Review of Woodstock Percussion ZENERGY2 Zenergy Meditation Chime Percussion

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I have one of the smaller, single-"bell" units and like the tone it produces, clear, ringing, with LOTS of resonances; this two-"bell" unit is much more complex in the tone(s) it produces. When both "bells" are struck, I can "feel the beats" between the tones generated, which are slightly offset. The resulting mixed sound is extremely complex compared to the single unit, and has an "Oriental" overcast to the tones as they mix. If you're a "pure western music" "trained ear", you might find this a little unsettling at first, since there doesn't seem to me to be a "normal diatonic" relationship between the primary tones, but rather an "Oriental" relationship. If you're looking for an "Oriental-ish" sound, this little unit should be considered.

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I purchased this tone set to use in my kindergarten classroom. The description states that there are two different tones, however the item I received did not have two different tones. What is the point of having two tones when they are the same?

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I use this product daily in my classroom with students and it is still working great after months of heavy use. The sound is great too.

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Yes they are the same tone as one reviewer stated, however I like that as it provides an effect that is soothing. It is nice to start or end a meditation session with it. Good craftsman ship. Don't expect to play a tune on it though.

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This instument has a lovely sound & works perfectly to begin & end meditation, especially in a group setting.

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These are good posters to represent the different trees in the world. My students enjoyed them because they could see where different forests are in the world.

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I loved the idea of this product because our 1-year old (20 month) son loves to watch his father workout and lift weights. I hoped that getting him a toy that would help him feel included in the workout would keep him occupied (and also out of daddy's way for safety reasons.) He will play with them for a while, but quickly loses interest. The toys are easy enough for him to turn on and off by himself, but frankly (like many toys) the sounds are annoying and even with a volume control switch (off/low/high) he always turns them up full blast. The toy is supposed to say "up," "down," and give directions like that, but it hasn't not proven to be a very useful teaching tool. It might be in our best interest to take the batteries out and just call them weights. I almost wish there was a better "pretend" weights/exercise set that would just be what it is without all the sound effects and such.

I also think that this toy would be better suited for younger toddlers, even though the box says 18+ months.

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Not a fault of the product but these do not hold a toddlers attention long. My 18month son only played with these for a cpl of month but his younger sister seems to enjoy them much more.

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So, I like to do a workout video that requires hand weights. I got these for my 2.5 year old she she can "exercise" along with me. She was always trying to get my 5 lb weights from me before. Now, she has her own. She seems okay with them. I can see that they are probably meant for younger kids...but they are helping me get through more of my exercise video with her at my side.

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Thought this was funny when I saw it, our toddler likes to imitate us working out, so she likes to use them, plus they make the monkey sounds, for as much as I paid for my real ones, I should have got jungle sounds!

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My daughter always tries to lift my weights when I work out. I got her these so she could "exercise" with me. She doesn't really play with them otherwise but they definitely fit the bill for our purposes.

I See, I Spell, I Learn - Picture Sight Words Flashcards Set 1 Reviews

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I purchased Set 1, Set 2, and the downloadable workbook online from this seller. The cards are durable, wipeable, almost index sized.

The Seller is fantastic & provided above & beyond service, with a extra heap of patience. The workbook is a 1 time download, so do it off a computer connected to a printer (not your tablet).

My child has PDD-NOS, ADHD, Dyslexia and Sensory challenges. He was sent home a list of sight words to memorize last year but he couldn't do it. He continued this year with 'review' of the words he should have known but still wan't grasping how to memorize them. We have tried a variety of silly ways to drill them down to him, but these cards were the first thing to consistently 'stick' with him.

In the past we've had all the Elementary School teachers on board with questioning my child 'what sight word do you have in your pocket today'. It was an adorable idea, & he had a lot of fun charming those teachers, but it didn't work. We've added sensory components at home, we've used live caterpillars to climb to the next word as a positive reinforcement, we've used the treadmill's on switch & placed the sight word on the track whenever he read a word out loud....we still had a very frustrated little boy.

