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These short curves are really a nice addition to your wooden railway system as they make it possible to create small and sharper turns than you can do with the normal curved track (33342). The downside of this track is that it may be a bit difficult for longer engines (like the mighty red battery-powered engine) to drive through the curves. However, if the tracks are laid without too many "bumps" at the connecting points the larger engines will manage to drive through it as well.

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These are exactly what you would expect from BRIO. We are always short on curves and these did the trick.

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BRIO is the most durable and has the best quality wooden train on the market. These are a must have for extending and building. My son loves having these shorter curved pieces. We have 3 sets and are considering buying a fourth set; that's how much he uses them when building. A great piece to have.

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Again, a good product, but over priced. I would try to find some gently used ones.

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These track pieces only add to the fun of the brio train tracks. They allow for you to fill in tight spots, make tighter curves and increase the changes you can make to your train set up.

They are well made and sturdy. They have lived up to the effort of three kids playing, putting them together, stepping on them, and so on.

They are lots of fun. Enjoy.

Learning Resources Primary Science Plant and Grow Set Review

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This is a great toy that combines quality parent/child time with science and learning. It comes with several great ideas that go far beyond simple growing projects. My 4 year old loves it, and especially loves getting the one-on-one time when we do the experiments!

My only complaint is that I was expecting the kit to come with a (small) bag of dirt. Probably a silly thing to assume, since I'm sure that would add weight, but since I don't have easy access to dirt, it was something extra I had to go buy before we could start doing many of the experiments.

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I received this to help facilite a review on my blog. The Primary Science Plant & Grow Set has just about everything you need to start growing plants. We just added the soil, seeds, water, and sunlight. My son and I went shopping for seeds. We looked through the activity cards for some ideas before we left. He really wanted to do vegetables so he picked out cucumbers. We also got some flower seeds and Oregano.

After planting Jayden checked on them a few times asking if they were growing. He noticed right away that the observation jar has condensation on the inside. He is excited to watch them grow. While we were planting he asked lots of questions like, "do plants grow at night with no sun?", "how long before they are big?", and so on.

Within about a day or two small sprouts began to grow. This set has so many fun learning opportunities. I really like that the activity cards give lots of great growing activities like from a pineapple, radishes, and more. The cards also provide step by step instructions. My son was able to get the materials needed for each activity because the card shows a picture. The observation jar and the rooting tray are both clear and make it easier to see the roots as they grow. There is so much to learn in this set from parts of a plant, to the life cycle of a plant. And once the plants begin to grow you can start to measure them and get a little math involved. I think my only complaint would be that the trowel is pretty small and it doesn't scoop much.

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As a homeschool mom, I am thankful for Learning Resources. They provide products that make homeschool science easy for children. I really like this set from Learning Resources. The size is perfect for my 5 year old, the only item that is very small for her is the trowel but she didn't seem to mind one bit. This is made with sturdy plastic and very colorful. When we opened the box my daughter and 1 year old son were both very excited to see this child sized set. I appreciate the variety of projects that can done with this set. We have tried the first activity card and loved it. You will need to purchase items to complete the activity cards. I had popcorn kernels already for this first project, thankfully. With this first activity my daughter can learn about how sunshine and water can cause the kernels to sprout. Next, we can plant the sprouted kernel in the pot and watch it grow! So fun! There are also 3 more activity cards available to downloadnofollow from the Learning Resources website! I highly recommend this set for your Kindergarten age child.

*I was sent the product for free in exchange for a review. All opinions are mine.

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This is the perfect set with trowel and watering can the perfect size. Comes with activity cards to encourage your little one to explore growing different things. Love this set and so happy to have it.

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Since I can't have a full garden this year, my son can still have the joy of having a little garden of his own and have the joy of planting, nurturing and watching his seeds sprout and grow with the Primary Science Plant & Grow Set from Learning Resources. I still get to see that smile every time he gets to water his plants or sees the first sprout pop up from the dirt!

With the Primary Science Plant & Grow Set, you plant the seeds of early science discovery! Unique pieces, such as an observation jar and rooting tray, encourage little green thumbs. Pots are clear for observation, and trowel is sized for little hands. It is a perfect set for a child's first garden or even for experienced gardening children!

