Review of Kid O 0 to 9 Magnatab

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I use this material in my Montessori classroom, and there is rarely a time when there is not a child using it. When introducing it to a child, I teach them to find the "1" and then follow the arrows and I insist upon the importance of always tracing the numbers in the correct directions. It's the perfect follow-up to the tactile sandpaper numbers, because it adds the skill of holding a writing utensil when tracing, while still providing guides and the magnets as an extra attention grabber. I also have the kids "erase" the magnets with their finger the same way the traced them, so they get that extra sensory experience as well as double practice with tracing each number. My only complaint is that the magnet pen is a little bit too strong, and sometimes pulls up magnets that are not right under it. This means that sometimes the whole number gets completed without the child having to drag the pen all the way around. This is especially an issue with the number 8. I just implore the kids to make sure they trace the whole number, even if it tries to finish itself first! Overall, I love this material and so do the kids.

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I had trouble with my son wanting to practice writing. This made it a little more fun and he was willing to practice. Also, these are good in the car or on the airplane. They're really portable. However, we did manage to lose the pen. After searching the internet, I discovered that the manufacturer planned for this problem. If you go to kidoproducts.com, you can purchase replacement pens for $3 each. You simply have to click on products and then buy now and the pen comes right up. You can use paypal so you don't have to worry about the site. I am very pleased with this toy and the customer service who walked me through the process quickly. Not to mention, a person picked up their customer service right away with no annoying automated system.

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I bought this for my four year old son (three at the time) per recommendation of his preschool teachers. Another child had brought this toy in & he enjoyed playing with it for a while. It is great for teaching him to write his numbers....as long as we don't lose the magnetic pen...which we recently have.

The only cons I have found are that sometimes a few of the magnetic balls get stuck & won't go back down which frustrated my kids when they want to "rewrite" their number. I think this has only happened to 2 balls in the year & a half we have owned this. My twin 2 year old girls also enjoy playing with this but if they aren't bring shown how to "write" with the pen, they just scribble & pull the magnetic balls up randomly, which may defeat the educational value of learning to write, but at 2 years old it is actually encouraging to hold a pen & work on their fine motor skills. This is a great educational toy but don't expect your kids to be writing numbers on paper after playing with this for a few hours!

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I did not like this devise cause is does not matter if your child follows the arrows, either way the magnet will pull the metal balls up...! So is does realy help inprove pencil hand movement...!

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I bought this for my son to go with the ABC's tablet that he already had from this company. He's two and a half and in playing with it, I can tell that he feels a sense of accomplishment when he gets all the little balls to come up, so it seems like a good tool for building his confidence. If you're looking for a device that will teach children to write numbers properly, I don't think this is it. While it does have some educational value, they don't have to drag the stylus in the proper direction to get results. It is a fun and creative means for getting them more excited about numbers though. The only reason I gave it four stars instead of five is that a couple of the magnetic balls don't come up on it. Also, I wish that they offered replacement styluses because it's very difficult to keep track of them!