Melissa & Doug Fishbowl Jumbo Knob Wooden Puzzle,Multi

Someone bought this for my daughter when she turned one. She loved it for a long time. It was very good quality. This is now one of my go-to presents for kids 1-2. I love the Melissa and Doug brand. We have a lot of their products and are rarely disappointed. Highly recommend this cute puzzle.

A very good and sturdy knob puzzle. It has held up well after months of use and am thrilled Ill be able to hold this for our next little one to us when hes old enough to get into knob puzzles.

When the puzzle arrived it was slightly damaged. I contacted customer service and they replied almost immediately. Im glad we got it straightened out because the puzzle my 1 year old really likes it.

Really nice puzzle. Just what I was looking for!

age appropriate -- especially with pegs

Just pulled this out of the box. Size and color are great for my 18 month old. But the puzzle is wrapped in a tight clear plastic, and I can see three places where the fish sticker is already peeling. (This is not painted!) And right next to the tag stating this is wood is a tear in the plastic where the pressed paper/pseudo-wood/possibly MDF material is pealing apart in about 15 layers. Not even opened or touched by my child and its already coming apart. What a disappointment! I will be returning this immediately, unopened. (And its made in China in case you were wondering.)

I bought a set of these puzzles and they are too cute. Well made and strong that will withstand my LO banging the pieces as she figures out how to use. My daughter was fascinated with the animals.

The puzzle is made of laminates of some sort. There are four layers visible on the puzzle pieces; two seem to be a particle board and two remind me of a hardboard -- Im not qualified to say what those layers actually are. The hardboard is homogenous and lacks any prominent grain direction, but seems a lot more dense than the particle board. -- The puzzle board itself contains the same four layers and has a fifth layer of the hardboard for the back. The wood look comes from a paper coating, not even a veneer. The knobs themselves are solid wood. A drop from toddler height, damaged the corner of the puzzle board. Chewing will quickly remove the paper layers and pictures. (Please note that there are concerns about the safety of the resins in particle board etc. I was not aware of the concerns when I bought this and other Melissa and Doug products and I am not able to comment on whether or not I agree with the safety concerns at this time, or whether Melissa and Doug uses the types of resins that are in question. However, I will be sticking to real solid wooden toys while my children are still in the chewing age, and I wish that someone had pointed out the concerns before I invested in many Melissa and Doug products.) For the very young, a simple shape puzzle is more appropriate. Infants and toddlers must learn several skills that we take for granted. They need to develop the coordination to put a circle in a hole, then do it by holding a peg. They need to develop the ability to recognize differences in shape; basic, simple differences like the difference between a circle and a square are much easier to comprehend than the difference between a turtle shape and a fish shape. Then they need to learn how to rotate and translate a complex shape to fit into a hole... and to know when they nearly have it. For several months my son would remove the pieces, put them into a basket or cart and refused to use the puzzle board. When he did try putting them in, hed push the pieces randomly and almost never succeeded, which is why he didnt like playing that way. Even when he could recognize that the turtle piece went into the turtle hole, he rarely could align it to fit, which did not reinforce his ability to recognize differences and similarities in shape. At 16m old we bought him a more basic puzzle with a circle, triangle and square; its perfect for his ability level. And his ability to do the jumbo knob puzzles from Melissa and Doug has improved slightly; I think he now recognizes that he has the piece in the right vicinity and that it wont help to try it everywhere.

Wonderful learning puzzle for the young mind just getting started. Challenges them to find the right space. With the knob it gives them something to hold on to and keeps them from getting frustrated to soon..

My kiddo loves these!