Melissa & Doug Fishbowl Jumbo Knob Wooden Puzzle,Multi

The large knobs really attract my son into playing with the puzzle. Easy to hold and attempt to put the pieces back in place. Great bright colors and fun aquatic animals. Not at all flimsy. Will be buying more.

My daughter loved this! Very sturdy and fun!!

Awesome puzzle for babies! The pieces are big and colorful, and fit into place easily, and the pegs are the perfect size for little hands to grab a hold of easily. Lots of fun!!! :)

I bought this puzzle for my nieces 1st Birthday. These Melissa & Doug wood puzzles are of great quality, and they can take some toddler abuse. I have a few for my son that I bought used and they still look great! Definitely a must toy for structural learning play-time.

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.

my 14 month old loves it

My daughter is 1, and just loves to play with the puzzle pieces. The knobs are just the right size for her to firmly grab onto (the bad thing is theyre the same size as our cabinet handles so now she wants to grab those too - we still need to baby-proof). She clacks them together and makes music smashing them back down onto the wooden form of the puzzle. I was amazed that she actually puts them back into their correct spots when shes done clanking and playing with them. I thought that part would come later. I also like that theres only 3 critters on the puzzle, so she wont easily get confused when I tell her what they are.

Very happy with this puzzle. Bright colors, cute, and large pieces with large knobs!

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.

11 month old loves this toy. Of all the toys he regularly goes to this one and the other puzzle similar to it.