Eurekakids Kids Puzzles | Selected STEAM Educational Puzzles to Improve Young Children's Concentration
Do you find it hard for children to sit still and concentrate? A set of high-quality children's puzzles might be the answer you need. Eurekakids brings a range of progressively challenging educational puzzles to families in Hong Kong, specifically designed to exercise children's brains.
Our puzzles are not just STEM educational toys, but also a set of STEAM teaching materials. Each puzzle itself is a piece of art, which can cultivate children's aesthetic appreciation for color and composition. In the process of completing the challenges, children can receive excellent training in early childhood focus, as well as enhance their problem-solving skills and resilience.
The entire line of puzzles is made from thick cardboard and safe ink, with smooth edges that won't hurt hands, and is certified by Oeko-Tex, making it absolutely safe for children to handle. Browse our puzzle series now and choose a challenge suitable for their age; you will be amazed at the artistic and logical potential of children!
Product Overview
This educational toy suitable for children aged 3 and above features 29 magnetic accessories that can be freely combined, allowing kids to create various fun facial expressions and shapes. Through the processes of grabbing, assembling, and imagining, it enhances fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, creative thinking, and emotional recognition. Its portable design is also ideal for parent-child interaction and creative expression activities in kindergartens.
Product Selling Points
- Abundant accessories: 29 magnetic elements including male and female characteristics, different hats, hairstyles, glasses, etc.
- Portable design: Compact and lightweight, easy to carry, suitable for long journeys and outings.
- Multi-faceted learning: Promotes color matching, clothing coordination rules, hand-eye coordination, and creative expression.
- Safe materials: The magnetic design ensures safety and stability, making it suitable for young children to operate.
Specifications Summary
- Dimensions: 8.5 × 13.2 × 2.7 cm (box dimensions)
- Net weight: 0.17 kg
- Gross weight: 0.17 kg
- Material: Magnetic accessories, safety plastic base plate
- Battery: No battery required
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Product Details
Features and gameplay
Core gameplay
- Children can freely place 29 magnetic accessories on the magnetic base to create different facial expressions, hairstyles, and outfits.
- Try finding matching accessories for each character, or mix and match to create entirely new and hilarious looks.
- Explore endless creative possibilities by changing the combination of accessories, and cultivate observation and classification skills.
Parent-child activities
- Parents and children create characters together, taking turns telling the characters' stories and personality traits to promote language expression.
- Engage in an "emotional expression" game, using different combinations of accessories to represent emotions such as happiness, surprise, and anger, thereby enhancing emotional awareness.
Learning Objectives
Development orientation
- Fine motor skills and fine motor skills: Grasping and placing magnetic accessories requires precise hand control and hand-eye coordination.
- Creative thinking and imagination: Freely combinable accessories inspire unlimited creativity and artistic expression.
- Social and Emotional Cognition: Recognizing different emotions through facial expressions, learning emotional expression and empathy.
Specific benefits
according toHong Kong Education Bureau Preschool Education Curriculum GuideChildren aged 3-5 are in a critical period for creative thinking and social-emotional development. They can learn color matching, clothing rules, and role-playing through play, while also promoting hand-eye coordination, storytelling, and verbal expression skills, laying the foundation for future social interactions and creative expression.
Suitable age
Recommended age: 3-6 years old (Official recommendation: 3 years and up, children's toys)
Use cases
- Indoor/Outdoor: Suitable for use at home, in kindergarten, and while traveling; compact design makes it easy to carry.
- Parent-child/Classroom: Can be used as a teaching aid in kindergarten for courses on emotional cognition and creative expression.
- Storage method: All accessories can be stored inside the box, making them easy to organize and store, and cultivating children's tidying habits.
Safety and Maintenance
- Certification/Non-toxic: Hape brand products meet international toy safety standards and use non-toxic and environmentally friendly materials.
- Cleaning and maintenance: Gently wipe the accessories and baseplate with a damp cloth, avoid water immersion, and keep dry.
- Warning: Contains small magnetic parts. Children under 3 years old should use under adult supervision; avoid swallowing.
Material
The magnetic accessories are made of safe plastic material, with smooth edges and no burrs; the base plate features a magnetic adsorption design, ensuring the accessories are stable and not easy to fall off; the surface treatment is vibrant and long-lasting, using non-toxic and environmentally friendly paint, suitable for safe operation by young children.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When is the best time to start using it?
Official recommendations suggest it is suitable for children aged 3 and up.Hong Kong Family Health ServicesThe information on child development indicates that ages 3-6 are a golden period for creative thinking and fine motor skills development. This educational toy can effectively promote hand-eye coordination and creative expression abilities. Children in this age group begin to understand color combinations, the meanings of expressions, and can engage in simple role-playing games.
