Learning Resources Square Color Tiles, Counting, Sorting Toy, Set of 400 in 6 Colors, Ages 3+

It's a simple product--a bucket of 400 colored squares, 100 squares each of four colors. There are more uses for these than you might expect, though. They can be sorted, stacked, laid out in patterns, and the edges are just wide enough to stand them up like dominoes.They are made of hard, durable, shiny plastic, and can be written on with a dry-erase marker and cleaned easily. You could use them to write letters on to build spelling words, doing vowels in one color and consonants in another.In our homeschool, we use them for probability, for patterning, and for making designs. You can grab a random handful of them, and make a bar graph of what colors you got in your handful. They're also good for teaching area and perimeter, and tiling a surface, since each tile is 1 square inch.Another favorite activity with these is for toddlers. While the tiles are a potential choking hazard and require close supervision, they're big enough and bright enough to supervise easily (they don't fit inside my choking hazard tester, but I still watch the little ones closely), and toddlers LOVE them. I took an X-acto knife and cut a slot in the plastic lid of the container that's just wide enough to fit the tiles through sideways. Now, the little ones love when I set out a handful on the table for them (they make a great clinky noise, too), and they'll spend forever fitting the pieces back in through the slot (sort of like a piggy bank). It's a great fine-motor development activity, and I can teach colors at the same time. "Where's a blue one? Can you put a blue one in now?"Overall, this is a simple, but worthwhile and versatile toy.

Lot of fun

Quality:- Well made product.- Color all the way through.- Solid- not bendable by kids goofing offStorage Container:- Clear plastic container with removeable lid holds the product and allows for easy storage.This is a good brand to buy if you are using these for elementary kids or middle school kids like I bought them for. Math is often a difficult subject for kids to master. By using these tiles I can more effectively teach algebra techniques by providing a hands-on approach so they can see tactically what is going on in the problem.

I searched the local tile stores for 1 inch square tiles, but they are not the "in" size for home remodels any longer; the stores said I could special order the 300+ I needed: expensive. Then I saw these colored tiles and they are perfect, for a fraction of the cost. Now each student has a set of 10 for Marcy Cook Tile Cards. The tiles are 4 different colors, which helps so kids don't mix up their set w/ their neighbor's while working. I couldn't be more pleased! Thanks Learning Resources!From a thrilled teacher.

A classroom basic

These are versatile and durable plastic colored tiles for various uses in the classroom and at home. These are small enough to be a potential choking hazard for young children. But for the children I worked with (grades 4 - 6), they were just fine. I used a permanent marker and wrote words on these tiles to use them for a creative writing exercise. It was a lot of fun. I'm sure there are many other uses. I keep them in the original clear plastic container. You get a lot of tiles for the price. I was able to remove the permanent marker quite easily when I wanted to write new words on them. You can clean these in a bucket of hot water and dish soap (anti-bacterial dish soap might also be desirable). Overall, a versatile and quality learning tool.

I just received my tiles and the quality is exactly what I expected. I am so excited to use these tools to reinforce mathematics concepts. I look forward to working with my kids in this new school year at home. I highly reccommend this tool for your babies.

I used the tiles for our area and perimeter unit!