Relax with STEM Article by Tina Manzer, Editorial Director of EdPlay Magazine: Stress-reducing fidget toys, STEM, and Fractiles
Will the Real STEM Toys Please Stand Up Article by Mark Carson, President and Co-Founder of Fat Brain Toys. Fractiles is at the top of the list of Carson's favorite toys "contributing to STEM-related pursuits."
FRACTILES-7
award winning MAGNETIC tiling toy
allows you make an infinite variety of beautiful
designs. Use to create starbursts, spirals,
butterflies, beautiful mandalas of infinite
complexity, bouquets of flowers, swarms
of fireflies, spaceships, illusions of 3D
space, and lots more. Easy and creative. Ages 6 to adult.
LARGE
FRACTILES:
192 brilliantly colored flexible MAGNETIC
tiles, sturdy 12” x 12” black
textured steel activity board, color Illustrated
instructional material, double record album
style package to store board and tiles.
Great for the ambitious budding designer
or for classroom use.
TRAVEL
FRACTILES:
96 brilliantly colored, flexible MAGNETIC
tiles, sturdy 8" x 8" black textured
steel activity board, color Illustrated
instructional material, double record album
style package to store board and tiles.
Fits in a briefcase, backpack, or suitcase.
FRIDGE
FRACTILES:
48 brilliantly colored flexible MAGNETIC
tiles, color Illustrated cardboard CD style
package to store tiles, board not included.
Fridge Fractiles make great stocking stuffers!
Use on the fridge or filing cabinet or add
to your collection.
The file is packed as a zip file which should unload in your computer.
Put the .gif file into your website images directory (or wherever your images are stored) and use it as the image source on the web page where you want it to show. That's all you have to do.
Award-Winning Fractiles-7 received a Parents’ Choice Award for play and educational value, quality and design.
Versatile Use these wonderful little diamond-shaped tiles to easily create seven-fold snowflakes, starbursts, spirals, bouquets of flowers, swarms of fireflies, beautiful mandalas, butterflies, spaceships, 3-D illusions, much more.
The versatile elegant geometry allows anyone to create endless varieties of imaginative and beautiful designs. Designs range from very simple to infinitely complex. One can spend tireless hours discovering new levels of play and design.
Wide Appeal Fractiles Fans range from young children to seniors, from those with no math background to advanced math researchers.
Easy to Manipulate The MAGNETIC tiles stay put - yet slide easily on their specially textured board - a helpful feature for anyone with fine motor skill problems. Magnetic Fractiles-7 is a great travel toy!
Builds Pattern Recognition Skills Pattern recognition skills are key to learning. Lack of pattern recognition skills is linked to learning disabilities Fractiles-7 is so much fun you may not even notice how regular play increases your pattern recognition skills.
“Fractiles is so popular with my first graders, that we have to have a sign up for equal turns!” - teacher Marilyn Bowker
“My 7th and 8th graders live for free time so they can play with Fractiles.” - Sandra Bullard, The Prentice School, "Where Children with Dyslexia Learn to Learn”
Ethical Production Fractiles is manufactured in the USA with no child labor or exploitation.
ABOUT OUR COMPANY
Founded
in 1998, Fractiles manufactures
award winning Fractiles-7, unique art and design
toy for all ages. We are dedicated to producing
good toys - toys that are fun, help develop
valuable skills, and are made with ethical production
standards. Fractiles is entirely made in the
USA with no child labor or exploitation.
