haha! Both kids love these, a 4yr old and a 2.5yr old... but don’t think I don’t find myself stacking the pebbles and playing with them when I need a moment to destress from the crazy news all around us. They come in a nice box that keeps them all contained with the cards. A great gift or toy for a cool kid in your life!

Fun for all ages. At first glance it seems the challenge cards are easy to complete, but finding the balance does take time and concentration. Difficulty increases with each card. Our granddaughter, 3yrs, enjoys sorting them into color and size at this time. She does build with them but does not yet have an interest in using the cards. Teens and adults have also taken a turn or two playing with them. I find it to be a nice way to relax and focus as I balance the pebbles on one another. I would be nice if the company made a set of these in natural rock colors.

We purchased these for our 3 year old and he loves them! He will fiddle with them for a long time… lining them up, stacking them, sorting them. When I sit with him, I will prompt him to find the rocks with xyz color/size. Our 5 year old enjoys creating the challenges presented on the cards. We have painted garden rocks before in hopes to use them as a similar manipulative toy however my kids prefer the Rainbow Pebbles— I think since they are flat and stackable. I prefer them because of their uniformity, they make it easy to work on mathematical concepts, and the fact that they’re plastic makes them a little safer when my 3 year old tosses one across the room! :)

I bought these for my grandson, but also myself as I loved the colors and design. What fun to reproduce the examples on the enclosed cards, as well as make some of your own. Nice to have a great storage box included! The "pebbles" are soft enough that you don't have to worry about injury.

My kids have really been enjoying these Rainbow Pebbles! It's a bit hard to stack them out of size order, as some of the cards show to do. But I'm sure over time they'll get the hang of it. If you have more than one kid, just beware that this activity doesn't lend itself well to more than one at a time playing with this, unless they're working together on the same card. That's because they'll end up needing some of the same pebbles.

I’m always looking for open ended children’s toys and this fit the bill. I think I might actually like this product more than my daughter! They are hard for her to “stack” on her own but I find it to be a very mindful practice. We use these to talk about color, size, and shape - I like the included cards to demonstrate things to create. These don’t hold her attention for long but I support her using them in a developmentally appropriate way, knowing that play will change over time. These are not wood, but rather a type of plastic (but they have a nice feel to them). Fun open ended toy!

I love these. They are so smooth and the stacking is CHALLENGING (even for me, the adult here...) but in a fun way, not in an "I immediately give up and never want to play again" way. The cards are high quality and a good mix of patterns, stacking, and pictures. I have found that the cards are really great for jump-starting my daughter's imagination and she kind of just goes from there!

I'm an educator and I purchased two of these for my childcare. This is not the kind of product that the kids get excited about BUT it is excellent for hand eye coordination, color matching, shape recognition, fine motor skills, etc., Love the cards that came with it, they are sturdy, well laminated and large! Card ideas provide even more great ideas for how to use these "rocks"! This is an awesome product!!