Melissa & Doug Wooden Shape Sorting Clock Reviews

Melissa & Doug Wooden Shape Sorting Clock Reviews

Game 2 Year Old

Melissa & Doug Wooden Shape Sorting Clock

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• Wood Clock
• Colorful shaped numbers
• Learn to tell time
• Recommended Age Range 3 Years and up

game 2 year old

3 years & up. Time to Block the Clock! Combines shape sorting and learning to tell time. It's two toys in one. Place the colorful numbered shape pieces in their proper places on the face of the soundly built clock and move the hour and minute hands to make learning time fun!

List Price: $ 14.99 Price: $ 8.11

Customer Reviews

110 of 113 people found the following review helpful New and improved! Shapes are changed on new ones!, August 11, 2007 By  Love Being A Grandma - See all my reviews = Durability:  = Fun:  = Educational:  This review is from: Melissa & Doug Wooden Shape Sorting Clock (Toy) I recently bought this toy for grandchildren, ages 3 and younger, for when they are at my house. Previous reviews complained that the shapes of numbers 5 and 6 might be confusing, and so I avoided this purchase for a while. BUT, the one I bought is NEW and the 5 is the pentagon shape and the 6 is the hexagon shape, so that is no longer a concern. Look at the picture of the product above - today the picture I am looking at on this page shows the correct shapes for 5 and 6, so it appears that Melissa and Doug have corrected this problem! If you were to purchase an older or used version of this clock be aware that it may have the wrong shapes - but the newest ones I would presume are correct. Mine is. I rate this toy 5-star. It is certainly not a bells and whistles toy, no noises, no lights. Thank goodness. But I think there is a lot of value in this toy. This is a concrete hands-on way for children to begin learning about not only clocks, but also shapes, order of numbers, and more, depending on the age and stage of the child. It is a toy that can grow with a child, one to be taken out and used for a while, then as interest wanes, put it away for a while, and then bring it out later for a child to explore at a different stage. Please keep in mind that children will probably get more value out of any toy, where a parent, grandparent, teacher, sibling, babysitter, etc. first sits down and talks with the child about the toy and maybe models how the child might use the toy. Then expect them to try using it for different things - like stacking, or pretending that one piece or another is food for a doll, or whatever - and that is OK too - keep in mind kids learn in different ways than we might expect. (Of course keep an eye on younger children to make sure they are not putting pieces in their own mouths, pretending it is their own food!) There is obvious shape-matching value for younger children. A child might take the shapes outside of the "puzzle" and line them up - in numeric order, or just to compare shapes, colors or whatever. With an older child, you might introduce time-telling vocabulary, in relationship to where the clock hands are. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink  Comments (3) 45 of 46 people found the following review helpful A learning toy that grows as your child does!, May 4, 2005 By  KSL "emma-and-me" (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews My daughter received her 1st Melissa & Doug wooden toy for Christmas and boy do we love the ones we have purchase since. Any way, this clock is made of wood. The clock has 12 brightly colored shapes for each number of the clock that your child can take out and then place back into their own place. The hands of the clock are 2 different colors - the minute hand is marked minute and is red and the hour hand is blue. Printed under the hands of the clock have the numbers so your child can find what numbers go where on the clock. Also printed are the seconds and minutes in the 5 minute pie shaped increments that are also different colors. Also included are how to tell time from Quarter Past, Half Past, Quarter til and O'clock. I love good toys that actually grow with your child and being that it's made of wood, it should last quite nicely for generations! For teaching time, I think this is terrific! Defiantely a 10 Stars! Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink  Comment 24 of 24 people found the following review helpful Fantastic learning toy for teaching children how to tell time!, November 8, 2005 By  Denise - mother of three (St. Louis) - See all my reviews All three of my kids love this toy! We have no complaints about the quality - as most Melissa & Doug products it is well made AND durable. We also questioned the 5 and 6 shape decision - when we called their customer service number, they told us that it is a self correcting clock and if they used the hexagon for the "6" then a child could put it in upside down as a "9." If the other numbers are put in upside down then they are not numbers - that works for us! We are very pleased with ALL of the other valuable teaching elements this clock has to offer! Learning time increments; hours, quarters, minutes, seconds, shapes, colors, numbers...the list goes on. Five stars for this GREAT product...keep up the good work Melissa & Doug!!! Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink  Comment

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