Peaceable Kingdom Wheres Bear? - The Hide-and-Find Stacking Block Game for 2-Year-Olds

Provides different paths for self-directed play! Our two-year-old LOVES this!!!

This is everything I hoped it would be. I just received it so I am not able to attest to the durability of the boxes (they appear sturdy and well made). The wooden bear is adorable and the artwork on the boxes provides for a range of possibilities in play/learning. I especially like the little mouse hiding on each box.

This had so many reviews I was excited to get it for my 2 year old for Christmas. But I think it’s a little simple for a 2 year old. Essentially it’s just a handful of stacking boxes and a wooden bear that you hide under one of them. The artwork on the boxes is good and my kid was laughing when she found the bear, so it is a fun ‘game’ to play, but it would have been more fun to introduce to her at 1. It’s also quite expensive for what it is.

My students had so much fun playing this game. I used this as part of our bear unit. My student enjoyed playing hide n seek with bear. Lots of opportunities to expand their language with the different vocabulary items in each room. So fun!

My 2 year old (and his 4 year old brother) are really getting into this! The game is essentially a set of sturdy cardboard nesting boxes with illustrations of various rooms in Bear's house and a wooden bear figurine. There are two ways to play. For the first, you can hide the bear figurine under a box while the other players close their eyes or go to another room, and then try to find the bear. For the second, you and your child look at the boxes together to try to find various pictures (for example, where are the blocks in Bear's playroom?). The illustrations on the boxes are lovely and the boxes are pretty well made and seem like they would last for a long time. The box this comes in isn't too big, and I brought it with us when we traveled this summer, since it makes for a nice family activity and it is easy to keep track of the pieces. This is not the most original game and I think I could have created the activities with other things we already had in the house. The first version of the game really could be played with any nesting box or nesting cup set and figurine, and the "Can You Find It?" game could be replicated with a Richard Scarry book from the library. The illustrations and the bear figure do make this a bit special and intriguing to my children and I'm still glad we made the purchase. We also have Bunny Bedtime which my children also love and is a bit more original.