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Melissa and Doug Wooden Shape Sorting Clock
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Manufacturer: Melissa and Doug
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Model#: 1.59
Weight: 1.72lbs
Height: 8.50" | | Width: 8.50"
Length: 4"
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Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
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Retail Price: $12.99
Online Sale Price: $7.48
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Features:- Wood Clock
- Colorful shaped numbers
- Learn to tell time
- Recommended Age Range 3 Years and up
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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".
User Submitted Melissa and Doug Wooden Shape Sorting Clock Reviews
December 27, 2008
durable and educational
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.
December 23, 2008
Good product and appropriate for different ages
We purchased this toy for our 2 year old. She is too young to get the "clock" part of it, but currently she is enjoying using it as a puzzle and matching the numbers on the puzzle pieces to the numbers on the clock. This toy should grow with her. Nice colors.
December 15, 2008
Clock Toy
We are ardent M&D toy fans for our little guy who is just over 2. He likes it, reinforces the concepts of numbers, although he is too young to get the concept of time yet.
This is a good long term toy, teaches numbers, time, shapes and colors, so good value for the money
November 28, 2008
it's OK
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.
November 10, 2008
Learning to tell time.
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.
September 28, 2008
Great clock: educational AND fun
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.
September 28, 2008
Beats Electronic Toys Hands Down or Up
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.
September 23, 2008
NEAT FOR OLDER CHILDREN
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.
September 15, 2008
Nice colors, design, concept
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.
September 12, 2008
My Daughter doesn't know she is learning
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.
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