Review of Learning Resources - Smart Snacks Hide'N' Peek Chocolates

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We got this as a gift to our 3yo daughter for Valentine's Day. We were thrilled with the concept as described online. We were excited in our initial handling of the toy. There was grave disappointment when we discovered that the lid to the chocolates does not fit snuggly when the chocolates are fully assembled. This is an unfortunate shortcoming of the product and seems an error in design. Also, a few of the "chocolate" pieces look like they are starting to separate. Even so, both of my kids (3, 1) love this toy and it is very educational. As the description of the product indicates, there is a matching componet to the toy as well as a different colors to work on learning colors. These aspects are particularly great for the 1yo. The 3yo LOVES to play with this toy in a role playing manner. She is still regularly annoyed by the non-fitting lid, tho. For example, as she tries to "give" Mommy and Daddy the box of chocolates, if it tips a little too far while she's carrying it, the chocolates fall out. My experience with this product makes me feel reluctant to purchase more products from Learning Resources.

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We thought this would be the perfect toy to buy our 2.5 year old for Valentine's Day. She absolutely LOVES it!

There are different 6 different shapes and 6 different colors for the kids to work with. 2 chocolates come with each shape (but are different in color). What is kinda neat to see is one shape is "light" chocolate and the other is "dark" chocolate.

My daughter took right to this toy and absolutely loves taking out all the pieces, putting them back in, matching the tops to the correct shape very good hand / eye coordination. She doesnt quite get that there are two different types of chocolate (the light vs. dark), but thats okay.

My only flaw with this toy is that the lid the heart lid does not fit onto the heart. It does not stay.. snap.. anything, it just doesnt work. My daughter could care less, but it would be nice to have a cover that actually fit so I can easily put this toy in a toy box or upright to take less room.. but as it is right now, we can only lay it down flat to prevent all the chocolates from falling out the lid is useless.

Overall, excellent toy for a toddler. Highly recommend it.. my daughter loves it!

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I don't mind the non-fitting lid, although it is a little aggravating. I was concerned about the weird smell. It does say to wash before use on the box. But why? Why can't it come without that smell? There's no way I would have let my daughter play with it... I soaked and scrubbed the pieces. A little annoying you have to clean a toy before it's ok to use. Other than that, it's super cute, lots of fun, and somewhat educational for a beginner. My daughter loves assembling and reassembling, and placing objects in correct holes, like a puzzle, so it was perfect for her.

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I received this as a gift for my daughter. Once opened, I was repulsed on how much of that (STRONG) plastic toxic smell was emitted. I then tried to let the chocolates de-gas outside, for about three days. No luck with the toxic smell leaving. I had no choice but to throw it out. HIGHLY disappointed.

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This toy is cute and unique, and I love how open ended it is. You can use it for pretending, shape sorting, color matching, or even playing a sort of memory game. I found that the lid stays on ours pretty well, so maybe the company worked on this problem. The only reason I took off a star is that some of the chocolates have plastic bubbling where the 2 halves meet, so they don't fit together as snugly as they should. This bugs me, but my kids don't care at all and still love this toy.

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We sent this to our nephew for his birthday. He is a bright and active 3rd grader, so we were looking for something adventurous but not too terribly messy. He is having a great time with it! There are plenty of different things to make and it is keeping him busy.

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My 9 year old son got this for Christmas. He had requested a "science set", so this was Santa's interpretation. I was a little scared that it was going to be a flop or that it was not going to be what he was thinking, but he loves it! We were mixing up slime on Christams morning! The directions are very easy to follow. Everything you need is in the kit. There are alternative directions for mixing one of the main ingredients that you use for all the slimes that calls for rubbing alcohol, but other than that, it has it all. Everything is clearly labeled. So far we've made the magnetic slime and the color changing slime and I've been very impressed. Very fun,easy and educational.

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This was bought as a joke for an adult. He LOVES it, and actually said he had the greatest time and that it was good for stress reduction.

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This is easily the coolest thing ever. Hours of fun and experimentation and if done correctly and you FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS, you will yield wonderful results. My son now has several jars of fun slime that is not sticky or runny, as one reviewer claimed. I even googled the ingredients which by the way, you can buy cheap online, so my budding scientist can continue using these recipes again and again. Great product! Great times. Five stars!

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Bought this for our 9 year old for Christmas. He's a real science wiz, so he loves it! It was fun for him to see the mixture of the two chemicals thicken into the slime. So far we've made the proto plasmic and the thermo cromatic varieties--the thermo or color changing slime is a bit tricky--it must get quite warm in order to change color, so do not be discouraged if it doesn't change right away. We stuck ours next to the exhaust fan on my laptop, and that was enough to see the color start to change. As a tip, I recommend the second method for creating the guar gum solution, it was quick and easy.

