Carson-Dellosa Publishing Sign Language Reviews

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I bought these cards to use in my Early Literacy Classes and for use with my 15 month old granddaughter. Encouraging parents and caregivers to use ASL with infants and toddlers gives both the adult and child a way to communicate before a child is physically able to do so. I was looking for a quick and easy to carry reference tool rather than flipping through a sign book when you need the sign to label something right now. There are 105 cards in this set: 26 for the letters of the alphabet; 10 number cards and the rest a fairly good selection of pronouns, feelings, verbs, responses/conjunctions, people, everyday object and animals. While I agree with most of the other reviewers in the cards' usefulness with older signers, I am disappointed that there are not identifying pictures included on the card for non-readers. For example: the card for ball has a drawing of a child doing the sign on one sign and the word "ball" on the reverse. If only a picture of a actual ball was included with the word, this would have been a much more useful product for my purposes of using them with very young children. In that case then, more identifying cards would have also been nice as the selection of everyday objects and animals is quite limited.

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This is an excellent product for beginners at sign language. My best friend is deaf, and this is how I first learned how to sign. Highly recommend!

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The cards are great. But when the sign has a motion to it it's hard to figure out what the card means even with the little motion lines.

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I ordered this to use with our home education and we are loving the cards. They are easy to understand and my girls love the pictures. We post a new card every week and then practice the sign of the week everyday.

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My 6 year old niece and I are learning to sign using these flash cards. The pictures are big enough to understand the movements and are easy to read. Great product.

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Bought this to use in my daycare during a farm unit. Kids loved it, and it was very colorful and durable. They ended up playing with it daily instead of just during farm week. It was a great tool to help work on small motor skills.

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Buy Numbers 0-100

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This was just what I was looking for. The cards are big and the box that holds them is very sturdy. 101 cards that go from zero to one hundred makes it easier to teach my 4yo how to count not only by tens but fives too. I think these are better then anything I have came across in stores.

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We love the cards I bought 2 decks so we play war. My daughter loves it and she is really learning her numbers and < and > than. I was shocked at what they charged me to ship them it was some crazy amount more than twice the amount of both decks!!

Review of Learning Resources Rainbow Peg Play Activity Set

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This is a great set, with multiple activities in one! My daughter has really enjoyed "lacing" the board, which I didn't know that she would. The only complaint I have, is that the board is foam verses plastic.

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my child has had this toy for 2 months and is now 10 months old. i mounted this toy on the wall so that my child would have something to play with that isn't on the ground as the rest of his toys are. here are the benefits of this toy:

helped bring his awareness and gaze off the ground where 90% of other toys are (because i mounted it on the wall), strengthening his neck muscles and trunk, helping to bring his arms up and away from his body

fine motor helped improve his grasp as the pegs are really easy to hold onto in his hand helped strengthen his grasp because they take a little effort to tug out

fine motor tactile input of the holes helped him learn to use his pointer independently putting his finger in the holes on the board and the pegs

oral motor taught him how to blow through the pegs some make a slight whistle noise

cognitive i lined the pegs on the floor two feet apart from the living room to the bedroom and he followed them

"kaboom" stack the pegs up high on the floor and taught him to knock the tower down

pull apart improved grasp and shoulder strength by pulling these pegs apart tries to put them back together but isn't there yet has learned to twist as he pulls them apart

can hang other toys like rings on these pegs which serve as hooks when the board is mounted

can put the pegs in a clear container and teach him "in" and "out"

haven't even gotten to stringing the toys together with the shoelace it comes with, haven't gotten to counting or colors either as he's still too young to really get that. great toy if you have the time and patience to be creative and teach the baby. plus the colors are great and my friends without kids think this is akin to mod art in my living room.

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I decided to purchase a peg board that was a hard surface and not the flexible kind. Unfortunately, the pegs fall out of the holes very easily, so does not seem to be very challenging for my daughter (21 months). She does play with it, but I wish the pegs fit better into the holes.