I love the clear pots so they can see everything that is happening...especially how roots spread out and even worms if you want to add them in! I know my son LOVES that! This set really comes with everything you need to get your children excited to have a green thumb! My son LOVES having his own watering can (like mommy!) and the plant markers are really helpful keeping track of which plants are growing in which pot!

This set is perfect for any child that wants to have their own pots or garden like mommy or daddy or is great for homeschooling and science time!

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Well made, fun toy. The colors are bright and the peices are just the right size. My 6 year old grandson and I have fun turning the box upside down, finding the dinosaur and saying its name then putting it on his magnetic easel.

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This is perfect for your little dino enthusiast. I love melissa and doug and these magnets do not fail. They are well made and very colorful. Plus the box tells you their names

Reviews of School Specialty Foam Fun Magnetic Numbers - Set of 80 Pieces

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These are foam with magnet backing, not to be confused with the kind that stick to the side of the tub when wet. Great for working on the fridge or a metal cookie sheet.

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This is a nice abacus, except some of the wooden bars are crooked. This is not very obvious when they are covered with the wooden beads though. The paint is chipping off a bit too and I think the paint is starting to discolour the wood bars. Both my 3 year old and my 8 month old play with it a lot and they are quite rough with it at times. For the price, it is still pretty good. Not great though.

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The product feels good, stron and solid, stands well with a good fundation. It is a good toy for kids to learn math, I am trying to teach the mutiplication concepts for my 5 1/2 yrs old, he is able to make use of it. Once the kids gets familiar to use it, you can just hand over this with a peice of paper and he/she should be able to write the mutiplication tables below 10, once they keep practicing or playing with it for math purpose they surely will be able to memorize the mutiplication tables. This can be used for additions too. I also have a 3-yr old trying to play with it some times to count and identify colors. Using such toy for a kid for math purpose will pay for it, just go for it, they can learn from it. I am giving it a 4-star feels like the paint may ware on the beads, who knows it may stay fine too.

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On time delivery, durable product. My kid loves it and seems to start understanding its use. One cand learn colours and counting using it.

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This is a very well-made, substantial toy. I don't know how educational it will be for my niece, but at least she gets to play with the pretty colors and move the beads around. (After all, who really knows how to use an abacus besides the Chinese?) If this were to be an educational toy, someone would have to sit with the child and actively instruct, I think. At any rate, it's a very nice toy and I don't begrudge the money I spent on it.

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This abacus is well made, durable, and hasn't chipped paint yet. While my kids (3 and 5) aren't really drawn to it after the first week, we still keep it in the playroom when they have math questions. This is a good intro to math and recommend all parents own one.

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I am satisfied with this purchase. The replica is very well done. Just a heads up to "raptor" fans: Megaraptor was originally thought as a dromaeosaur as this was the first fossil found, but it is now classified as an allosaurid. So if you are looking for a large sickle claw that goes on a toe, check out Utahraptor (the largest dromaeosaur).

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great product. the image does not do it justice. its a great quality replica made of heavy resign and my daughter who wanted it after reading the Jurassic Park series took it in for show a tell. its breathtaking to get as a gift.

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This is a beautiful globe but unfortunately I cannot recommend it due to large flaws that detract from its use.

The first globe I ordered came with a few misaligned latitude lines (which I was willing to overlook), and more importantly, some slits in the leather that looked like they would catch and possibly peel with regular handling. I called Replogle, and, after sharing photos with a helpful employee who seemed genuinely concerned with the issues, was generously offered a replacement ball that arrived via express mail. This new ball is very smooth but has significant misalignment that resulted in cropped names (the first letter of a number of countries in W. Africa and Europe was cropped, sometimes by half) and misaligned country boundaries along the same vertical line.

If you're not looking closely the globe is quite lovely, but cursory inspection turns up a number of flaws that should not appear on a $200 product (especially one meant as a gift). If you're interested in this globe I would encourage you to buy it at a store so you can inspect it and decide if you're willing to live with the flaws. Or try your luck here as I said, Replogle had wonderful customer service and may get these production problems worked out in the future. Until then, I won't be buying another Replogle product unless I see it in person.