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My two year old son enjoys the creativity play stations. He uses it all day to color and draw. The only thing that I was disappointed on was the $15 worth crayola coupons that came with it. The coupons expired a year ago. I wished they would have updated the coupons prior to sending them to me.

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This was a gift for my son's second birthday. He uses it every day.The only thing I would change is the bag on the side legdoesn't stay attached like it shows on the picture, but kinda hangs off to the side. Not a big deal in my opinion.

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Love it love it, great design. Practical, nice colors, excellent product!!!!I recommend it for all the parents and kids. :)

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This was for a birthday gift for my 5 yr old grandson. It was perfect. It was the right size to fit in his bedroom. Now when he wants to be creative, he has everything in one place and he can do it whenever he wants. I am so glad I mad this purchase for him.

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Our 10-year old grandson really enjoyed this birthday present. He built several models and played with it throughout our entire 1 1/2 day visit. He commented that he really liked the 3 motors and the remote control, a key reason why we picked this for him. He had no trouble following the pictorial building directions on his own, but hadn't shown any particular interest in the explanatory learning material (like how gears work) while we were there.

I was disappointed that the robotic arm was almost too heavy for the motor to lift. Several times the lift mechanism came apart when trying to lift the arm from a full-down position, and the motor really strained when lifting it. I think a counter-balance on the arm would solve this problem. It worked fine otherwise, but had limited function as a stationary unit (he didn't notice). I think it could be significantly improved by adding drive and steering capabilities.

Same for the crane. Drive and steering capabilities would be a major improvement here too. This limitation might reduce the long-term interest in some of the models.

Otherwise, a good construction/learning toy we'd buy again!

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My 8yr old loves LEGOS, robots, remote control items, and building things so I thought this would go over well. However, it only was played with for about an hour. He put together two of the templates rather quickly and moved on to other things and has not played with it since.

I tinkered around with it myself and I think the issue is LEGO owners have different expectations. This kit is not intuitive as to how things attach and fit together. There are also limitations on how you can assemble your own creations since some pieces need secondary connectors and you are limited by both quantity of connectors and where they fit.

If you kid is an advanced LEGO fan, use the money towards the motors and controlers that LEGO supplies and you will have much more possibilities.

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This was one of several toys my 9 year old received for Christmas and it is by far the most played with. In fact it is one of the best 'toys' I have purchased and am surprised why this one isn't more popular than it is. Its educational value surpasses any toy on the market today we have a lot of the popular engineering toysSnap Circuits, K-nex, Lego, but this one combined with the remote control is beyond wordsI am talking education meets excitement! It is undoubtedly quite time-consuming, each model taking anywhere from 20 min to 2 hours to build so if its not for an extremely science inclined child, don't bother, otherwise its because of that very element of complexity that it is great.

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This is a very sharp-looking model. I keep it on display. The plastic model is coated with a shiny bronze-looking finish. It is 6 inches long, front-to-back, not quite life-sized. The mounting rod lets the model rotate a bit, but it can sit on center just fine, so for display purposes that doesn't matter. This model could be of sturdier construction, but as an aesthetic object, it's great.

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As a scientist mom you'd think I could easily get baking soda and vinegar from the kitchen and do these experiments without a stupid kit.

However I found that having specific "equipment" (test tubes) and "materials" engaged the interest of my kids. And most importantly, step by step suggestions for what experiments to do and what to say about them, helped me make this both interesting and educational for my kids.

My kids (3 and 4) went wild testing everything in the fridge to see if it contains acid (and thus if it would make baking soda fizz); they liked that they could guess from sourness and then test their predictions.

Ever since then my kids keep pestering me to do more chemistry. That's pretty significant. They make up (often quite wrong) theories about why different liquids fizz or mix the way they do. They got thinking about the fact that this is a question that can be asked, or that demands an explanation. To me that is a huge educational value.

Overall you could easily do the same things with kitchen materials and a well designed plan, but the kit makes it easy.

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I was a little disapointed with this kit. We have seen better. I have to say that it does have educational notes in with each experiment to help teach what is going on. I was expecting a wider variety of experiments and more props. Kids love most of all to mix things and there were no droppers or little scoops to allow them to do that. The "chemicals" were all in opaque silver lined bags so they were hard to pour and impossible to get a hand in to dig contents out meaning that mom had to pour it all into the one measuring spoon taking some of the fun out of it all. A different kit we had purchased came with test tubes, droppers, measuring cups, little scoops etc. and they had more fun when they were able to do more things themselves! It's not a bad product just looks more involved from the box than it really is.