These cards WORK!

I am so extremely grateful for the designer! Takes a special type who gets our kids to come up with these sort of tools. Can't wait to buy set 3, 4, 5, etc.

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These picture cards are great for teaching sight words. I got the combo of sets 1 and 2 and I love the picture cues in them, some are really funny and that helps them stick in children's minds. I also like that they don't clutter the card and the word is still visible clearly. Great buy!

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My 3 year old loves learning letters and phonics and trying to learn to read. She chose this toy at the toy store in reward for potty training. She couldn't wait to 'drag' those big block letters accross the board! I was so happy she chose something educational. We opened it and what a dissapointment! It is a GREAT CONCEPT! She loved dragging the letters accross the board to make sound (the name of the letter, phonics sound, and letter beginning with it) is said clearly when you drag a letter. The PROBLEM IS that it is just not refined enough. Literally a third of the time, the letters don't read. Even when your child drags the right letter it asks for, it sometimes will not read it giving them the feeling they got it wrong. It was very glad I was sitting there to tell her it was right and to keep trying. Sometimes she had to drag it again and again and it still wouldn't read and we would have to turn the thing off and on again and start with a new letter. I couldn't even get it to read 1/2 the time after she failed even after doing it perfectly as instructed in the manuel-which 3-year olds don't read so what good is touchiness like that in a toy! Total frustration within 10 minutes. The toy has an ON button that is not clearly marked, you just have to know that is the right one. The other 3 buttons for modes of play are confusing. You press the note button for a 'song' about the letter. But it takes forever to play this little intro song and meanwhile, your kid has dragged several letters accross the thing trying to make it work. By the time the intro song is over, they are over with it too and pressing other buttons to get it to work which only confuses the machine more. The other two buttons are a button that makes it ask for certain letters and a quiz button. The questions are fine. My kid was very excited to answer as she knows alot of her letter already and yet 1/3 the time it didn't respond to her rolling the letters. Again, this is a great fun and educational concept but not refined enough. I truly would have rated it the tops for education if I was only rating it when it worked! But, I don't see how it can teach when it doesn't respond to your child's answers half the time. I am going to keep trying to convince my little girl that she should bring this poor working toy back to the store and pick another reward but you know how hard that is for kid's to understand. She wants to play with it so badly but is already walking away from it each time she trys. I am so glad I opened the package carefully! Skip this one and get the little letter desk that comes with a magnetic chalkboard, word cards with cut outs where the letters magnetically fit into, and magnetic letters. It is not electronic but great fun and still taken out every other day here after 6 months. It is by Fisher-Price as well and I think it is called the ABC something and it is much cheaper and self-correcting in that the correct magnetic letters only fit in the word cards! My girl loved being able to 'spell words' with this. Good luck.

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I love to purchase fun educational toys for my children and was excited to get this home for them. When each block is dragged across the desk it is supposed to "read" each block. The blocks should say the letter, the sound it makes and a word beginning with the letter. Unfortunately, the desk doesn't always read the letters and it often took several tries before it did. There are games that can be played too, but my children never got that far since they couldn't get it to respond properly. This would be a great toy if it worked as it is described by the manufacturer. Fisher-Price needs to improve this toy before I would recommend anyone to buy this. I think the LeapFrog Read and Write Phonics desk is a better purchase if you are looking for a toy that will help with letter recognition, phonics, writing, and spelling games.

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This toy works great and is helping my just turned 4 yr. old his letters and sounds. His almost 6 sister also loves it and it is helping her learn and practice her phonics. They like to play school together with this toy. Cool item and well worth it. Great price for such a good toy. Also the volume level is nice and not annoying-so many toys are so loud and annoying-not this one.

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We are going to try this product with our vision impaired children as, not only does it provide feedback to the student based on its gross motor design, tactile surface and its auditory component, it also has Braille letters! The perfect way to get a Junior Kindergarten child's literacy on the right track! It is also excellent for auditory learners, kids who need tactile reinforcement as well as visual cues! Thanks Fisher Price a very well conceived product!

