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Item: FT002 Quantity on Hand: 9
FRACTILES-7 award winning magnetic tiling toy allows you to create an infinite variety of beautiful designs.
Use it to create starbursts, spirals, butterflies, bouquets of flowers, swarms of fireflies, spaceships, illusions of 3D space, and lots more. Easy and creative. A magnetic toy for all ages!
The large version features 192 brilliantly colored flexible magnetic tiles, sturdy 12 inch x 12 inch black textured steel activity board, color illustrated instructional material, and double record album style package to store board and tiles. Great for the ambitious budding designer or for classroom use...more than a simple set of refrigerator magnets.
All Fractiles-7 sets are:
Award-Winning: Fractiles-7 received a Parents' Choice Award for play and educational value, quality and design.
Versatile: Use these wonderful little diamond-shaped tiles to easily create seven-fold snowflakes, starbursts, spirals, and much more. The versatile, elegant geometry allows anyone to create endless varieties of imaginative and beautiful designs, ranging from very simple to infinitely complex. Individuals can spend tireless hours discovering new levels of play and design.
Wide Appeal: Fractiles fans range from young children to seniors, from those with no math background to advanced math researchers.
More than Refrigerator Magnet Fun: The magnetic tiles stay put - yet slide easily on their specially textured board - a helpful feature guaranteed to improve fine motor skills.
Builds Pattern Recognition Skills: Pattern recognition skills are key to learning. Lack of pattern recognition skills is linked to learning disabilities. Fractiles-7 is so much fun you may not even notice how regular play increases your pattern recognition skills. This magnetic learning toy will capture your attention and expand your learning potential.
''Fractiles is so popular with my first graders, that we have to have a sign up for equal turns!'' - teacher Marilyn Bowker
''My 7th and 8th graders live for free time so they can play with Fractiles.'' - Sandra Bullard, The Prentice School, Where Children with Dyslexia Learn to Learn
Versatile, Educational Fractiles-7
Received the Parent's Choice Award for Play and Educational Value
Great for the Ambitious Designer or for Classroom Use
192 Brilliantly Colored Flexible Magnetic Tiles
Sturdy 12 inch x 12 inch Black Textured Steel Activity Board
Color Illustrated Instructional Material
Double Record Album Style Package to Store Board & Tiles
Made in the USA
Fractiles is manufactured in the USA with no child labor or exploitation.
Ages 6+
Toy Value Index: 9.21
The Toy Value Index is a Fat Brain Toys exclusive intended to quantify the overal play value of a given toy or game. We do this by taking our customers' feedback on (QUALITY + TIME PLAYED + AGE TRANSCENDENCE)/PRICE.
Fat Brain Index: 8.81
The Fat Brain Index is another Fat Brain Toys exclusive that factors in 14 different traits that we've identified that make a toy "Fat Brain Worthy".
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Hours of fun for all the kids
Posted 30 days ago by Ash
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All the kids, from 5 to 14, enjoyed and delighted in this one. This is one of their preferred toys.
A lot of fun for kids and adults
Posted 1/1/2010 by Elizabeth
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We gave this to my 8-year-old daughter as a Christmas gift, and we have all enjoyed making designs with the magnetic tiles! The Fractiles-7 set comes with a 12x12 sturdy metal board, magnetic tiles in 3 different shapes and colors, and a folder to hold both which is printed with many different designs for the tiles. My daughter enjoyed both copying some of the designs printed and making up her own creations. The tiles are brightly colored on a black background and your designs stand out beautifully. My husband and I find ourselves making up designs as we walk by the table, and my 5-year-old even has fun with it. I wouldn't recommend this product for a child much younger than 5, though--the magnetic tiles are fairly thin and would probably be difficult for a younger child to manipulate.
Quietly Fascinating
Posted 12/29/2009 by Lucinda Mimms
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I had never seen or heard of this sort of product before, but that's the great thing about a website search: you come across all kinds of new-to-you ideas! It consists of a square sheet of steel and a large set of colored magnets that fit together to make patterns reminiscent of kaleidoscopes and optical illusions, although you can also aim for representative art: one pattern provided in the instructions is the Funky Chicken! I got this for my 10-year-old son, but his 8-year-old brother is equally intrigued by it, and both have pronounced it 'cool'. They pored over the illustrations of suggested patterns to make, choosing their favorites, and quickly dove in. In a practical vein, the cardboard sleeve the product arrives in also acts as storage later on (much like LP sleeves of old), and of course the magnets are stored on the steel sheet so clean up is not difficult. The magnets are smaller and thinner than I expected, but this allows for greater complexity of design possibilities. I think we will all enjoy this...toy? game? diversion? activity?...with its endless possibilities.
Elkhorn, Nebraska USA 68022