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The pegs don't stack easily on top of each other as well as on the yellow board. This yellow board is made of soft plastic and is not stable on surfaces. They may be more fun when threading a cord through them, but stacking proves difficult even for adult.

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I purchased this toy a few months ago to add to my homeschool rotation for the little ones and it's been a great investment.

It's a simple toy, but it has multiple uses. Putting the pegs into the mat, stacking them, and lacing them are all great activities for working on fine motor skills. You can also use the pegs for teaching counting, sorting, colors, and shapes. With older children you could also use them for some math concepts such as early addition or comparison. (If you have three red pegs and two green pegs, how many are there all together? Which stack of pegs is highest? Which is shortest? How could we make them the same?)

The board itself is made from a thick rubber foam. If you have one of those foam puzzle floor mats, it's the same type of material. The pegs are a heavy plastic and large enough that I'm not overly concerned about them being swallowed. One side of the board is blank. The other side has six shape outlines that each hold a different number of pegs--great for introducing shapes and counting. The box also includes a short pamphlet with some other ideas of learning activities you can do with the set. My kids have really enjoyed this and I'd highly recommend it.

LeapFrog Farm Animal Mash-Up Kit Reviews

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My son got this for his second birthday and he loves it. My biggest problem is the animal inserts are made of thin plastic and are a little difficult to put in. We have the Leapfrog ABC magnets and they are much easier to put in. I am not sure if this because they are thicker and not hollow.

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program We had one similar to this several years ago that was a refrigerator magnet. This one is much more user friendly in my opinion. The little barn that the puzzle pieces fit into is the lid of the storage bucket. There are more animals with this set too. If the little one puts the front half of the pig with the back part of the duck, there is a little song about it that ends with "that's silly." If, on the other hand, they get the correct two pieces together, there is a little song praising their effort and telling them what animal they made and what sound it makes. It is such a cute toy and the babies love it. The therapists love it too and frequently use it when they come. This has been a great hit at our house with our two toddlers.

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program I thought this was a magnetic set, which in the past I had in the alphabet version, and was a little disappointed that it wasn't. However, for the under twenty price and the hours of entertainment my little guy has gotten I've moved passed pining for the non magnetic version.

I like that these store in the stream lined box, and how easy they are to put in and out of the 'mashup maker'. So far my 13 month old can't quite put them in, but loves taking them out and pushing them down, and pressing the music button. The animal noises are cute, and the "that's silly" phrase makes him laugh. It's simple, but gives animal facts, colors, noises, and songs, which makes it a total win in my book.

It's very sturdy, and has survived being stepped on, dropped, shoved under a couch. You can't miss with this for your little one, or as a gift!

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My grandson and I love this so much we are hoping for a zoo animal one just like it. Well, OK at 14 months he hasn't exactly said that, but I know that he thinks it.

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MY son loves animals and we are definitely a leap frog family. Honestly, I bawked at the price point and wondered if it was worth it. But, it is adorable and both my boys (2 and 3) love it.

Reviews of I'M Toys 22050 Melody Mix

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My 14 month old son is completely enamored of this delightful wooden music play station (with supervision of course as there are some small parts). He loves the chimes and triangle. The rattle, chime, and hand-held castinets are chunky -just right for small hands, and quite aesthetically pleasing. The drumsticks and "scraper" are nice and sturdy.

The bells are less than satisfying, especially compared with the "real" percussion sleighbells I bought at our local music shop for $7.

But what prompted me to write a review is this -I was appalled to find that the "xylophone" does NOT play a typical musical scale. In fact, the longest red key at the end is a higher pitch than its neighbor, the orange key (second in from end). And the yellow and green keys on my model are the exact same note. I'm disappointed because the xylophone *looks* real, but it's not musically accurate. Maybe my set was just mis-assembled (and mis-painted?). I haven't contacted the company about it because we already have a great metal rainbow xylophone (again from a "real" music store for $12.95).

Overall, this is lots of fun, with enough instruments for toddler and friends to all enjoy together. Just beware the tuneless xylophone!