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My three year old got this for her berthday and loves it. She is learning her ABC's mutch quicker now. I am a blind mom with a sighted child and the braille, raised, and speech letters are all nice things to have. No more hasil of finding easy to braille flashcards!! Thank you Fisher Price!!

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I bought The Family Dinner Box of Questions for my family for a cute little add-on Christmas present. Christmas morning it was tossed aside... but EVERY DAY since, we eat dinner & get a card out! My kids (ages 7,8,9) LOVE this and when their friends come over... it's a HIT! It's very durable, coated cardboard so no worry if you spill something on it. 1 easy thought provoking question per card... One of my kids reads it & everyone at the table has to give their answer. VERY INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT YOUR KIDS WILL SAY!!! I'm buying MANY more for Christmas presents for family-friends!

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This is good for getting the members of the dinner table to talk. So far I have been using it with my 8 year old grand daughter and son the few times that we have had the opportunity to eat together. It does bring some conversation and enlightenment about each person.

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We get these out every Thanksgiving (two so far) and the whole family loves the game around the table. It's a family tradition and has created some fun memories for the family. The kids like picking out questions for each family member before and putting them underneath the plate for after dessert.

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We use these nightly. Sometimes we groan when my daughter puts them on the table. Everyone is tired, dinner took longer to make than we thought, traffic was bad, everyone is grumpy..We start doing the cards and we can reconnect and get back in touch and leave the worries and world behind. Love these.

Reviews of Fisher-Price Bright Beginnings Stacking Action Blocks

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My 10 month old grandson was actually difficult to buy toys for this past Christmas. He's too old for teethers and fabric blocks that don't do anything, but too young for hammering or stacking blocks. This set was perfect for him. He can hold them on his own and flip the little doors or push the top buttons. He will play with these for 20-30 mins at a time which is a lot for a 10 month old! I've even seen him try to stack them up himself. I'm very pleased with this product and would recommend it for those "inbetween" (not infant, not toddler) babies!

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I was surprised to see all the different kinds of activities on these little blocks. They are smaller than I expected, but each side has something interesting to touch, move, push. They don't stack very well, but when they are stacked, they interact. If you stack them and push the head on the top block, all three blocks have spinning sides that respond. But my baby just doesn't seem interested in them when he's alone with them. He likes when we play together with them, but it never goes to it on his own.

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My little guy loves to have these blocks stacked only to knock them down. He loves the "action" of these blocks. The blocks are easy to handle for his little hands. He holds them and chews on them and loves to scatter them around the room. It is nice gift for a baby and they are not loud or annoying.

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For those little hands, these are terrific for handling. The great assortment of colors, patterns, "moving parts" on the sides really stimulate a child's interest. My son is teething and wants everything in the mouth of course. The sides of this offer a nice variety of textures too. My son's favorite thing with these is to have them stacked on top of one another to either watch all the motions in sync when the top button is pressed OR just to knock down the stack of blocks. They stack to the perfect height for a child who sits up. Bravo to the manufacturer!!

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I got these for my son at about 8 months. He's now almost 14 months and still loves to play with these blocks. He's a "banger" so he loves to bang on the silly heads and watch the front spin. He's also learning how to stack them up. They're also small enough to put in his bag when we go out. I didn't even notice that they had stickers on them. But, his daycare center has these too, and ten one-year-olds play with them every day and the stickers have never come off. A great toy for the money.

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A great gift for kid learning to walk. Get one early before they start, this one is well made in France and pretty too.

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I have always been a big fun of Janod and own many of their products. My 16-month old loves this BBQ trolley. It is so pretty to look at and is very well made. It is a great walker also. I wish I knew about this trolley when my son was just learning to walk. Unlike many walkers out there in market, this one doesn't tip over and is very safe for babies just starting to pull up also.

