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Summary: Entertaining book
Review: Great book to bring out with your toddler when going out to eat. My 21 month old son loves to take out all the pieces and then spend his time putting them all back in the right place. It helps learn shapes, colors, and is great for hand-eye coordination.
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Summary: My son's favorite!
Review: Like all of the series - generally good subject matter and a dash of learning. The idea is scenes with the shapes (circle, oval, triangle etc.) outlined in the picture (wheel on a train, door in a house etc.) - great idea. But the shapes are not attached, just little cutouts. The problem is that all the shapes in this book come out so of course any child will lose half of them by week two. Secondly when you try and put the shapes back into the book (you tak eit out to see the shape) it is tough for an adult to do it, worse enough a kid. The fit is too tight. So they go in loose and have a tendency to fall out.All in all a novel idea, but does not make any sense for kids. Skip it.
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Summary: Nice idea - poor execution
Review: Like all of the series - generally good subject matter and a dash of learning. The idea is scenes with the shapes (circle, oval, triangle etc.) outlined in the picture (wheel on a train, door in a house etc.) - great idea. But the shapes are not attached, just little cutouts. The problem is that all the shapes in this book come out so of course any child will lose half of them by week two. Secondly when you try and put the shapes back into the book (you tak eit out to see the shape) it is tough for an adult to do it, worse enough a kid. The fit is too tight. So they go in loose and have a tendency to fall out. All in all a novel idea, but does not make any sense for kids. Skip it.
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Summary: My son's favorite!
Review: This book is, without a doubt, my 22-month-old son's favorite book! He calls it "Triangle Book," and he insists on playing with it at least once a day. He likes to take out all the shapes and line them up on our couch and then get me to help him put them back. Yes, the shapes are slightly difficult to replace, but it forces me to play with him (not try to cook, clean, etc...) while helping him and talking to him about the shapes and colors. As a proud parent, I have to brag that my son can identify triangles, circles, rectangles, and squares. At 22 months! And he's been doing it now for some time. He even points out circles--the letter "o"--on signs when we're out shopping! He'll say, "Circle! Circle!" and sure enough there will be something in the vacinity shaped like a circle. Last week he was lying on the floor in our kitchen pointing to the squares on the linoleum and sayingk "Squares, squares," until I validated that they were squares. I think a big part of his ability to do this comes from him playing with this book regularly. I am buying a second copy because the first one is pretty ragged from being used so often! One caution--I caught my son with one of the shapes in his mouth a couple of months ago, so I now supervise him anytime he's playing with it. It is recommended for ages two and up, so...
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