What skills can this toy help children learn?
This children's toy can cultivate multiple skills: hand-eye coordination, color matching, creative thinking, emotional recognition, and storytelling ability. Children learn to observe, classify, and create by combining 29 magnetic accessories, while also recognizing the emotions represented by different expressions. According toHong Kong 01 Parenting ColumnHand-eye coordination training plays an important role in children's cognitive development and concentration improvement.
Are magnetic accessories prone to falling off or getting lost?
The accessories feature a magnetic adsorption design, allowing them to securely attach to the base and not easily fall off. The box is designed to be compact, with all accessories stored inside for easy organization. It is recommended to check the accessories and store them properly after each game, which is also a great opportunity to cultivate children's organizing habits and teach them to tidy up their toys.
Can this toy be used as a teaching aid in kindergarten?
Yes! This toy is very suitable as a teaching tool for kindergartens. Teachers can use it for emotional recognition courses, creative expression activities, or as an auxiliary tool for social-emotional learning. According toSave the Children Hong KongSocial emotional learning can help young children build positive interpersonal relationships and self-awareness, and playing games that involve changes in expressions is an effective way to cultivate these abilities.
How can this toy cultivate children's creative thinking?
Encourage children to freely combine accessories and give them ample creative freedom. They can play "Creative Challenge" games, such as "Create the Funniest Face" or "Design an Alien Character." Children can also create stories for the characters they invent, fostering narrative skills and creative expression. The role of parents is to provide support and encouragement, rather than to limit the child's imagination.
Is this toy suitable as a travel toy?
Perfect! The box size is only 8.5 × 13.2 × 2.7 cm, and it weighs just 0.17 kg, making it lightweight and portable. The magnetic design prevents the accessories from falling off, making it suitable for playing on airplanes, trains, and cars, making it an ideal toy for toddlers during long trips. Compared to building blocks that require a large space or puzzles that can easily scatter, this magnetic game is more suitable for use in mobile environments.
How can this toy help children understand emotions?
By changing facial expression accessories (such as smiley faces, frowns, surprised eyes, etc.), parents can discuss different emotions with their children: "Does this expression look happy?" "When would someone have this expression?" This kind of interaction can enhance children's emotional recognition skills. According toThe Education University of Hong Kong 3Es Love+ Society Together ProgramChildren with higher emotional and social skills tend to perform better in areas such as mental health, peer relationships, and altruistic behavior.
What makes this toy different from other educational toys?
Compared to traditional educational toys like building blocks and puzzles, the magnetic funny face game places greater emphasis on creative expression and emotional recognition. Its open-ended gameplay allows children to create freely, fostering a sense of artistry and imagination, while also promoting the development of language and social skills through role-playing. This aligns with the Montessori toy philosophy that emphasizes independent exploration and multi-sensory learning, making it a suitable choice for transitioning from toys for 2-year-olds to more advanced games.
Will the number of accessories confuse young children?
The quantity design of the 29 accessories is reasonable, providing enough combination possibilities while being easy to manage. When using it for the first time, parents can introduce some accessories first, allowing children to gradually become familiar. For example, start with the "facial features" (eyes, nose, mouth), then add "hairstyles" and "accessories." As the child grows and their proficiency increases, more complex combination challenges can be introduced, allowing this toy to accompany the child's continuous growth.
Is it difficult to clean and maintain this toy?
Cleaning is very simple! Just gently wipe the accessories and base with a damp cloth, avoiding immersion in water to protect the magnetic function. It is recommended to clean regularly to maintain hygiene, especially when multiple children are sharing. Properly store in a dry place to extend the toy's lifespan. The maintenance of this children's toy is much simpler than that of cooking toys or kitchen toys that require complex cleaning.
Summarize
Hape Portable Magnetic Funny Face Game is a high-quality educational toy designed for children aged 3-6 years. Through the free combination of 29 magnetic accessories, it effectively promotes creative thinking, hand-eye coordination, and emotional recognition development. The product meets international safety standards, and its portable design makes it an ideal choice for children's toys, as well as a perfect option for kindergarten teaching aids.
Whether it's family bonding time or kindergarten teaching applications, this magnetic game can effectively enhance children's fine motor skills training, creative expression, emotional recognition, and social interaction abilities. Compared to traditional building blocks, puzzles, or Montessori toys, it places greater emphasis on emotional learning and creative expression, aligning with the trends in early childhood education development in Hong Kong, allowing children to explore through play and grow through exploration.