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This is a great musical toy. We've had it for 2 years and my 3 boys (5,3, and 1) love playing with it. It's fun to watch them all play together and to sing and dance along to their music. The quality is great for it's intended purpose but if your kids use it as a hammer or sword instead of an instrument, it may break! We like it so much that we're ordering this as a Christmas gift for my neices/nephews!

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These musical instruments are well-made, well-designed, and well-received by my 3 toddler and pre-school grandchildren. They combine both the concept of a puzzle (each instrument has its "place" in the toy's holder design), and musical instruments providing children the opportunity to "make music" and learn the names and sounds of various instruments. Further, the vendor for Amazon that distributes this toy has the best customer service I have encountered in a long time. Bad weather delayed the delivery of this toy for Christmas. The distributor communicated directly with me by email re: tracking the package, and followed through until the item was finally delivered by UPS.

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We got this for our 9 mo daughter and she LOVES it. She is 11 mos today and still loves playing with all the different items! She plays with this toy everyday. Its fun to see her make music and get excited when we play along with her. It is a bit pricy but it seems to be well made!

Review of Funnybugs ABCs Flash Cards

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I got these for my then 16 month old daughter to try to ease into a little play learing. These cards are sturdy, brightly colored and nice and big. While I do not let her handle them without my close supervision, she loves to hold them and hand them to me as we play. I know using these cards in a rudimentary fashion has helped her with learning words and colors, and would recommend them as a easy learning tool.

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Cheap VTech - V.Smile Baby: Backyardigans: Big Backyard Adventures

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My 16 month old loves the Backyardigans, so I had to get her this game. It is so cute! She loves it because she loves them so much. It has great educational games and even teaches sign language. However, the words it teaches in sign language are not useful at all. It teaches Sun, flower, pie, fish and goodbye. Honestly...when will those really come in handy. I see the connection in the game, but I would of liked if it taught her please and thank you...things you can actually use. However, since that is the only downfall I can't really give it less than 5 stars!

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This is a great coloring book to use with the Do-A-Dot paints or with markers or crayons. The pages are nice and thick, so it works well with paints. The pages are perforated and tear out nicely. Some of the pictures incorporate dots that are the same size as the Do-A-Dot paints, but it's really not very specific to those paints and can be considered to be a general coloring book made with thicker-than-usual paper.

There are about 15 pages with pictures of single dinosaurs drawn clearly with thick black lines and the name of the dinosaur printed at the bottom of the picture. These pictures are larger and simpler than the illustration on the cover of the book, so it's very well-suited to toddlers and pre-schoolers who aren't ready for more detailed coloring books yet. There are a few empty landscape pictures at the end and several pages of smaller dinosaurs that you can cut out and use to decorate the landscapes. My son is young, so we just stick with the big dinosaurs for now. I think the pages would xerox really well because of the quality of the paper and the style of the drawings, so you could easily get much more use out of the book.

My 2 1/2-year-old son loves dinosaurs and really enjoys his Do-A-Dot paints, so this is a great activity for us. We also have the truck one, which he loves, too.

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My son loved the pictures, but the dot paint pens went though the back and onto the table.

I probably would not buy this book for paint pens again.

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dissapointed because i thought it was continue dot to dot book. instead my kid was given a blank page at the back to trace back what ever that is on the front page.

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This is a very expensive book and it is used up very quickly. Not a good value when being used for 3yr olds

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My friends, who also happen to be grandparents, are somewhat taken back by the cost of these books. They keep pointing me in the direction of the dollar stores and telling me to get my coloring books for the kids there. However, for water coloring there is nothing better than these do a dot books, the pages never soak through, they never get holes in them. The kids also use them for the do a dots from time to time but the primary use around here is water colors. They don't work well for magic markers because they are porus and soak the marker right up. To control the cost I tear out the sheets one at a time and make sure the kids don't waste them. I have bought just about all of them and I particularly like this dinosar book because of it's bold drawings.

