Fat Brain Toys Inchimals - Animal-Themed Measuring Blocks, Math Learning, Ages 3+

These are great! My daughter just turned 4 and we bought these for her birthday. I love that she can compare them side by side or stand them up to compare them to visually see the difference. You can also either count the dots on the top, look on the bottom to see the actual number, or count the number of inches on the sides. I love the book that comes with these! It gives different math problems, and comes with a dry erase marker so you can do them over and over again. For example, it might show a picture of a penguin, you put that the penguin is 5 and then it shows a plus sign and then a picture of the lady bug which is 1, and then an equals sign. You fill in the blanks on the card, so 5 + 1 = 6. Your child can use the dots to count, or stack them together and count the inches, or just visually/mentally add the numbers together. This is a fun game you can do with your children, or they can do by themselves.

I bought this toy for my 3 year old daughter and she loves it. The concept of addition is all we have covered with these so far and I must say the visual is SO clear! My daughter understood how to find the answers pretty quickly after I demonstrated it a few times. She loves the colors and the animals. My 2 year old son likes to sit and play with the blocks she isn't using and it helps keep him entertained, which can be challenging when I do learning activities with her since a lot of the time he doesn't find what we are doing interesting. My only complaint is that the paint scratches off very easily. Not really a big deal when you are using them gently, but I had let the kids play with them as blocks when we first got them and they toppled the towers they built a bunch of times. When I saw all the scratches that one rough play session caused I regretted letting them play with them that way and now only allow them to be used gently for their intended purpose.

Have got them for each of my grandchildren. Very well made and book that comes with is great.

I hesitantly bought this toy for my son for Xmas, trying to find something for him to learn math with. He is a bright 3.5 year old. I figured I would be working with him using these wooden rulers, which are of a much higher quality than I was expecting. So on Xmas he opens the toy, and plays with them himself, measuring daddy's foot, his own foot, etc. I show him the included book about how the rulers represent numbers, and how these numbers can be added together... just a cursory review. Well, about an hour later I was in the kitchen, and he comes running in and says, "Mommy! Guess what? Eight plus four is twelve!". Needless to say, I was pretty amazed... so I would have to say this is a pretty amazing toy --- you WILL have to work with the child, its not necessarily something that will fascinate them for long hours of play like legos or something... but it sure does hit the nail on the head when it comes to learning math. And its fun, too. I can't tell you how impressed I am. Plus, these rulers are build to last... so long as you don't throw them in the bath or something. I highly recommend this set.

I had these back when my son who is now in college was learning addition. My set was still in great condition besides the fact that we lost one of the pieces after use with 10 children. I bought a new set recently (2024) and the paint chipped just by separating the blocks. We hadn’t even used them yet. They also have a blue tint to them that my other set didn’t have. They should go back to however they used to manufacture them. I still don’t regret purchasing them though because there is nothing else out there conceptually as fun and effective as inchimals.

"This Inch-animals thing is lovely!" As quoted by my 5 year old son. We enjoy the Inchimals a lot. The box it comes in is great, so there is no need to get an alternative container; everything is neatly contained is a small space. The workbook is very good and looks fun to me, but is probably better suited for a child that is past preschool. For my preschool son, these currently are fun to stack and compare which two animals will be as tall as one animal. This is a very nice, tactile way to learn numbers.

My husband rolled his eyes when he saw me wrapping these to give our 3- and 6- year-olds for Christmas. I knew what he was thinking. ("Great. An 'educational gift.'") Don't get me wrong. He went to college, but I think he's of the philosophy that Christmas magic requires fun for fun's sake. Once you start trying to give gifts that edify your kids, your motives become unpure.Whatever! My kids both love this set! Adding animal faces to mathematical units makes them way more appealing than I expected. The kids love saying things like "mouse plus penguin equals bear," while understanding that, in the game's terms, this translates into 3 + 5 = 8. The wooden units come with a book and dry erase marker; the problems in the book become progressively more challenging. I got these for $25 and they were well worth it.My only gripe: the glossy paint on these blocks is chipping too fast for my liking.

My 4 1/2-year-old absolutely loves this. I'm so impressed with it! The first time we used it, she told me she didn't know how to write her numbers. But once I showed her that they were on the bottom of the blocks, and that she could look at them for reference, she started filling in the spaces no problem. Adding two of the animals together to equal a third seemed to make perfect sense to her and she enjoyed counting them individually, then together, then comparing them to the taller animal. She was so proud of herself and kept asking to do another page! She also likes to just fiddle with the blocks, counting them up and down, stacking them on top of one another, using them like puzzle pieces to make squares and rectangles. Her enthusiasm has continued each time we've taken the blocks out. My one complaint is that the price is a bit high. It would make an amazing gift if it was closer to the $25 range.

I could not believe how great these were. I'm a teacher and wanted something STEM-related for my child's fifth birthday. We had so much fun adding and subtracting...seriously! The blocks are of high quality and the booklet gives kids fun ideas, plus the dry-erase format is fun for them. I want to buy them for my school!

Great quality. Lots of questions. My son is in kindergarten and is learning a lot with this.

Fantastic teaching tool for little kids, and my home-schooling niece was delighted to be able to use it with her children.

I bought this for a very bright 3year old. Her 5 year old brother absolutely loves it and plays with if all the time. His kindergarten teacher even asked where we got them.

This is an amazing product and concept, but way to pricey for what you get! This would be 5 stars if it wasn't ridiculously priced