This magnetic set consists of two parts: colorful plastic rods with magnets on each end and tiny metallic balls. My husband's workplace gave these magnets to their employees and he started collecting them from his co-workers who didn't want them. They stayed in his cubicle for quite a few months, but eventually they made their way to our house. So they were absolutely FREE!
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| Magnets! Aren't they wonderful?! |
What I love most about this magnet set is that the possibilities are endless. We can even build 3D objects with them, which is really awesome. J usually starts off with simple one dimensional shapes, testing out the functions of the two different parts.
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| Let the building begin! |
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| Putting the pieces together |
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| Concentrating...looks like the number 10 is being built! |
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| Testing out the magnet's properties resulted in lots of giggles from J. |
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| Imagination at work: "It's a flashlight, mom! I can't see you!" |
He wanted to see more so I showed him how to build some cubes (he refers to them as boxes).
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| Cubes in a row |
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| Building up! |
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| Building higher! |
Eventually J destroyed the cube pyramid so I built a rainbow instead. That lead to him practicing his spelling of the word "rainbow."
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| I made the rainbow. J instantly started rattling off the colors of the rainbow and then started to spell the word "Rainbow" as you can see. |
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| I spy the number 3! |
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| The number 8 |