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We have been looking for a quality glode for my upstairs home office, and found it with this globe. The small manual that comes with it helps with really understandng the International date line, time zones, distances and brings World geography into perspective

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I ordered this for my husband's birthday... he loves it, I love it! The quality is great, the price was reasonable, and it looks fantastic with our more traditional decor. We both really love the genuine leather material, it's quite nice. The only thing I would have changed is to make the topography texture raised a bit more.

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After I received this telescope I used Brasso to clean it up. Looks unbelievable. Other students at my Sailboat class could not believe how much I paid for it. Looks much more expense.

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I purchased this telescope for my girlfriend, who is into pirate memorabilia. I assumed for the price that it would just be a display piece, but it functions far better than expected. This product needs a sixth star.

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For the price, I couldn't pass up this spyglass as a gift for my young nephew. He's in his pirate fanatic stage and cheap props just won't do for him.

I was very pleased with the look, feel and functionality of the item. My adult sister even thought perhaps it had been in our family!

One thing keeps it from being a 5-star item. While the case (which can be worn bandolier style) is great for a kid on the hunt, the one I received smelled badly. Imagine a wet dog laying on leather for some time. My sister was going to soak it, but I've not heard back as to whether it worked. That aside, for the price, this is a terrific deal.

Reviews of Vilac Baby Shape and Color Recognition Toy Wooden Stencils, Farm

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I ordered this stencil set to help my 3 year old with his fine motor skills (holding a pencil). They arrived in a sturdy wooden box, which i can appreciate after some of the flimsy packaging kids toys come in these days. The stencils themselves are wooden as well, so I know they will hold up over time. My only complaint is that I ordered the Farm Animal set and I received shapes and letter stencils instead. My son doesn't know the difference and has been thoroughly enjoying his newfound ability to draw shapes. He mastered the pencil/stencil concept in a few minutes with my help. I highly recommend these stencils as they are cute, durable, and easy to use.

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My home office area needed some more organizing and I found this at the web site. It is, yes, a bit classroom looking, but I wanted to file a number of items with the spines out. It works great. So far, my cats have not attacked it, which they usually do. I like order, a little color is fine, too.

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I recently began this hobby and was itching to get my hands on a kit that was affordable and practical, this kit truly has it all. I had some difficulty assembling the net but the rest of the product was very simple and easy to follow. It truly gives you everything you need to begin insect collecting and displaying at a very affordable price. The only thing I wish it came with was an insect to start off with and perhaps an order form to order more pieces, but overall very satisfied

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All I can say about this is that I got it for my grandson in South Dakota and it arrived on time and in great condition. We will see how it is when he uses it this summer.

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This cartridge has several games but our daughter's (6 yrs) favorite is the matching letters and numbers game. You "turn over" two spaces and try to remember where the match is and you are timed. It is so much fun that we parents even like to play it and see how fast we can do it. We highly recommend this cartridge.

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I got this as a gift for my 8yo daughter to help her with her handwriting based on its description. Unfortunately she hasn't been using it as she says it doesn't recognize when she's trying to write on it per the screen. I haven't tried it yet, but as my 3yo loves playing with big sister's Pixter I'm going to have him try it soon.

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Andrew is a young boy dissatisfied with his appearance. Specifically, he is jealous of Nicky because he has freckles, lots of freckles. Andrew thinks that his appearance would be perfect if only he had freckles like Nicky's and he will do anything to get them. Sharon is a devious girl in his class who acts like she knows everything. She is aware of Andrew's desire for freckles, so she offers to sell Andrew her secret formula for getting freckles.

Andrew pays Sharon and is given a recipe for a gross concoction containing among other things, ketchup, onions, vinegar and mustard. Andrew goes home, mixes the ingredients and then drinks it down fast. Shortly after that he gets so ill that he must stay home from school. He then discovers that he did not get a set of freckles, so in order to avoid embarrassment, he uses a marker to make some.

Everyone laughs, so his teacher lets him use her "magic freckle removing liquid." Once the class learns of Andrew's desire for freckles, Nicky then tells everyone that he wants to use the formula so that he can remove his freckles. His desire is to be free of freckles so that he can be more like the other children. At the end, Sharon is offering to sell Nicky her secret formula for removing freckles.

