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| |  | World Map 33 pc Floor Jigsaw Puzzle by Melissa & Doug | Home » World Map 33 pc Floor Jigsaw Puzzle by Melissa & Doug | | | | | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 3.1 inches | | Product Width:
| 9.3 inches | | Product Height:
| 11.8 inches | | Product Weight:
| 3.06 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 17 reviews |
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0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Great puzzleJan 10, 2010
My five year old twins really enjoy this puzzle...We have put it together many times and they love the animals on the continents.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 awfulJan 10, 2010
I generally love Melissa and Doug products, but this puzzle is absolutely awful. The pieces simply don't fit together well and my five year old got extremely frustrated (and so did I!). There are much better puzzles out there compared to this one.
 Melissa and Doug Attempt to Teach World GeographyJan 05, 2010
The Melissa and Doug World Map Puzzle is a large, two feet by three feet puzzle- a large enough size that most will assemble it on the floor or on a large table. A total of thirty- three pieces comprise this puzzle, and this is enough to make it semi- challenging without being too easy. Educational in nature, this world map clearly identifies each of the major continents and oceans, as well as identifying some of the animal species common to world's different regions.
With an educational angle such as this, the Melissa and Doug World Map Puzzle would seem like an excellent puzzle that every child should own. However, there are a few problems with this puzzle and one will be obvious to anyone who opens the box for the first time and begins to assemble the pieces: The inner part of the puzzle does not include interlocking pieces. The frame of the puzzle does include standard, interlocking pieces, but the interior part of the puzzle does not. The interior pieces just lie there, next to each other, causing them to slide around and possibly adding to the frustration of the young person trying to assemble. This is certain to bother parents and children alike.
The second problem I have with this puzzle is less important, but still deserves mentioning, and that would be the lack of labels on the countries and large bodies of water. The only places with names are the seven continents and the major oceans. National boundaries are shown, but there are no names for the countries. Some would say that this would make the puzzle too complicated, but considering this puzzle is aimed at the upper- elementary school ages, I think it would be a wise addition. It would add greatly to the puzzle's educational value.
Looking at the positives, this puzzle is made from thick cardboard and thus the pieces are not likely to break. Also, even though I complained above about the lack of interlocking pieces, I admit that there is one small advantage to this arrangement: Learning the major land masses. Some of the continents have their own, individual pieces and this could help children to learn to associate the full continent with its location on the world map.
In spite of its flaws, the Melissa and Doug World Map Puzzle is still a good puzzle, mainly because it still offers some educational value. This fact alone places it a notch above other puzzles and other toys on the market. The lack of interlocking pieces will annoy many children and parents, but the puzzle still has enough value to recommend.
Disappointment on Christmas MorningDec 25, 2009
My 4 year old loves jigsaw puzzles. She can figure out any jigsaw puzzle of less than 50 pieces in about 30 mins. She gave up on this one in 5 minutes because its not a jigsaw puzzle at all - just some oddly shaped pieces which do not lock in place and slip and slide as she looks for other pieces that go into the picture. And its a floor puzzle so as she's looking for other pieces, the puzzle does get nudged around.
SUCH a pointless toy. No child would ever complete this unless they have monumental patience to keep putting the pieces together and having them move around. What was Melissa and Doug thinking?
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
not a puzzleDec 01, 2009
This is less a puzzle than a picture split up that you need to place together. What I mean is that the pieces don't "fit" together, you just sort of line them up. So if you brush against the puzzle while you do it (this is for KIDS remember, so they are always bumping it) it just comes apart. The sides of the pieces are smooth and flat, with no traditional puzzle interlocking shapes. It's highly disappointing. I have other Melissa and Doug puzzles for kids of the same ages and they are great. I don't know what happened with this one. Don't bother with it. Too frustrating for little kids!
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