#Magnet tiles for free
Plus their price tag is lower than the others I’ve seen (thanks, Discount School Supply!).ĭiscount School Supply, is one of my blog sponsors, and sent me a box of the Building Brilliance Magnetic Tiles for free to try out and review (at my request). I haven’t tried them myself, so don’t know how they compare, but can say that these particular Building Brilliance Magnetic Tiles are well made and seriously awesome. You may have seen similar magnetic tile building products with different names, such as Magna-Tiles. My kids even combine them with legos and other construction toys! I initially thought the price tag on these Building Brilliance Magnetic Tiles was a little steep. Love this! The 2-dimensional shapes of the tiles–triangles, squares, rectangles, and trapezoids–can be combined to form 3-dimensional shapes, including pyramids, cubes, and prisms. #7 – Learning about Shapes with Magnetic Tiles How close can you get the magnets before they attract each other and click together? #6 Exploring Magnetic Properties with Magnetic Tiles
#5 Color Mixing and Color Sorting with Magnetic Tiles While a lot of the designing with the magnetic tiles has been three-dimensional, there’s been a fair amount of two-dimensional designing done as well. #4 – 2-D and 3-D Design with Magnetic Tiles Yes, a lot of the play and building with the tiles have been on the light table, just because they are just so lovely in the light. #3 – Light Table Play and Exploration with Magnetic Tiles Besides buildings and castles that are then incorporated into pretend play, they’ve been used for roads, slides, animal carousels, barns, fences, and, as you can see in the photo above, food stalls. I wasn’t expecting this at all, but the magnetic tiles have been used nonstop for a variety of pretend play scenarios. I love how the variety of shapes plus the magnetic aspect of the tiles allow the kids to really get creative with their building. This is the biggie, and obviously what the magnetic tiles were made for. I want to go through this list one by one and share pictures of each in action…
Here are 7 Ways My Kids Use Their Magnetic Tiles With magnets along each of the edges, kids can construct any number of interesting shapes and the magnets help hold the tiles together. These magnetic tiles are so open-ended that they get used in all kinds of ways–not just for building castles and towers. (I know many parents would agree with that assessment.)Īnd it’s not just my kids, but every kid who comes to our house. They are brilliant in more sense than just that one, though.Īny toy, construction or otherwise, that captures my kids’ imagination day after day after day for over a month is brilliant. We especially like to use ours on our simple DIY light table. The magnet shapes are made of sturdy, brightly colored translucent plastic that beautifully catches and filters both sunlight as well as artificial light. These magnetic tiles are an awesome kids construction toy. Note: This post includes affiliate links for some products, meaning if you click the link and make a purchase, we will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.īuilding Brilliance Magnetic Shapes are a set of construction toys that my kids have been using and loving for the past month and a half years now.Īnd brilliant is right. There are many construction toys for kids out there, but magnetic tiles are easily the most popular with my own two children.
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