Product Description
It's time to "block" around the clock! Two toys in one, this colorful clock combines shape sorting and learning to tell time. Place the numbered and shaped pieces in their proper place on the face of the clock, then move the hour and minute hands to make telling time fun! Measures 9" x 5".
My little girl loves this clock. We leave it setting on her little kitchen table so she can remember to ask me what time it is, and then how to make that time on her clock. She's about got all the hours down (all the "o'clock's") and is starting in on the "00:30's" and has begun to ask all sorts of time questions and make time statements. It's also helped her number site recognition with her challenge numbers of 10-12, as we pull a number out to make it her "buddy number" of the day, setting it aside so I can ask her about it and she can talk about it. And when we get to the minutes, it does have all the little hash marks for the 60 minutes of the hour. I only could want for the difference to be greater between "big hand" and "little hand," but that's nitpicking. They're "chunky hands" and I have to keep showing her how one hand is bigger, and it would be more obvious if they were just a bit skinnier. But overall, it's a great hit and is teaching her analog time very well.
This toy says it's for 3 and up, but I bought it for my son who's only 1.5 yrs. He may not get the "time" aspect of the toy but he really likes taking the blocks out and putting them back into their proper places, even so far as as aligning the shapes so the numbers are straight. Yet, we are still working on numbers, this is a great way for him to grasp the concept.
The Toy is all wood and, painted very nice and well detailed.
First off, we are incredibly big fans of Melissa and Doug toys. Many of their great products have found a home in our house for years. We had very high hopes for this clock, and perhaps it is partly our fault for waiting until our son was almost 4 to introduce it to him. We truly wanted this as a teaching time toy, as he already knows his numbers and shapes. We had two problems, first, the hands do not stay in the clock face. I'm not sure if this is a universal design or if it's a fluke on ours. Also, when I try and hold the clock face vertical or almost vertical for demonstrating to our son, all the puzzle numbers fall out easily. Little things, but those are the issues my family had. As such, it became just a puzzle of sorts, which lost my son's attention after about 1 minute.
My 2 yr old son loves sorting shapes and anything that "goes round" so this is a great toy for him. It is made well and he is learning more than with all the different shapes as opposed to the infant sorters-and he thinks he can tell time! I recommend buying this toy online or at a discount store since most stores sell it for over $13.00.
I purchased this for my 5-year-old son for the purpose of teaching him to tell time. He isn't too interested in the time-telling part yet, but I'm sure that will come with time. He likes to take the numbers out and put them back in, but he does already know all of his numbers and shapes, so he's not really learning anything there. The one I have has a pentagon for the 5 and a hexagon for the 6 and there is also a line under the 6 to prevent further confusion between the 6 and the 9. After the number 6, the 7 is an oval, the 8 is an octagon, and the 9 is a trapezoid, as they are in the picture. I really don't see the big deal with the numbers matching a shape with the same number of sides because not all of these have the number of sides of their number. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 are the only ones that do. That is really not a big deal to me, though, as it seems to have been for other reviewers. This toy seems well-made and durable and I'm sure it will last a very long time. You just can't compare the quality of wooden toys to plastic ones.
This is a great teaching toy. Wooden toys like this beat electronic gadgets every time. With a gizmo you assume, or hope it will talk to your child and teach them how to tell time. But we have quite a few of those gizmos and my kids don't play with them a quarter of the time they play with this. Yes, I noticed that the pentagon and the hexagon are reversed in numeric value, but so what. It took a minute to explain that to my daughter and she moved on. It turns out, it was just another learning opportunity.
This very colorful clock has been around our house for years. It takes a licking and keeps on ticking too.
This requires parent participation, it doesn't talk to the child but it really educates them. It gives them something to hold onto, both literally and figuratively. This is a really good toy.
I got this for my 5 year old and it's a great toy. She likes to put the different shapes in the holes but isn't too interested in learning the time part of it. I have a 1 year old and she likes to get the pieces and put them all the way in her mouth so please beware around smaller children.
Overall good product. the onside is a little too busy, but the shapes and colors are very nice. My daughter only chooses this toy ocassionally over others.
My 3yr old loves this clock. Right now it is a really fun puzzle with numbers she recognizes. However, the learning value is huge. First of all, it is self-correcting. The numbers only fit in one place and there is a small number next to the puzzle piece so not only will one piece fit in that spot, there is also a correctly positioned smaller number to use as a guide.
Secondly, it is durable and very attractive. I put out now and again and she is always drawn to it. She loves to point out the numbers and is proud because she can count "forward and backward". The hour and minute hands maneuver very well and are easy to distinguish from each other.
a very well-made and attractive toy/learning tool.
My daughter tells me the kids love the toy clock and they are just at the age to learn all about it.
About Melissa and Doug Wooden Shape Sorting Clock detail
- Amazon Sales Rank: #71 in Toys & Games
- Brand: Melissa & Doug
- Model: 159
- Released on: 2006-06-12
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x 8.50" w x 4.00" l, 1.72 pounds
Features
- Wood Clock
- Colorful shaped numbers
- Learn to tell time
- Recommended Age Range 3 Years and up
Related Product
Source From Amazon.Toy.Sale-20
�Have a great day everybody!
Cheers
ไม่มีความคิดเห็น:
แสดงความคิดเห็น