RAINBOW TOYFROGSnap-N-Twist Building Blocks - 270 Piece Set of Flexible Interlocking Math Manipulatives - Open Ended STEM Toys for 5 to 12 Year Old Boys & Girls - Indoor Recess Games for Classroom

I got this to gift to my son's 4th grade teacher. It's been a hit for every indoor recess that they've had!! The kids love it and it's very versatile. Something to create with but also great for kids who need to fidget.

Our grandsons, 2 and 5 years old, really enjoy playing with the building blocks. While the 2-year-old cannot snap the pieces together, he understands enough that he’ll hand me a piece, tell me where he wants it connected, and then let me snap the pieces together. The 5-year-old immediately grasped the concept of how to twist and snap the pieces together and he quickly linked a long chain together. What I’m really going to enjoy is watching the 2-year-old get to the point where he can snap them together himself, and for the 5-year-old to start making 3-dimensional structures instead of just a long chain.I found the pieces do snap together easily, and it’s also easy to take them apart for storage in the bag that’s included in the box. At first I found the photos of different structures that can be built frustrating because you couldn’t see the details on how everything is snapped together. But then I realized that’s the way it should be; this is a STEM toy and therefore concepts should be good enough and the user must think about how to build the various structures.The box says there are 270 pieces and while I didn’t count them to verify that number I was amazed at the big pile of pieces when I dumped them out of the box. There are certainly enough pieces to keep these boys entertained for quite some time.

I didn’t find lots of things that the students could construct because there was not a flat surface

My 5 year old granddaughter found it difficult to put the pieces together so she lost interest in playing with them. Maybe this is better for older kids.

The media could not be loaded. This is unlike any building sets I’ve seen so I had to try it out with my grandson. The “fence” shaped pieces are all the same, just different colors and there are a lot of them. The diagonal corners have either a small peg or a hole to connect them with. My only comment on that is that the both pegs on each piece face the same way, requiring an over/under connection - if at least some of the pieces had opposing facing pegs it would extend the possibilities of building.What is super unique about this set though is that the pieces are made of a silicone type, rubbery material so you can bend and twist them to connect in endless ways. You can even roll and stick them through the openings to create new forms. Really leaving it open to the imagination.Would be cool if they designed a set with different shapes included as well instead of just rectangles. Comes with a storage bag for easy clean-up. Great gift idea.

I have to be honest, when we first dumped these out, were were a little perplexed. But after exploring and having fun, these have become one of our favorite building toys to pull out when the kids need something to play with more than a few minutes.Backstory: I saw a mom on the socials who recommended getting building toys and using them ONLY for quiet time/room time. That way, once your kid drops the nap, you still get a break. I love this idea and so I got this toy as part of this new strategy that my husband and I are trying to implement.They are made of a plastic/silicone material that is soft and flexible. We created balls and even if someone gets hit in the face, it doesn't hurt! Lots of ways to explore and play. The paper that comes with examples of what you can do is hard to decipher, but I feel like what we came up with was better anyway. my 4.5 and even 2 year old came up with their own designs and builds. SUPER COOL. The set also comes in a bag for storage, which is nice. Highly recommend.

My boys are pre/teens but I have younger nieces so I like to keep toys around for them when they visit. Especially if I bring them to Grandpa's house- these won't hurt to step on like a Lego and they don't make noise! Well, it turns out my older boys like these too. They require thinking and creativity to build. There weren't instructions included with the product but there were pictures of possible things to build, so it took time and thought to build the larger ones (structures), but can be used by younger kids to make simple things (rings, bracelets, crowns, etc). All together the kids enjoyed them, and it was a great non-device time! Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of their creations! They arrived in a box but it came with a drawstring bag for storage, which I appreciate!

My fault— I ordered for my preschool and the kids didn’t engage well with them. Had grandchildren 8-10 that found them fun and were happy to create with them.