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These lowercase magnet letters were exactly what we were looking for. My daughter is very interested in learning letter sounds, and spends a lot of time talking about and sounding out magnetic letters on our fridge. However, most sets of magnetic letters are all uppercase, which isn't ideal for learning to read since in books, most letters are lowercase.

We also have a set of Melissa & Doug wooden magnetic letters (both uppercase and lowercase). However, we'd lost some (leaving us with no lowercase of some letters). Also, some of the Melissa and Doug letters are a little hard for kids to understand. For instance, the two parts of the lowercase "i" are connected together in a confusing way.

These new letters are great. The letters are much more clearly shaped, rather than "bubbly" like the Melissa & Doug ones. The magnets stick fine, all except the letter o's, which slide a bit for some reason. They're not strong enough to hold up papers, but plenty strong enough for play. They're a little smaller than the Melissa & Doug letters and the "standard," common uppercase set we got at a yard sale, but the size difference is minor enough that they can still be mixed and matched to spell words. This is exactly what I was looking for.

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HABA's blocks are probably the best around in the market since they are bright and colourful, use safe water based dyes thus having no chemical smell, perfectly rounded edges at all sides, big in size to make it safe for smell kids to play with and excellent, smooth finishing on the wooden blocks with no splinters. They may come at a hefty price tag, but judging from the quality of the wooden toys, that price is totally worth it.

Eeny, meeny zoo did not disappoint either, retaining all the great qualities typical of HABA blocks. And they allow kids to explore many possiblilies of creating different animals of different shapes and sizes. All in all, a good buy.

The only thing that spolit my experience of getting this toy: the bad packaging this toy came in when I received it, the sorry state of the box and clear cover seem to indicate that the toy is a used item despite me ordering and paying for a new item. Though this is no fault of the manufacturer. The problem lies with the seller. Just something for consumer to take note of.

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my three year old grandson loves building things with these original blocks. they help him use his imagination as they are fun shapes and faces and colors rather than the regular boring blocks. they are light so i am not afraid that his one year old sister will hurt herself or throw them and hurt someone. a bit expensive but adorable.

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These are great blocks for toddlers-well made, durable, good for small hands, colorful, and a good addition to the Haba Fantasy blocks. Would consider buying more of Haba products in the future.

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I decided that it was important for my son to have some quality blocks for Christmas. I am a reasearch-aholic and poured over reviews and suggestions before deciding on these. My son was 9 months at Christmas and these were an instant hit. Really the only thing he was digging from Santa's loot. They are extremely durable (he is 11 months not and loves to "hammer" everything) they serve as a clutch toy for learning to pick up and carry, a great teether, learning to stack, fill and spill (put them in a bucket) and a puzzle to but them back in the box. The colors are great and I have yet to find any mizzing or chipped paint.

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My daughter is still playing with these blocks at 3 years old. She received these as a gift when she was a year old and we now combine these blocks with our Melissa and Doug block set along with the Haba Medieval set and she loves it. The faces on this become characters to act out scenes which is brilliant. Also, no paint has chipped off these with rigorous testing!

Buy Vixen 5835 125mm Binacular Telescope Body only without eyepieces

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These are great binoculars. The Amazon price is great, and with free shipping, how can you go wrong? For optimum use, you need to purchase a tripod with a geared center post, and the yoke mount that Vixen makes. It wouldn't hurt to have Panoptic 19 or 24 mm eyepiece pairs either! The views of the milky way are breathtaking in this scope.

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The Videolab format will help any teacher, new or seasoned, hit the ground running. Open the box and you have one to two weeks' worth of quality hands-on activities. Set these up as stations and students can work independently as you circulate and discuss the labs with individuals and groups. Each set comes with quiz materials and an easy-to-follow video that relates directly to the concepts illustrated in the labs. I use four or five of these Videolabs throughout the year in my high school earth science class. I have found nothing better for helping my students understand the abstract concepts of earth science and helping me differentiate instruction. The Videolabs have helped me bring earth science to life for all my students. I highly recommend this product!

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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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Okay, we haven't had this phone long. But it isn't too loud, and it makes a variety of sounds instead of just a couple annoying ones. It rings with different tones (just phone sounds on the learning mode; the fun mode has three songs--"The Farmer in the Dell," "A Tisket, a Tasket" [or maybe it's "Ring around the Rosie"] and "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star") and also plays snippets of conversation or a voice speaking the names of numbers that are pressed. In the fun mode, red lights flash in the green frame around the screen; in the learning mode, red digital numbers light up on the screen.

