Disclosure: The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product or service at a reduced price or for free.
Looking for something fun for the little ones to do this summer? Got preschool-aged kids at home? If so, I’ve got a great new toy to introduce you to today that is really going to rock their world!
The Code-a-pillar is an educational toy made by Fisher-Price. It’s made for preschool-aged children between the ages of 3-6 years of age. I have a grandson who is almost 1 year old and a granddaughter who is 7 years old. Both have fallen in-love with this toy. Just to note…I sit with my 1 year old so he is NOT left unattended with this toy.
This particular toy inspires little learners to be big thinkers! It helps to develop problem-solving skills, planning & sequencing and helps to inspire critical thinking. The kids love the motorized action which keeps them entertained for hours at a time!
The Fisher-Price Code-a-pillar needs a smooth surface to run on. My grandchildren like to run him across my tiled kitchen floor or we take it outside and they play with it on our front porch. It comes with 4 included AA batteries which makes it run.
Every time kids change & rearrange his pieces, the Code-a-pillar takes a different path. Every time with cool sounds & lights wherever he goes! It includes 1 sound piece, 3 straight pieces, 2 right pieces and 2 left turn pieces to send the learning fun in endless directions.
Let the kids sit down and mix up all of the pieces. Once they’ve been mixed up, let them put them back together again to send the Code-a-pillar into a different direction. He also comes with a “start” and a “finish” cardboard target that you place on the floor or smooth surface. Let the kids arrange his pieces and then see if the Code-a-pillar can make it from your start target to the finish target. If not, let them rearrange his pieces again until he completes the targeted run from start to finish.
Kids can get really creative with this thing and set up obstacle courses for the Code-a-pillar to go through or obstacles for him to go around. For example: set up some books, chairs, other toys, etc. and watch him go around those objects, under those objects or run into them. Don’t worry though, he’s extremely well-made and built to do this sort of thing!
If you’re looking for more educational learning fun, you can download the Code-a-pillar app that is available in the App Store and on Google Play. Looking to buy? Head to your local Best Buy store or shop at BestBuy.com to pick it up for your little one today!
As a mother and grandmother, I think the Code-a-pillar is a great educational toy for the kids! What a great way to keep them busy this summer (learning too!) or pick it up now for upcoming birthdays and for holiday gift-giving.
Disclosure: The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free.
This is a fun toy which would teach the code sequencing and problem solving to kids. I love educational toys that are also enjoyable. It is too soon for my grandsons to use this, but I know Fisher Price has good toys.
I see what they are doing there, code! It’s the sequence. Very small children can understand that.
My little granddaughter would love to play with this Code-A-Pillar. I agree with you that educational toys are products all mothers and grandmothers should be shopping for as gifts for their children. It keeps the child’s mind engaged in a way other toys just can not.