Learning ResourcesSilly Science Fine Motor Sorting Set, STEM Toys for Kids, Educational Toy, Preschool Fine Motor Skills, 50 Pieces, Age 3+, Multicoloured (LER5542)

It’s a cute virus educational game for little children! My child adores it.

This was purchased for my granddaughter for Christmas and she has had hours of fun playing with it. A very good buy.

I love this sorting set which is science themed - it offers a fresh and different take on colour and shape sorting. As a Nursery Practitioner, I am always looking for toys which will inspire and provoke cognitive development and sorting games are a great example of this. Children love to sort and fill items such as boxes, bags and tubs and this activity introduces themes around capacity. This set includes 5 coloured test tubes which stand in a rack, two different types of tweezers, an assortment of small plastic germs in corresponding colours and some pattern cards. Using tweezers is a great way to develop and practise fine motor skills, and it is nice to have a choice of tweezer style in this set. The germs are cute in different shapes, and have little faces for play appeal. There is so much to explore with this game - motor skills, maths concepts such as capacity and quantity, science skills and critical thinking as well as colour pattern and shape. The set looks durable and sturdy, which is great as I always share any toys I am offered for review with my playroom and so this will get a lot of handling. I work with 2 - 3 year olds and so would always closely supervise their play with this set, as this is ideally aimed at children aged 3+. I feel that this would be great for children of a variety of ages, as older children will enjoy exploring the scientific aspect of this game, and it can be linked to STEM learning. The set is not especially cheap at £25, but Learning Resources toys last really well and offer positive learning outcomes that support developmental and curriculum learning. This is a great sorting set that offers a different style of play, and I am delighted with this as an addition to our play shelf.

This is a great kit is a collection of 5 large cylinders in a stand, they are easily removed but the stand stops them from being knocked over. The rubberised 'germs' can be separated by colour, shape or number. You pick them up with the tweezers or tongs which help hand eye co-ordination.My granddaughter spent all afternoon playing with this set mainly sorting by colours to start with but she then tried mixing them up. She struggled a little with the tweezer and ended up picking up the germs placing the in the tongs by hand then squeezing the tongs tight. She has the idea but it will take a little while to be able to physically use the tongs and tweezers properly.£25 at the time of writing this review is reasonable for this well made toy

The media could not be loaded. This is definitely a nice quality educational toy. My 3 year old loves it. It’s colourful which got her attention straight away and the germs are fun too with the smiley faces on. She easily matched the coloured germs into the corresponding coloured test tubes. Then progressed to following the cards to put various combination colours or shapes into the test tubes to match the cards.This toy will definitely build fine motor skills as well as helping kids build counting, sorting, and matching skills.Not cheap but a quality educational toy.

This is a superb way to introduce the concept of sorting to a young child. Post-Covid, the germ theme may not appeal to all parents, but you can’t say it’s not topical.There are five test tubes, each with a plastic band at the top in one of the colours of the germs. The tubes fit into a rack to hold them steady whilst they are being filled; it really does hold them steady, as the holes are deep enough to provide stability, even with a toddler dropping things into them from a height (yes, we have grandchildren).The germs are brightly coloured, and are very well-made and robust. There are 25 germs in every combination of five colours and five shapes, so that they can be sorted by colour or shape. Some of the shapes are smooth, some have little nodules on the edge, some have larger nodules and some have none; this enlarges the scope for shape-sorting and encourage the development of important observational skills. Obviously shape-sorting also helps motor skills,There is a separate bag containing a pair of tweezers and a pair of tongs, as well as a pair of dice, card holders and cards to make this more of a challenge if you are playing with slightly older children.An excellent educational aid, helping young children to develop many of the key skills while having fun at the same time. Slightly on the expensive side, but worth the price for the quality and play/learning potential.

This is a great product for preschool age kiddos (and up through 1st grade I would think). I am a preschool teacher and am always looking for ways to incorporate fine motor skills, sorting, counting, etc. This is perfect for all those things. And the kids really loved using the little tool to pick up the mini germs and put them in the tubes. Also it only took me only one time of showing them how to roll the dice for them to figure out the game of rolling the dice to figure out what color and how many of that color to gather. We have used it 3x's in the classroom and will continue to use it in the future.

We're found the quality of the Learning Resources branded educational toys has been surprisingly high. The parts 'feel' like they're solid and well made. Everything is smooth and finished well, everything is really durable. The concept behind this one is good, it comes with two opposing sets of tweezers, one set requires you to hold the pressure to keep the grips closed, and the other set needs you to maintain pressure to keep the tweezers open. This was really interesting from a parents point of view to see the children have to go through the mental exercise of sussing out how the mechanisms work, and how the input and outputs can be inverted depending on the shape of the levers.