Large Wooden USA Map Capitals and States Puzzle | 
| Brand: Melissa & Doug
List Price: $16.99
Buy New: $9.08
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 11524
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 8 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 0.8 x 11.5 x 18.1
MPN: 95
Model: 3797
UPC: 000772000956
EAN: 0000772000956
ASIN: B00000JBLI
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Ages 5+ | | • | Measures approximately 0.51" x 11.25" x 18" completed |
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Product Description
Challenge your child's geography skills with this United States wooden map puzzle. It features colorfully illustrated pieces in the shape of each state. The pieces lay in a wooden tray that have the capitals and each state's outline under the pieces to aid your child in learning. Also includes each state's nickname on the front and state facts on the back like population, motto, size, capital and year of statehood. Measures 12" x 18".
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
 Great Educational Toy! June 18, 2001
M. Mikeska (Houston, TX USA)
56 out of 59 found this review helpful
I bought this for my son's 5th Birthday and he loves it! He wants to put it together every single day and is getting better and better at recognizing the states' names and their geographical locations. Next up...the capitals! I recommend this to all parents concerned that their children aren't learning US geography as they should. And I confess that this puzzle has certainly helped refresh my memory of the states and their capitals, too.
 Excellent puzzle November 16, 2000
48 out of 53 found this review helpful
My five year old boys received this puzzle for their birthday. They have really enjoyed putting it together and have even learned several of the states. It's a great educational tool and is very well made. It is something they will use for a long time.
Sparks interest in geography December 12, 2001
34 out of 36 found this review helpful
I bought this for my daughter two years ago, when she turned 5-years-old. Within a week, she knew her states and capitols. What a great learning tool. She was the only student in her Kindergarten class who knew her capitols - not because we drilled her with them, but because she couldn't get enough of this puzzle! She is the oldest of my 3 children, and her siblings, ages 5 and 3, are both learning states, too. It is a good, solid, learning piece, that doesn't rely on a bunch of bells and whistles to keep kids interested. Best of all, it may be the only puzzle my kids have loved enough to make sure they never lose a piece!!! It's probably the best toy I've ever bought my children, and has withstood the test of time. I highly recommend it.
 USA Puzzle - only ok January 16, 2003
22 out of 25 found this review helpful
This was just ok. I was disappointed that several states' shapes are not correctly represented and the New England States do not have separate pieces.
A GREAT educational toy! July 31, 2003
Dorothy Gellai (Tucson, AZ USA)
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
My 3 year old son spotted this puzzle while we went browsing in the store. He wanted it SO badly even though it was rated for older children. Within 3 days of playing with this puzzle, he quickly mastered all 50 states, knew exactly where they all go at a moment's notice. Then in a few days, he is able to clearly identify and pronounce each state accurately. He can read a little bit, and I had to show him North and South so he could place the Dakotas in their places. We had moved to Arizona from California a few months earlier, so he understood that his "small house" was in CA and that we now live in AZ. Two weeks after playing this puzzle, we went to California to visit our old friends and favorite places. Upon returning home, he demonstrated he really understood the map even more and even knows Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean and several cities. Because he has 2 other USA maps, he has said several times that "Michigan is a mistake! They forgot to cut out Upper Peninsula (Upper Michigann)"!!!! I was originally from Michigan and know that Michigan has 2 parts. What I'd like to see in this puzzle is 50 individual pieces, even though they may be small and that their cutouts reflect more accurate shapes (maybe make the states a bit bigger!). My parents still have the wooden puzzle from late 1960's with all 50 pieces. Now, where can I find wooden maps of other places: Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia, showing pictures of the countries, along with capital cities and other information? My son is already learning a few countries in Europe and is so eager and so ready to absorb more information in geography! We play the USA map puzzle practically every evening before he goes to bed! He's already map-literate far ahead of his peers and even amazed his summer camp teacher! Who says a 3 year old can't learn geography?! ;-)
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