A couple of weeks ago, I told you about our Miniland Activity ABC game. Well, the lovely folks at DKL Toys sent us another really brilliant educational game for toddlers. This time, we road tested the Miniland Activity Pegs game. This is a really cool activity unlike any I’ve seen before. In the box you get large plastic pegs of different shapes and colours, 12 plastic activity sheets, a green foam board for attaching the activity sheets to and some laces. The activities include matching colour, filling in a matrix and following patterns. The pegs fit in the holes of the foam board, can be stacked up or can be strung together using the laces. Nate jumped in to the activity right away and although he struggled with some of the activities at first (like following a pattern), I could tell he really enjoyed the challenge and was super proud of himself when he figured it out.
Like the other Miniland toys, it is very robust and can withstand lots of toddler abuse. I love that it’s plastic activity sheets rather than paper so that I don’t have to worry about Alex destroying a fun new toy. Nate has really enjoyed the game and asks if he can do his homework during Alex’s nap time. With 12 activities and a bunch of different options for self directed play, this can easily occupy him for awhile (at least long enough for a cup of tea!) I’d definitely buy this for friends and think it is a really great way to get your kids thinking about shapes, patterns and transferring 2D to 3D designs. It’s only £15 on Amazon, a pretty good value for toy that looks like it will get a lot of use (in our house anyway!)
Thanks to DKL Toys for providing us with the Miniland Activity Pegs for the purpose of review. We loved it, that’s our opinion and we’re sticking to it!