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We first discovered Snap Circuits at a friends house and the kids (ages 3-6) all enjoyed it so much that we put it on our son's wishlist for the holidays. When he opened the Snap Circuits Green Energy set up, he immediately began to do some of the activities in the instruction manual. We all had fun together completing the activities to create wind power, solar power and creating sounds. The instructions are simple enough for a 6 year old with clear diagrams and fun facts he was able to do the activities on his own and spent hours that first day doing many different activities. He loves to make the fan go and charge batteries with the solar panel. He loves this so much that we will be purchasing many more editions of this set!

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Just like the other reviews, our little boy LOVE LOVE LOVES these animals! The only problem is, as others have said, the zebra doesn't stand up! He will for a minute, maybe, but we can't figure out why they don't fix this flaw (hence the ridiculous drawback). We actually had to deal with a bit of crying over this, so it's not just an annoyance. He was really upset by the "fall down!" zebra. Other than the zebra, though, he really digs the penguin, monkey, polar bear and hippo. They're great to take along for the ride or on playdates.

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My 2-year-old granddaughter loves these large zoo animals; she even takes them with her when she visits our local zoo! Their size is perfect for toddlers to hold and play with.

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We also have the farm animals set from the same company, and my kids (4 and 2 years old) LOVE playing with them. The animals in this set are fairly large, but they are not to the same scale as each other. For example, the penguin is taller than the hippo and polar bear. My kids, obviously, don't notice or care, but I wish they were more accurately sized.

Also, my other complaint is that the zebra is the only animal that will not stand up on its own. The way the front legs are constructed and positioned, it always falls over to its side. My husband tried to fix it by semi-gently prying the legs farther apart, but unfortunately its leg broke. LOL, guess he's off to the glue factory, huh?

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Bought these to use for my son's birthday party. We used them as part of a scavenger hunt and then let the kids take them home as party favors. Fun!

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These are excellent animals and my grandson loves them. I was a little disappointed though. I had purchased the Jumbo Jungle Animals and Jumbo Dinosaurs by this same company and expected these to be of the same type and quality. They are made of different material and in my opinion are not as high in quality as the others that I purchased in April. The Jungle animals and dinosaurs were a hard plastic and were solid. The Zoo animals are a soft plastic and hollow. While my grandson loves them all, I feel the Jungle Animals were more durable and realistic looking. It won't stop me from buying other sets by Learning Resources as these are the best animal sets around for the price. The animals are larger than I have found in other sets and they are very realistic in appearance. People just need to be aware that these are not the same "museum" quality as the other sets.

As far as play value goes, according to my son, there is not a day goes by that my two-year-old grandson does not play with his animals. He even lines them all up when he watches TV so they can watch with him.

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The description given for this item is incorrect. It actually contains:

30 Ceramic from 10pF to 470pF

35 Mylar from .001µF to .22µF

35 Electrolytic from 1µF to 1000µF

This is a nice selection of components for the experimenter.

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I saw this item advertised for about $16.99 on Amazon, so I put it on my wishlist. Then it dropped to $13.75 for a little while, so I went ahead and bought it. I thought it would be nice to just have a bigger selection of capacitors, since I never seem to keep all the values I want on hand. Like the other reviewer stated, there are about 30 ceramic, 35 mylar, and 35 electrolytic capacitors. 21 different values, and 100 total pieces. It's a nice start if you don't already have a big collection of components. You might be able to find them cheaper elsewhere if you buy in bulk, but for a beginner it's hard to know how many of which kind to buy from an online electronics company. This kit is convenient, and reasonably priced.

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Just what I expected, It has:

ceramic disc (10 pF, 22 pF, 47 pF, 100pF, 220 pF, 470 pF .001 uF)

Mylar (.0022 uF, .0047 uF, .01 uF, .022 uF, 1 uF, 22 uF, 1 uF)

Electrolytic (4.7 uF, 10 uF, 22 uF, 47 uF, 100 uF, 470 uF, 1000 uF)

All types in individual bags.