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It's not huge, but it's pretty cool. The lights are nice; they vary from white to blue to red and seem random. As the pellets fall, they are recirculated through the volcano at different rates, so the eruption seems to ebb and flow. Pretty neat. And the volcano produces tiny bubbles which look like smoke, visible mainly when room lights are dim.

Mine worked perfectly out of the box, but I'd suggest two things: first, the instructions recommend soaking the balls for at least six hours before running the volcano. I just let it sit overnight. Second, add a drop of dishwashing detergent, as instructed. Just a tiny bit. I initially tried just using filtered water, but the pellets didn't sink well. They sank immediately when I added a drop of soap.

So there you go, a cool looking and fun toy, a nice little Mount Doom for our upcoming LOTR party!

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This is a fascinate item. Everybody loved it, young and old. But, it lasted less than 10 hours total running time, at 15-30 minutes per day, before it quit working. The impeller quit turning (shaft slipping) and so no more volcano.

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When I opened this and saw it was just beads floating to create the illusion, I thought it was not going to be so great...but I was wrong. It is very cool! Kids and adults like to watch it. It works great.

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I received my volcano and immediatly set it up. It was very simple to set up and what a light show!! I would highly recommend this toy to anyone young and old!! My cats love it!! Ed C Millersville, MD

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I got this for my son for Christmas and he loves it, I wouldn't put all the beads in like it says so that its doesn't jam. I had to take some out because my son set it up without waiting for help. I would recommend this item.

PLAN Toy Pull Along Snake Reviews

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Great toy from Plan Toys, but unlike the dancing alligator, the design of the snake causes the string to get caught in the wheels. It gets a minute or two of play time, but then I have to pull the string out and by then my son has already moved on. Stick with the Dancing Alligator over the snake.

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We received this as a gift. I have twin boys and they love love love this toy. They play with it probably a dozen times a week still. It is really durable, since it has survived 18 months of being banged around by two boys! Highly recommend!!!

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Every child who has just learned to walk should have this pull-along! It's durable, made of wood and not cheap plastic. Bought as gift to my god son who just learned to walk. He's been pulling it around everywhere and loves it! As I have seen with my niece with the same toy, it will last for years to come as a great "batteries NOT needed" toy.

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I purchased this toy for my young daughter a few years ago when she was just learning to walk. She has received alot of enjoyment out of it. It is still in service with two daughters. I like to get her simple, more traditional type toys and this certainly fit the bill. It is well made, colorful, and pleasantly animated. The wheels are skewed so the snake undulates as it is pulled. No batteries, no electricity, just fun and imagination.

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This is truly a "busy-box" that has fun things to do and is Educational. My son is 3.5 and he loves it, so I love it. I'd buy it again. Kindergarten is no longer a fun little class where you begin to learn. (like in my day 50'COUGH'40 yrs ago) Kids now-a-days have to practically have a college education before they'll let you in! I love learning myself, and knowledge *is* the key to success (imho) but wow! and while I'm glad I can still afford to have my son in preschool 2 days a week, we needed something at home, and Ready, Set, School Activity Box is really great! It includes:

1. Washable notebooks including a washable felt marker.

2. A cute little tennis shoe with BIG laces and a fun little chart to teach how to tie a (bow) shoe lace (yes even though most of the world is now velcro)

3. Plastic scissors for children under 5! (hard to find in my area)

4. Stickers, crayons, stencils

5. Writing by tracing letters (abc's), dot-to-dot, shapes, colors, numbers (on above notebooks)

This is a great buy, whether you're a busy parent, or aren't crafty enough to make the things in the box.

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This is a wonderful activity for preschoolers. My daughter is almost 4 and chooses 1 or 2 activities to do each day. They are very well made with bright colors and hours of fun. My daughter loved it so much we bought it for her friend who is also enjoying it.