Our 13-month-old sat down on the floor of the store to play with the toy until we took it away from him, and he played with it more in the car and at home. I'm hoping it will distract him from our cordless phone.

We haven't found an on/off button, but the sound is quiet enough that I'm not too worried about it.

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This phone has kept both my now 11 month old and my 2 1/2 year old occupied and interested for almost a year now. It was my 2 1/2 year old's phone first and she loved it as much as the baby now does.

I only recommend, once purchasing this, to replace the batteries. The other reviewer pointed out that when the buttons on her phone were pushed the phone would say the wrong numbers. This only happens when the batteries are getting low, so it's a good indicator of when to replace them.

Once the new batteries are in, it works like a charm all over again!

This is the only electronic toy my kids own and I am SO thankful it's quiet.

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This product does not retail for this price. You can get a better deal just about anywhere else.

But it's a great product. My kid plays with it all the time. It died when it met the toilet, so I'm about to get another one (not at this price), but it held up great before that.

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I got this for my dtr when she was a baby. She is now 5 and still loves this phone. We still have it around the house somewhere. This phone is very durable. It's a typical hard plastic with rubber like buttons. There are two modes. In the learning mode, the display shows digital numbers 0-9 when the corrisponding button is pressed. In the fun mode, it has a light show. When a button is pressed, it plays one of a number of songs. Not all of the buttons play songs. ONe of them my favorite I think it's the number 5 button says "I love you". It's so cute!! And, there is a volume control switch for hi and low. The sound is not terribly loud on hi and when it's on low, it's great!!

I woudl recommend this to any of my friends and other parents!!

Great toy!!!!

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sturdy phone especially for the dropping phase the child goes thru. Buttons are big enough for a little one to press and enjoy.

Reviews of Anatomical Skull Model, Didactic Color Painted, 3-Part, Life Size

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I love this skull... it was in excellent condition, well wrapped... the only thing and not a big deal at all was the laminated "card" of bone descriptions was kinda shoved in the packing box (and didn't need to be, there was plenty of room to lay flat) was folded and bent. I placed at the bottom of my book shelf to flatten it. It will have a permanent crease in it. I don't know if the seller packs it or Amazon, but it was kind of careless. But again, it really isn't a big deal, the skull is perfect, the hinge on the the mandible is really tight, brand new.

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I have reptiles (FL Anoles) I keep as pets. I bought this to help me catch live grasshoppers (not butterflies) to feed my Anoles. Works great and is a huge help. Has saved me well over what I paid for it if I had gone to the pet store and bought live crickets. The handle is plastic, so it's lightweight. Because of this, I know it will eventually break (the handle), but if you're careful and don't slam it down too hard, it will last a reasonable amount of time. I'm totally pleased with this item.

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This net is a good buy for what you pay. However,if you want a good quality, sturdy net, you may want to look elsewhere.

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We bought two of these nets. One of them fell apart when we opened the packaging. It is a wire loop that sticks into a thin plastic tube for the handle. Not stuck together very well at all. I glued the ring back into the handle with hot glue and it seems to be staying together for now. They are very cheaply made, but will probably last fine for catching bugs and minnows for a year or so. I guess we got what we paid for.

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I loved the butterfly net, it was a Christmas present for a grandchild. The only negative is that the shipping and handling cost more than the net, however, it was worth it, since neither were very expensive.

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By nature an inexpensive net is a bit flimsy but you don't need a monolith to wave around in your garden. This was used as a stage prop and was perfect.

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The car has great speed, wonderful quality, arrived quickly and my Grandson really loves playing with it. The quality is very durable and I would recommend it.

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I knew the car would be small, but it's quite a bit smaller than I expected at about 2 inches wide by 2.5 inches long. But it is easily the most attractive car we've got our boys in some time and it seems to be well made. The chassis is bamboo (so probably not a good idea to get it wet) under a clear plastic shell which makes for a clean, lightweight design. I am torn between 4 and 5 stars since it really is a good product, but I do wish the correct size had been indicated. But our boys do love it, and we'll be buying more.

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The Algebra booklet published by Carson-Dellosa is a 120 page review of Algebra skills for Middle or High-School. Each page covers one topic and the pages are reproducible for multiple students. There are twelve overall chapters addressing the rules of Algebra all the way to calculating and applying rational equations. The exercises can be used as a refresher course or add on to an Algebra 1 class.Included is also a blank worksheet for graphs.

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Very high quality, rugged toy. Love the details like the spring-loaded winch on the front bumper, gas can strapped to the rear bumper, rubber wheels, and roll bar that doubles as a handle. Our 2 1/2 YO is probably a little young for it but he takes it for an occasional spin -enough to scrape up the laminated wood up where it's come in contact with concrete.

