Melissa & Doug Wooden Shape Sorting Clock
Product Details
- Product Dimensions: 9 x 9 x 2.8 inches ; 1.5 pounds
- Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
- ASIN: B000GKATU0
- Item model number: 159
- Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 5 years
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: 107 in Toys ; Games (See Top 100 in Toys ; Games)
- 16 inToys ; Games Learning ; Education
- 44 inToys ; Games Preschool Pre-Kindergarten Toys
By : Melissa ; Doug
Product Description
From the Manufacturer
Time to Block around 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.
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".
Product Features
- Wood Clock
- Colorful shaped numbers
- Learn to tell time
- Recommended Age Range 3 Years and up
Customer Reviews
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.
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!
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