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This box has a nice variety of activities for my two 3.5year old boys. In addition to the usual stickers and coloring it has three (one large, two smaller) nicely colored wipe off writing pads to practice numbers, shapes, letters and dot to dot activities as well as the lace up practice. My favourite of the various Alex sets that we have tried to date

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First, I want to say that we LOVE Alex's craft box kits! We have so many even doubles of some. I ordered this boxed set for my 3 year old for Easter. We were so excited to sit down and open it. Our excitement didn't last too long however. The safety scissors are a big disappointment. They are difficult to use and can barely cut. There is safety and then there is useless. These are useless. Everything that is perforated (snake, lion,...) rips when you try to pop it out. I am an adult very experienced with perforated edges (1st grade teacher) and these are horrible. We ruined the snake to the point of my 3 year old crying. I tried taping it, but I am still angry. And this kit does not include a glue stick which you need like the other Alex kits. So I could keep complaining because everything seems tainted now, but I'll stop. I would have returned it, but my son wanted to play so bad. P.S. I have opened the sneaker yet. I hope it is a good product because it looks cute.

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This is a great activity to do with your young child. My son is 3.5 and we do art projects together. This is educational while also being fun. Highly recommend it for anyone looking for activities that teach kids how to do new things, like cutting, tying, etc.

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I bought this thinking it would be like the books or our "I Spy Fantasy" CD-ROM for the computer, but it is nothing like either of these. There is one game choice that is actually an "I Spy" classic game, however, it's limited to 24 levels, and that's it. It repeats each time, so, if played often, it quickly becomes old. Another is strictly a matching game, set up like the Frogger game from the "old days" --moving pieces from the bottom of the screen to their match at the top. Don't get me wrong, my kids enjoy the game. My oldest (8) found it very easy, but it didn't hold his attention for as long as I thought it would. My youngest (4) really enjoys playing it and has no difficulty maneuvering though the games at all, although he tends to stay on the matching games. It's definitely a game he will "grow" with -the older kids, probably not so much. All in all, a decent game.

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I bought this for my seven year old daughter for Christmas and it became a favorite. The game lists items to be found in the following picture and then you can scroll around the picture to find them. She has always enjoyed the I Spy books so I thought this may be a fun item for her. Very good purchase!

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This game is AWESOME!!! I got it for my four-year-old for Christmas and he has been obsessed with it. He can do it independently and loves being able to do that. It was a GREAT buy.

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We are huge Leapster fans. We have two for our kids aged 5&7. This game in particular is quite fun, interesting, and has some great 'skills' to teach. I'm very pleased with it, and they enjoy it as well.

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If your child likes Leapster, this is a great game. If your child likes I Spy, this is a great game. If your child likes both imagine how much they will like this!!

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My 6-year-old loves this placemat. He knows his numbers 1-100 pretty well, but still likes to work on them, and he is very curious about the thousands, millions, etc. so he really likes this. The colors are wonderful something I enjoy seeing on the table. One side is for practicing writing the numbers with watercolor markers he loves writing the numbers and having me time him. He will look at the number chart while he is eating and think about the numbers. It's great. I give it another week before it starts to get "old" (he sees it at least 3 times a day)then I will put it in the rotation with other placemats so he does not completely lose interest. Not a fault of this placemat, of course, just human nature. I expect he will enjoy this placemat for at least another year with varying use.

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Using to help my 5 year old learn to count to 100 before she enters first grade. Although they are "place mats", I find these to be great learning tools on their own.

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We have 3 of these M Ruskin placemats. They hold up really well to daily abuse. They are easy to wipe off quickly with a washcloth or in the sink if we ate something more messy. They are simple construction, but very effective and just what is needed and they are a great value. Nice quality print and nicely laminated with good edges. Previously, we had a different type of laminated mat that wasn't as nice and didn't have a good edge so it soaked up water when you wiped it down or got it wet. It did not last.

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The kids love it! Numbers are bright and clear to read! It arrived quickly and the kids couldn't wait to start using their new placemat.

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This is a great teaching tool for my preschooler. Durable and easy read. High quality. I would buy this again.