Ball of Whacks is an excellent 3D puzzle which challenges flexible thinking and spatial perception skills for a broad range of ability levels.The puzzle is built of 30 identical pyramid-shaped magnetic design blocks that fit together to make a 3 inch diameter ball. Children take the pieces apart and figure out how to reassemble them into a given design. The magnet helps fit the pieces together and stay together, making it one of easiest to manipulate and most enjoyable choices in this category, particularly for struggling learners. The activity book provides other more challenging shapes and patterns for more advanced learners. Although a bit pricey, this is a good toy to develop flexible thinking and spatial perception skills for a broad range of ages and abilities.

• Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
• Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
• Presents educational concepts accurately
• Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
• Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
• Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
• Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

• Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
• Visually appealing to children in the target age range
• Adults would enjoy playing with a child
• For electronic games, gives positive or encouraging feedback
• Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
• Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

• Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
• Student should be able to use independently after first use
• Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
• Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
• Does not require excessive set-up time after first time use
• Can be fun as a single player game
• Multi-player game which fosters collaboration or cooperation
• Well-made for the cost
• For electronic games, can play without sound
• For electronic games, allows user to save work
• For electronic games, voice/sounds are appealing and pronounces words properly
• Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
• Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
• Overall - Easy to use

The Big Ball of Whacks introduces several exciting new design features. Bigger than the original, award-winning Ball of Whacks, it has 192 rare earth magnets inside so it looks and feels hefty in your hand! The 36 magnetic design pieces include two entirely new pyramid-shaped elements. There are 24 Whack pieces, six Half-Whack pieces, and six flat Whack pieces. This complex structure presents a greater challenge in reconstructing the Ball shape. It also opens up far more hands-on creative options as you design your own shapes. Includes 96-page Guidebook

The Big Ball Of Whacks is also available as a multi-color version, which makes an intriguing brainteaser puzzle.

Also available in red

WARNING: NOT FOR CHILDREN UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE. Keep away from younger children, pets, and pacemakers. This product contains rare earth magnets that can be harmful or fatal if swallowed. Great care is taken during the production process to securely seal the magnets inside each pyramid by means of ultrasonic welding. However, this product is not intended to be thrown or otherwise abused. Use only as described in the accompanying book. If plastic pyramids become damaged, dispose of product properly.