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Melissa and Doug Wooden Shape Sorting Clock

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Manufacturer: Melissa and Doug
Brand: Melissa & Doug
List Price: $12.99
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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".


DESCRIPTION:

Amazon Maximum Age: 5
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 5
Amazon Minimum Age: 36
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Toy
Brand: Melissa & Doug
EAN: 0077200159586
Feature: Wood Clock
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Melissa and Doug
Manufacturer: Melissa and Doug
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 36
Model: 159
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Melissa and Doug
Release Date: 2006-06-12
Studio: Melissa and Doug


FEATURES:

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



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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: it's OK
Comment: They seem to have fixed the inconsistency with the six-sided "5" and the five-sided "six," but the general quality of this item can be hit and miss. My friend has a set that seems OK, but the set we recieved isn't as well marked -- a couple of the numbers are stamped crookedly, our "2" and "9" are practically off the edge of the piece, some pieces have more paint than others so some pieces with more paint feel smoother and different in quality. On the other hand, some of our friend's set the pieces are not cut as straight (the octagon, for example, seems kind of squashed and the square is a little bit not square), and the face of their clock has chipped paint around the edges of the holes and blobs of paint where some of the chips were "repaired." Yes, they are handcrafted and all that but some of the sets are sloppier than others.

After attempts at being forced into their holes for a few months, some of the pieces are already wearing off paint.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Learning to tell time.
Comment: The 60 seconds for each minute are missing! Needs to have the 60 seconds marked on the clock with every 5th number (over the large hour numbers)emphasized so children can learn to count by 5's to learn, for example, 10:10. There is room to do this... and would make a good educational better.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great clock: educational AND fun
Comment: One of my kids is interested in telling time, and another is interested in shapes. They both like playing with this clock.

I read a lot of reviews that complained that the 5 has six sides and the 6 has five sides. Mine must be a later model, because the 5 has five sides and the 6 has six sides. But even if they were the old way, I wouldn't have been bothered by this at all: the 2 has four sides and the 9 has four sides and the 10 has four sides and the 11 has four sides and the 12 has ten sides---so the number of sides don't correspond to the number on the shape, and they're clearly not supposed to.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Beats Electronic Toys Hands Down or Up
Comment: 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.

Customer Rating:
Summary: NEAT FOR OLDER CHILDREN
Comment: 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.

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