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Manufacturer: Plan Toys
Brand: Plan Toys
List Price: $24.99
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Plan Toy Shape and Sort helps to develop your child's hand-eye coordination, manipulation skills and color recognition. They will love matching the shapes to the correct holes. The blocks are perfect size for their little hands. To make playing easier, the tray needs only be pushed down for a repeat performance of filling the holes with the correct block.


DESCRIPTION:

Amazon Maximum Age: 3
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 3
Amazon Minimum Age: 12
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Toy
Brand: Plan Toys
EAN: 8854740053527
Feature: Develops Your Child's HandEye Coordination Manipulation Skills And Color Recognition
Is Autographed: 0
Is Fragile: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Plan Toys
Manufacturer: Plan Toys
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 12
Model: 53520
Publisher: Plan Toys
Release Date: 2006-09-01
Studio: Plan Toys


FEATURES:

• Develops Your Child's HandEye Coordination Manipulation Skills And Color Recognition
• Matching The Shapes To The Correct Holes
• Perfect Size For Your Child's Little Hands
• To Make Playing Easier The Tray Needs Only Be Pushed Down For A Repeat Performance Of Filling The Holes With The Correct Block
• This Toy Is Made From All Natural Recycled Rubber Wood



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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great in some ways but has a major flaw
Comment: I really like that this shape sorter is made out of all natural rubber wood and focuses on 3 key shapes about which all children must learn in math. The design of the quick-release floor (blue) to drop the shapes to the ground is clever and is easy for a baby/young toddler to master.

My nearly 1-year old took to the toy right away. In fact, he's been so diligent putting the shapes into the spaces that he figured out how to fit the triangle into the square opening! It doesn't require much effort. Just hold the triangle upright (vertically) and angle it. It doesn't just fit into the space partially. You can drop it right in there.

This design and/or production flaw is extremely disconcerting, as naturally, now that my son sees the triangle can go into the square space, he doesn't always put the triangle into the triangle opening. Sometimes he uses the square opening. I wrote to Plan Toys about this problem and received a prompt response from a customer service rep, but she said she had to forward my comments to a group in Thailand and that I might not receive an answer to my specific complaint for up to a month. She offered to send me another toy of equal or lesser value, which is very nice, but I don't like the other shape sorters the company makes as much as this one.

In addition to the triangle issue, the wood on top of our shape sorter (where the openings are for the shapes) has started to split in two places and I had to remove the toy from my child's play area so that he doesn't get a splinter. Admittedly, my son bangs on the wood with the shapes pretty hard, but shouldn't that be expected?

There is great potential for this product. It just needs to be redesigned a bit.


Customer Rating:
Summary: Very good for beginners!
Comment: This is so cute and very good for the beginning shape sorter. The pieces are chunky for little hands and there are only three holes and three pieces. Lots of the shape sorters have so many pieces and holes, therefore they can be confusing to the little learner. Super cute and classic looking. The only drawback is keeping up with the three pieces :) But that isn't their fault:)

Customer Rating:
Summary: Solidly made toy.
Comment: This sorter is simply beautiful and my little one loves it! The whole thing is made out of solid wood and the edges are very smooth. The push-down mechanism to get the blocks out is simple and cleverly designed. We began playing with it at around nine months and we still enjoy it at fifteen months.

The one thing that keeps me from giving this sorter a perfect rating is that after some gnawing and mouthing of the blocks the color has become faded in areas. However, this still wouldn't keep me from buying the Shape and Sort again.


Customer Rating:
Summary: Takes abuse and is still going
Comment: This is the best shape sorter. I have a three year old and a 16 month old and we have been through the gambit of shape sorters. This one holds my 16 months old attention and once he gets them in he can dump them back out all on his own without getting frustrated that the blocks won't come out. I would recommend this for anyone. Even I can't help but play with it when I am picking up the toys.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Love this toy
Comment: My daughter played with this sorter when she was 12 months and she still plays with it now- 6 months later.

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