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After attempting hands-on science by using a curriculum manual with my homeschooled children, I finally realized that I needed a "kit" that was open-and-go. And this kit was my answer!

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We have a large family, a child with special needs, are frequently running around taking a child to therapy, helping with our family's new business, etc. and I felt I was letting my children down by not following through with the experiments they so wanted to do.

I bought a few more "easy" science books and tried to implement those, but for one reason or another, things didn't work out.

A friend of mine suggested I look for some "science in a box" kits and I was nervous about what I would find. She recommended this company and I selected a couple of items, hoping it would work.

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Clearly this kit is not for everyone, but for someone who is short on time and needs the simplicty of open-and-go, I recommend it.

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This kit was purchased as a gift for our 6 year old son. It has been a way for two (our son and one of us) to get together for some wholesome, educational, and quality fun time. We would highly recommend this kit. It is great to have everything you need for some basic experiments in one box.

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I bought this with the Mind Blowing Science Kit. Skip the fizzy foamy stuff and just go straight to the mind blowing stuff! It'll save you $20.

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First of all, I didn't buy these for a child, but for an adult friend of mine who makes Jamaican-style music (Reggae and Dub). While these are labeled as a "toy" or for children, they can also be utilized for just about anything music related.

The paint is durable, and the diameter is thin enough to accommodate a myriad of hand sizes. The sound is what you would expect from a Rhythm Stick, and to be honest, why would you pay the up-mark for music-specific branded ones?

Overall, a solid buy for all ages.

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I bought these for my 3 year old niece as my sister said she was going through a phase where she was making music instruments out of everything (think banging on pots and pans). I looked at many instruments available on Amazon and thought this would be perfect. She can bang on things with them, bang on each other and rub them against each other. As soon as she got them, she loved them and used in the manners described above. An added bonus, my sister said it drives her nuts with all the noise my niece makes. Payback for all the times she got my sons noisy toys! Win-win.

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we bought these when our kids lost one part of the library's music discovery pack. It is exactly what was in the bag and it came well packaged and quickly

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so fun. watch out what the little ones hit them on, the red sometimes rubs off. Great thick pair for little hands.

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I bought these as a present for my niece after her teacher recommended rhythm sticks. These have been great for her. They provide a lot of entertainment and they save my sister's kitchen utensils. I looked at stores and these were a great value. These sticks are durable and entertaining. A must for young children. Especially a great present to annoy your siblings.

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These are just the replacement or additional balls. I can confirm that they are an exact match for the ones that come with any of the sets.

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This is a comprehensive, medical dictionary that is well organized and cross-referenced. Its use is made more interesting by the inclusion of etymologies. It is not, however, for doctors only. This veritable treasure trove of information is also a boon to lawyers. All who use it, however, should read the user's guide that is included with the book, in order to maximize its value.

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Good dictionary. However, there are better ones (particularly Tabers). I have less physically attractive medical dictionaries with no color and a boring cover that seem to have the definitions I am looking for when Stedman's doesn't. Adequate dictionary but perhaps Taber's in a better value.

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This is an excellent book. The book is a good source for medical terms and their meanings. There are also nice color illustrations as well. The book also contained a CD-ROM which included a spellchecker and additional images. I highly recommend this book if you are planning to take any medical courses.

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I've been wanting a new edition of this book for years. I am a nurse, and love it for references. It has everything and more that I have wanted in one great book. Although it is large, and a little heavy, it doesn't deter me from using it as much as I want.

Great purchase for a really great price! Arrived in mint condition, and arrived quickly. I am very satisfied with this purchase.

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I have just begun a course in medical billing and coding and decided I needed a medical dictionary. There are numerous volumes out there, so I asked my instructor which one she would recommend, and this is it. So, I ordered it and have since decided she was absolutely right. There are two many bonus features in this 2,300 page book to list them all, but they include symbols to help you create the proper medical terminology, terrific color photographs, illustrations and charts. I'm sure this book will be at my side throughout school and into my working career.

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This product is exactly as described and got my kids very interested in learning about the little critters and plants. However, it did not take long at all for them to want a larger aquarium. We quickly evolved to getting a fish aquarium and a real ant farm. I would say this is a great set for kids who you are introducing to the idea of habitats, and it is really great if you have limited space. It does take monitoring because you're working with live creatures.

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It was fun for my son, but the graphics and story are really simplistic and he gets bored with it pretty fast.

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My grandson loves this game. He isn't quite old enough for it yet but can do some of it and he loves the action and the characters. Shucks, I love it, too.

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