Name: Farmyard Express®
Brand: Netherblocks
Price: 49.99 EUR
Availability: InStock

A new challenge at every carriage.

Each barn has its own shaped lock.

Your child finds the matching key, lines it up, turns it, and opens the door to discover the animal inside.

It is simple to understand.

Satisfying to solve.

And just tricky enough to make them want to try again.

Six ways to play.

🔑 Unlock

Find the key that matches the lock shape, turn it, and open the barn.

🔢 Count

Count the dots, recognise the numerals, and place the barns in number order.

🚂 Roll

Connect the carriages and send the farmyard train across the floor.

🌈 Match

Pair colours, shapes, animals, keys, and barns.

🚂 Stack

Build barn towers, rearrange them, knock them down, and start again.

🐷 Imagine

Use the animal friends for sounds, stories, and silly farmyard adventures.

🔑 Unlock

Find the key that matches the lock shape, turn it, and open the barn.
🌈 Match

Pair colours, shapes, animals, keys, and barns.
🔢 Count

Count the dots, recognise the numerals, and place the barns in number order.
🚂 Stack

Build barn towers, rearrange them, knock them down, and start again.
🚂 Roll

Connect the carriages and send the farmyard train across the floor.
🐷 Imagine

Use the animal friends for sounds, stories, and silly farmyard adventures.

Shapes on the keys. Dots and numbers on the barns.

The learning is built into the play.

The keys use different geometric shapes, including circles, triangles, and hexagons. Children compare the key shape with the lock, test the match, and work out where it belongs.

The barns show both a printed numeral and matching dots. They can count what they see, then connect the quantity to the number.

Count the dots. Find the number. Match the key. Open the barn.

No worksheets. No screen prompts. Just real objects they can hold, compare, and solve.

Little hands stay busy. Little minds stay curious.

Every play session naturally supports:

Shape and colour matching
Dots-to-number counting
Key-turning fine-motor practice
Hand-eye coordination
Problem-solving through trial and discovery
Animal names, sounds, stories, and imaginative play

Big enough to become the main event.

At 75 cm long, Farmyard Express is not a tiny toy that vanishes into the bottom of a basket by Tuesday.

It becomes the centre of the playroom floor, the birthday present children run toward first, and the toy grandparents ask about later.

A giant train. Little daily discoveries.

Why parents love Farmyard Express

★★★★★
I am an SLPA and primarily work with children with different disabilities. I believe this item is great! You can Target so much vocabulary with it. You can teach children to match animals on an AAC device, or imitate animal sounds, request for help, fine motor skills and so much more!

— Cynthia
★★★★★
My 16 month old grandson absolutely loves this toy! He can’t quite do the keys yet and we have to help him with the key part. He LOVES that there are animals inside each train car and will make sure that each animal goes back into the correct train car. He is also learning his colors quickly. And when he can understand the keys and the shapes - this will also be a great learning tool. This is the very first toy he pulls out each and every morning!

— KT
★★★★★
We opened this and he loved it immediately. No warm-up time at all, he just started playing. He’s really into trains and animals, so this was an instant hit. He loves putting the farm animals in and out, lining them up, and pretending the train is visiting each one.We use it for colors, counting, naming the animals, and making the sounds they each make. It’s been such an easy way to sneak learning into play without it feeling forced.We’ve had it for several months now and it’s held up really well. Nothing has broken and it still looks great even with regular toddler use.I also appreciate that it’s hands-on and not loud or overstimulating. It keeps him busy without all the flashing lights and noise.Definitely a great option for toddlers AND moms who want learning to be fun and playful and not seem forced.

— Rebecca
★★★★★
Absolutely adorable multi-purpose toy! I am an early intervention specialist and I am always seeking out toys that can help my sweet young clients with growth and development and this toy checks so many boxes! Color and shape identification, matching, animal identification, imaginative play, gross and fine motor skills- I love the lock feature but I do wish they had the ability to open without the keys as well, that’s the only change I would make. I just got this train today and cannot wait to use it with my clients next week!

— Milessa
★★★★★
My little 4 year old is OBSESSED with cars, so I’m always looking for other toys for him that don’t involved Hotwheels. Well, I found it!! He loves the train! He loves figuring out which key goes with which box and matching the colors. He loves all the animals and the bright colors. This is a winner — even for a high energy, will boy!

— Emily
★★★★★
Great product for speech therapy. As a speech therapist I always try to find toys to promote language opportunities.

— F. Wilson
★★★★★
Bought this fun little train and animal set as a Christmas gift for my son who had just turned one. However, I did not realize that this set used keys to get the animals out of the barns. I was so nervous that I have messed up, but my son figured it out instantly. I loved the multi level educational aspect of shapes, color and matching.

— Stephanie
★★★★★
My 2.5 year d toddler absolutely LOVES this set. It helped her with her shapes matching the keys to the containers based off of shape. Also helped her with her color matching of the animals to their respective containers. And just now she’s starting to utilize the numbers matching. She can play with the set for 30 minutes on end fully engrossed. I love it!

— Allaa
★★★★★
My 2 and even 5 year old love these! I was amazed when my 2 year old was matching up the correct key to the correct box based on the color. Great item!

— Amanda