Andrew and Nicky are typical of children in that they think the features of others are better than their features so they have a desire to change. This story is a lesson in that reality of life, so it is a good one for children. A desire for change is sometimes good, but foolish when it is something that cannot be changed. Drastic attempts can lead to dire consequences and there will always be unscrupulous people who will offer you solutions that will not work and that may be dangerous.

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Judy Blume's "Freckle Juice" is a short tale for young readers, with illustrations by Sonia O. Lisker. Blume tells the story of Andrew Marcus, a 2nd grade student who wishes he had freckles. Things get freaky when a classmate promises to sell him a "secret recipe for freckle juice."

Blume taps effectively into the culture of children's folk magic and urban legend with this tale. I was a bit turned off, however, by Blume's portrayal of Andrew's shrewish, hysterical, overbearing mother. After finishing the book, I thought, "When this kid grows up, he's going to have some serious issues with women!" I also didn't like the fact that the "villain" of the story essentially lies, swindles, and violates classroom discipline and suffers no consequences. Still, "Freckle Juice" is a fun story with a memorable "gross-out" factor.

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Wonderful story about a grade school boy who desperately wants to look like someone else, and in the end learns to love himself just the way he is. Wonderful way for children to learn respect and self-esteem.

Should be required reading for grades K-3.

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I enjoy books for the young ones that give them a good lesson on life and give them a chuckle or laugh while doing it. Be happy with the way you look, be satisfied with yourself and hidden in that message is one that well shows there are no free lunches in life. the 1971 edition I have has some very well done black and white drawings which are quite charming themselves. This is a great book to read to a class as it creates much discussion and allows the children to relate their own wishes and discuss them. This is one of those books that I hope does not go out of print as it has a timeless quality about it. Highly recommend.

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I remember reading this when I was a kid and when I saw it on my seven year old's summer reading list, I had to buy it for him.

We have been reading the book together and we have BOTH been giggling over it. My son teases me because I have a lot of freckles -he thought I drank some freckle juice! LOL!

Judy Blume's books are just as good as I remember them.

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Purchased for 2 yr old grand daughter who loves to sing and she seldom puts it down. With four grand daughters, I've purchased many learning toys, dolls, books you name it over the years. This is by far their # One favorite toy (ages range from 2 to 5 years) They all use it and the younger ones are anything but gentle with it, but it's still like new. We're still even using the original batteries!

Would highly recommend for little ones who love to sing/dance be prepared for plenty of "singing" and giggles!

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I bought this microphone for my eight year old daughter four months ago for Christmas, and amazingly enough she's still playing with it almost every day. She feels like a little rockstar everytime she turns it on! Even more amazing is the fact that the thing still works! She does tell me all the time that she wishes it played the whole Victorious song and not just the first 15 seconds. It also occurs to me that if this were a good quality microphone I'd be able to hear her singing at the top of her lungs while I'm sitting in the livingroom down the hall...I thank goodness it's not

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i got this for my daughters birthday. she LOVES victorious. she has been playing with it non stop since she has got it to the point where i want to throw it out the window. she likes singing along with the recorded song, but likes making her own songs up with the beat option. i guess its a fun toy, if youre a 6 year old girl. needless to say, its her favorite birthday present (she even makes the tori doll she got sing into it). shes dropped it quite a few times, her baby brother has drooled into it, it even fell into a puddle of water, and it is still hanging in there. money well spent.

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We bought this Victorious microphone for my 2.5 year old daughter for Christmas. It was an item that we were having a hard time finding last minute and I was very excited to see it here on Amazon and available for Prime.

She loves it! It has many different options such as adding a beat and being able to sing along but the is one option that it does lack volume! I like that it is loud enough to be heard while playing and singing along, but it would be much nicer to have the option of reducing the volume. My 4.5 year old daughter has a similar Justin Bieber microphone and it is not nearly as loud, so we find that oe much easier on the ears!

Since this microphone has many different options of ways to mix up the fun, I think it would be enjoyed by a very wide range!

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My Daughter loves to dance around with this microphone, which means it has been dropped about a dozen times alredy and it is still in like new condition. Sound quality is what you would expect out of a plastic toy, but it is definately easy for her to use, she loves it, and i love that it didn't break already.