Learning Resources Puzzle Globe 3D Puzzles, Earth Montessori Toys, Preschool Classroom Must Haves, Ages 3+

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] A solid introductory first globe. Good size and colourful , easy to manage. A really useful learning tool.

Love love love super fun!!

Love this product for my classroom.

It was good

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We love this globe! We have been using it to introduce the basic layout of earth and continents to our kindergartener.

I love the size and the fact that it is a puzzle. We will use this during puzzle time and also during other lessons such as cultural lessons, geography lessons, earth science lessons, etc.

Well made sturdy student globe is age appropriate. It shows students the continents and major bodies of waters and allows them to locate and label.

This globe was definitely a hit with my 6 year old twin boys! The big draw for them was the puzzle aspect-all of the continents (aside from Antarctica) are removable, along with the names of each continent. They enjoyed taking all the pieces off and figuring out where each belonged. Each continent has a raised outline on the globe as well as a shape-coordinated (think shape sorter) connector to plug each continent into its spot. The included sheet of facts with landmark images was a nice bonus, and my kids were excited to find each image on the globe and learn something about it. They're at an age when they are little sponges and really love soaking up this kind of information. Now is the time when they're starting to realize they're part of a bigger picture, and this globe helps form that larger world view. It opened up questions and conversations about the equator, where people in our family came from across the world, and where certain animals that they've read about or seen in a zoo come from. I think it'll be a valuable learning tool we'll come back to again and again as they learn more in school. It definitely has a broad appeal--both for younger kids who are starting to learn their shapes and colors, to older ones who are beginning to learn basic geography. One of my boys even wants to bring the globe for his show-and-tell day. That's how awesome he thought it was! I received this product as part of an incentivized review program.

I teach my children at home until kindergarten (and after in addition to their normal school days.). I enjoyed this product as a way to introduce continents. They can find the continent themselves, hold it in their hands, lable them, etc, but it is up to the adult working with the kids to provide knowledge about the areas. The globe itself is entertaining for the kids on short bursts only if an adult doesn't make a game out of it. (For example, a timed race to see how fast they can put the continents back on.). I love that they also provide addition label stickers so I can hand write the names of the continents in the same color and have my oldest find the right continents. They provide some nice facts about each continent which is a nice start, but this would not be for a parent/instructor looking for a longer independent activity. Well made product and I will be using it any time I introduce a new continent!

Awful terrible product. They come with stickers your kids find and stick on, they dont have white backgrounds as shown - they are clear and they FALL OFF. The whole toy is not weighted, doesn't turn smoothly, its just cheap hollow plastic everything. Not even worth $5. Not as educational as you think, not, kid friendly, or parent friendly. Returned it.