Melissa & Doug Jumbo Numbers Wooden Chunky Puzzle (20 pcs)

My two year old loves learning the alphabet - and we have several toys that teach it. This puzzle, though, is clearly the best. Perfectly sized letters for grip and the shapes are great for learning how to make the letters fit. This puzzle pretty much facilitated my two year olds learning of the entire alphabet... well, all the letters except W. He still thinks thats an M. :) Highly recommend!

Love it for my 3 year old grandson. Durable and sturdy. Great buy.

My 2 year old loves putting this puzzle together, and stacking the numbers up into towers! The pieces are as sturdy as little blocks, are brightly colored, and just the right size for little hands. This is a very nice quality puzzle, for a good price. Overall it is an excellent value! This is one of 4 chunky puzzles he owns, with several more to show up under the Christmas tree this year!

Woweee!!! I read all the reviews on all the other puzzles including this one on how they are not hand painted and wood quality cheap and so on but none of my Melissa & Doug (M & D )Products so far were like that UNTIL I got this puzzle!!!! IT REALLY SUCKS from the usual/other puzzles I have from Melissa & Doug! I did read in another review that they sold the company to an overseas joint and that is propably why the quality is poor:-( PROS: A. It is the alphabet and at some point in life we have to learn it. B. The colors are vibrant and eye-catching. C. There are animals behind all the letters that start with the corresponding letter. D. The space underneath the letter corresponds/appears in the puzzle base with matching color/shape (except for letter T...color is different...oopsy on their part! E. The letters are large and chunky for easy handling. CONS: A. The puzzle base is very large (as the pieces are large). It is hard for my 19month old to reach up to the top whether she is sitting at the table or on the floor or standing. She cant really reach the top of the puzzle without help and she is off the chart for percentile in height for her age. B. The whole thing is made cheaply. The wood is some cheap pressed wood crap and it has an awful odor when you first open. We took the puzzle to the outdoors on patio initially to help it air out. THEY ARE NOT HAND-PAINTED!!! There is some sort of sticker??? as the letter pressed or glued on the top (it does stay on well...I tried to peel it. C. The letters are crooked! Not all of them are straight in the base and some are too big which allows for diffent letters to fit in the wrong spot (example: The letter H can fit in the letter N or U spot. Your child will have to be savy to learn where each letter goes! Previous M & D puzzles we own dont allow error like this. D. The cut-outs on the base of the puzzle (where the letters go) are not as deep as other puzzles so when my daughter is reaching up to place another letter and accidently bumps one already in place - it comes out!ERRRRRRR! Anyhoo..I am now a skeptic when ordering M & D products. I will now only buy them when I find them at Kohls or TJ Max. I want to be able to see the product. I also purchased the numbers puzzle like this one and my review is the same as this one...poor quality! I am keeping both puzzles because as soon as my daughter saw it come out of the box she wanted to get at it. She loves puzzles. It will do the job but I will not be able to keep this or want to for years later. I am a fan of the Leapfrog frige letters and she loves those. We also do the letters/numbers that stick to bathtub walls. If you dont care about the cons, i would say order them (although costly for the poor quality). Good luck & hope this helps!

I bought this puzzle for my 2 year old son (who absolutely loves puzzles) for Christmas this year. Obviously he hasnt gotten to play with it yet (Christmas is still over a week away), but I received it and it was way beyond my expectations. Its very large, as are the pieces, so theres no chance in anything getting lost. Its also very bright colored, which is great visual stimulation. Im very excited for him to start playing with it. I also recommend getting the matching number puzzle as well.

I have 2 year old triplets who LOVE puzzles and we really love Melissa & Dougs chunky puzzle series. One of the triplets is starting to learn his numbers and letters so I was very excited to get this puzzle. The puzzle itself is the usual great Melissa & Doug quality. However, it says its for 3 year olds and I would probably keep it at that age because it really requires some number recognition. The pieces fit in several different places, and since they are numbers (not as exciting as a dog or cow), there isnt the instant recognition of the image. My autistic son (one of the triplets), who can do all of the other Melissa & Doug chunky puzzles, got very frustrated with this one because he learns by figuring out what fits and THEN learns to associate the image with each space. This puzzle will go into the try it again later pile.

Fun Learning with this puzzle. We bought it as a gift. Our granddaughter has one too. Weve played a game of find the letter, a relay race to find a letter and put it in place, scavenger hunt for the letters. Guiding their activity makes it a fun time while they are learning the alphabet.

Now that my 3yo is in school he loves sitting down at home to learn too.

It took me quite a while to finally come to the decision to buy this puzzle, because the design looks distracting in the pictures. It arrived this afternoon and the board looks great! Since the board is big and the letters are stroked, my 17-month-old had no problem completing the puzzle on her own even on her first attempt. The puzzle is of excellent quality too! So glad I ordered it!

Im so happy with the quality of this item. My 2 yr old loves letters, he is seriously obsessed. This is perfect because these are easy to hold and are safe for him. We love Melissa and Doug products!