Truthfully, though, he likes his plastic school bus that plays songs better. I'm thinking he may like this more when he's older. Would probably be more fun for him in conjunction with other PlanToys, figures.

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I appreciate well-made products, and this one does not disappoint. The discs are real hardwood and the lettering indeed looks as permanent as the wood itself. It will stand up to the rigors of my toddler playing with it, and when he's done it still looks great (and is thought-provoking) when I stack it on my desk. The form is actually playful in its simplicity, it is very much like a child's stack toy.

As hard as it is to imagine the discovery of new elements, with this product it is pretty easy to see how they might fit into the overall table and relate to the other elements. The ordering of the elements and visual appearance of the product bring back mental images of orbital probability fields from high-school chemistry class whenever I look at it, it definitely has affected what I think about when I see the periodic table. Obviously I don't make my living thinking about chemistry, but I do appreciate having this to ponder upon.

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This was ordered as a gift for my favorite armchair scientist. Upon receipt of this item it was immediately obvious that this is a suitable gift. Many of the letters are burned too deeply and illegible. Some of the disks are not "printed" evenly and have letters falling off the edge of the wheel. This item is completely useless if it is not legible and attractive which it is not.

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Just a quick review to state that mine came in excellent shape with all the symbols & letters burned into the wood in the correct spots so that all a legible. However, the "burn in" was not even as some symbols are very dark while others very light. Also, it would have been nice to finish the wood with shallack or some other poly. It's as if the manufacturer went "half-way".

This is a periodic table.....nothing more. In fact it is less as the atomic weights are missing. I work with High school kids and the atomic weight is needed for many problems. It is great for a paper weight or to learn the basic elements but it really not done correctly. It is "half" good.

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I received my PRT-150 hardwood yesterday and all I can say is AMAZING! As a chemistry student who just graduated with my bachelor's degree, this is truly a unique graduation present. My periodic table is legible and well made.

Any chemistry student will enjoy and appreciate this gift.

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As an ex-science teacher, I have quite a few gadgets in my office that speak to past teaching positions. I love the construction of this periodic table! It has invited conversations with students and teachers as they come by to visit with me. If you are a chemistry teacher, you will want this for your classroom to have students compare to the standard periodic table.

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I used to play this game when I was younger (around 6 or 7 I'm now 15) and I always thought it was weird but fun...I would recommend this for people looking for a good game for there kindergarden kids to play. Also If you have a 1st grader I recommend the version for 1st graders.

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My 4 year old is doing so great with these and she ask me to do them with her all the time. The construction is great and love the pictures.

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I used this to teach my two years old vocabulary and it is just perfect. I wish there are more vocabularies so I can buy more.

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My son loved the first set of cards and he was so excited to see the second set. He is not even two and knows all the cards by sight! His knowledge and love for learning went up drastically and I saw it in his eyes. Fabulous!

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The pictures are done very well, and the print is the best I could find to be clear and concise. The kind of print that would be found and books as well as close to how you would want your child to write words.

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I bought the cards to encourage a two you old to speak. She understands everything you say and responds accordingly, but she was being a little lazy about speaking herself. She loves the cards and brings them to her twin brothers(they're seven)or myself several times a day to review. She gets excited every time we respond with great praise when she says a word. I've used my paint shop pro program to add a few cards with familiar family faces and names to her pile. After a few short weeks with these cards she's exceeded all expectations with her speech. She jabbers constantly now and her vocabulary continues to grow daily. I think she'll be reading before she's four.

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I had never heard of Fly Guy...but was quiet curious about expanding our Tag collection. So I bought it, hoping for the best. My son loves it! The story is about Buzz and his pet Fly Guy. They go on a family vacation, supposedly without Fly Guy. Turns out, he was locked in the truck. So Fly Guy joins the family fun and visits the Fair, Museum, and beach. In the end, the family gets lost and Fly Guy flys around to lead them home!

My son's favorite part is the games in back. It is full of street signs, and quizes him on what each sign means. Road construction, Playground, School, Handicap...etc. The book itself is simply written. The story really is told through the pictures, which is great for reading comprehension. My son can now "read" the book to me just by looking at the pictures. I highly reccomend this book for a change of pace with the Tag Reader. It's fun, fast and educational. And this has also sparked an interest in the real book series from the library!

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Leapfrog is always incredible. As a former teacher, I especially love their products for my 5 boys. I especially love the Fly Guy books by Tedd Arnold and was SO excited to see one of them in the TAG version! Excellent!