Montessoridays™ Bee Wooden Sorting Game

I LOVE this toy and so does my 2.5 year old! She loves “tasks” and challenges especially ones that use her hands. She got the hang of it really quickly but it doesn’t bore her. She also likes talking about the colors. The best part is finding her bees around the house like when I found a purse full of bees in the couch. Such a cute toy and really well made - I’ve been telling all my friends about it and it’s going to be my new go to gift for 2 year olds. Love it!

The beehive is a block of solid wood, well sanded down and perfectly carved. There are no stray wood filaments.
Paint is well done.
It comes with 7 different colored bees that have felt wings and each match a beehive space.
The toy comes with 1 plastic pincer tweezer to grab the bees from the beehive and put them back.
It’s recommended to grab the bees from the wings, as the body of the bee, also wooden and painted, is too rounded for a proper grasp with the tweezer.
The toy box shows the use of the game as a standing up beehive, but my 4 year old was having trouble keeping the bees inside each hive space, they would fall out easily. So resumed playing with the hive laying face up. The skills are the same to use and even allows for flying bees to be dropped into the hive with the tweezer.
An entertaining way to develop skills, in a pretty wood piece.
The reason it does not have 5 stars is because there is no place to hang or place the tweezer after use. I think a small hook or nook on the side of the block would be a great addition to avoid loosing the tweezer.

Our 20 month old has been obsessed with this toy since he was about 13 months. We only have it in his bedroom so we can monitor him with it but haven't had any issues with him putting them in his mouth.
He loves to carry the bees around, line them up and he's already organizing them by colour. They're wood so easy to clean and we've had one go through the wash without incident. I totally recommend this for your babes to help with colour sorting and recognition!

My four year old daughter loves pulling the bees out. She does’t grab them by their wings. She grabs their bodies instead. The bees are colorful and have cute faces. I’m sure she will grab them by their wings as her motor control gets better. The bees do a good job of sitting up when you put them back. Great toy for my daughter and I’m sure I’ll find random bees around the house. Just need to try to make sure none of them get lost. Planning on having my 2 year sons play with the too more too. Great gift for the kids.

It’s supposed to be a part of a gift for my niece’s son but she didn’t want it so I gave it to my daughter whoIs 16 months old. The bees are small so you have to be careful. May daughter is past the “pit everything in her mouth” stage but when I take this out for her to play, I still watch her. She likes putting the bees in their hives. Still can’t master pinching the tongs but she will get there. I gave 5 stars on the durability because I do t k ow if the felt wings will stay put. But either way, it’s really cute and vibrant. And she loves bees so it’s perfect. She even makes the bzzzzz sound everytime she plays with them. So cute!

My 17 month loves this game, and it develops his fine motor skills at the same time. We talk about colors and the bee and what noise it makes, how it flies with wings, etc. The wings stay on well and it is well crafted all around. If your child prefers to use their fingers instead of the tweezers, the holes for bees are big enough actually for an adult to do so also. What a fun and educational activity!

My 2yo granddaughter was the first to try this out. It never left her house after that. She loves it. Took her a little bit to figure out the technique for the tongs. She would rather hold the bees with her hands. She loves matching them into the right colored home. She did stick Blue Bee into a stereo speaker hole. He’s gone now. I am a beekeeper (bugs, as the granddaughter calls them) and got this since we love bees

Our 20 month old has been obsessed with this toy since he was about 13 months. We only have it in his bedroom so we can monitor him with it but haven't had any issues with him putting them in his mouth.
He loves to carry the bees around, line them up and he's already organizing them by colour. They're wood so easy to clean and we've had one go through the wash without incident. I totally recommend this for your babes to help with colour sorting and recognition!

This is a very cute little toy. My two-year-old grandson is enjoying it. He can easily pick up the bees by the wings and drop them into the honeycomb. I am currently working with him on learning colors. I wish the colors were more distinct for that reason.

It appears to be a useful teaching tool.

The baby loves it!

Nice product. Just what I wanted!

We love this ! My two year old loves to count the bees and colors she has fun playing and learning with this game . Very well made . And the perfect size for fine motor skills tot schooling . Would recommend as a gift or for your own child . And love the fast shipping

My toddler loves this thing. We're working with a therapist, and she likes that it helps develop her fine motor skills. I also love that she's learning color-matching! She adores her bees, and the product is well-made. Thank you!

Age appropriate if you want to encourage intellect. At one y/o the bees endure the tooth test but I gifted with the intention of growth. A nice spin on the normal matching puzzles

Even our 17 month old twin grandbabies love this!

Easy to master, but hours of fun all the same.

My daughter loves it

I bought this game for some son when he was about 14 months old. At first all he wanted to do what eats the bees. My wife and I would always be watching him so we made he he spit it out. He was capable of knowing that he could not shallow it but we just made sure. Finally last month he actually started to play with it. He now takes the tong and sticks it in the hole and is able to grab the bee and he hands me/my wife the bee and he keeps doing it until it is done. He is able to put the bees back if we tell him but he is not able to match the color of the bee with the circle (that will take some more time). Overall, we are happy with this toy as he loves playing with it!

Very cute but mine came with a missing piece

For counting bees, color knowledge and one to one fine motor control.

Cute! My great niece seemed to love it and will be a toy she can grow into.

Got this for my granddaughter and she loves it.

This company makes great toys, and seem to know just what kids want. Parents, too.