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This is a nice selection of small caps to get started with electronics hobby projects. As others have pointed out, the description conflicts with itself. This kit is made up of mylar, ceramic, and electrolytic capacitors, not just ceramic caps.

Also, the box says the bags are labeled and which values are in which bags, but the bags are not labeled. So I'm deducting a star for that and the confusing description.

Otherwise the caps work as advertised and give a nice little selection.

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This kit came with a nice wide array of capacitors. I found the tolerance of the values to be around 5% checking with a high grade laboratory multimeter(Agilent 34405A). They are all quite small as you can see in the photos I added, so they will work nicely on a project board. If you are curious about the size and quantity just check the pictures I've added. Every bag contains 5 capacitors with the exception of the 100uF 4, 470uF 4, and 1000uF 2.

My only complaints, is the bags are not labeled. So you have to reference the markings on the capacitor bodies with the index provided inside the box. This isn't too difficult to do, but it is a little time consuming.

Overall I think the kit is a great value for the cost. You would pay this much for individual parts at Radioshack or most local ic parts supply stores.

For everyone complaining about not being able to use these:

The capacitors that do not directly have the values on them you have to reference the index. For example bag 4 which contains 100pF caps has (101) on the cap if you look closely. Bags 1-3 are marked in Joules, but they completely correspond with their value in picoFarrads i.e 10j = 10pF. The rest are large enough to actually have the values marked on them bags 14-21.

It is not impossible to find the values and you do not even need google to do so. The only reason I checked them with a meter was to see how accurate they were. I can understand this being very frustrating for someone new to using ICs for hobbies.

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This is a really great toy and we were excited to give it to our daughter at her first birthday. The only drawback is she can't open the purse by herself. You have to push the handle very hard towards the back to get it to open. It took our three year old quite a while to do it and sometimes she can't and has to ask us for help. We had a similar problem with the Sesame Purse that was made a few years ago. They need to redesign the purse so that is is easy to open. It could possiby be a heavy duty cloth bag with velcro closure or something along that line. The toys inside are great so we generally leave them out of the purse for her to play with.

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We bought this toy to try to occupy our 18 month old on a long plane trip. It worked,... at least for a while. The plastic purse contain several items including lipstick, keys, cell phone, change purse and others. Our daughter does enjoy playing with this although she prefers toys that do something (come part, make noise, have moving parts). The cell phone does open and squeak when you press the buttons and the change purse rattles but the other items really don't do anything so she became a little bored with them. Still she did like this toy and enjoyed imitating mom by putting on lipstick, "talking" on the phone etc. The toy itself is pretty durable and has survived several drops on the floor without breaking.

Overall I would recommend this toy for any young toddler that likes to imitate mom or play "make believe." At the price that it is selling for it is also a pretty good value.

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A friend got this for my daughter for her first Christmas. At first she had little interest in it. Now that she's almost 2 years, she plays pretend with it. We can't leave the house without it!

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My daughter received this as a gift when she turned one and I didn't give it to her right away thinking she was too young. Once I showed it to her at age 14 months, she absolutely loved it! She pretends to be painting her lips and mine with the big plastic lipstick. She loves opening, closing and shaking the coin purse (it's great because there's only the "sound" of coins so no mess to pick up). And she opens and closes the cell phone while pretending to talk on it. She's 16 months old now and totally understands that it's "her purse" and LOVES emptying and filling it. One of her favorites!

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I bought this for my 2 year old daughter and while she loves the Sesame Street theme, it was a bit bulky and uncomfortable to carry around. We returned it and got the "My First Purse" instead and she really loves that one. Overall they have the same features, this one is just a lot more bulky because of the hard plastic.

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This toy is adorable and very well-made. When our 11-month old baby will play with it for short times, it's a perfect tambourine for her because it's easy for her to rattle it and make a lot of noise, and it's sturdy enough for her to chew on it and throw it around. Granted, her attention span is short, so she doesn't tend to play with it long.

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