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When I first saw it, I nearly panicked. It looked like I was going to have to carve all the pieces out.

It is simply that it is cut that very precisely out of the wood. You can't even see the lines until you are pushing out the pieces.

It isn't easy to figure it out, and assemble it, but I liked that about it. It would not have been any fun if it hadn't been a challenge. And it works.

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This is very poor quality. I returned the one I bought ( it broke during shipping ).

I would have returned it either way. It is very small and not sturdy enough to sit on a table fire anything more than a few inches.

Interesting concept, just poorly executed.

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My niece and I assembled this kit. She is four. A child of four would not be able to finish it alone but a kid of age 7 should be able to. This example of Torsion is not obvious to grasp but just a couple more examples would be all that is needed to set the idea into a kids mind. No pieces were missing and there were no extra pieces so don't lose anything. The resulting model is not worth the cost of this kit but the experience of building it with a child does make it worth the price. It is assembled with glue and the glue is needed so disassembly and building again is not an option.

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Assembled, this model ballista is smaller than I thought it would be when purchased online. The quality of the model is excellent. The precision cuts are spot on and the instruction sheet and labeling of the parts excellent as well. You will need a small phillips screw driver, scissors and wood glue, although I was able to forgo the need for the small screw driver. I recommend a good wood glue with a little working time. No sanding required. I'd recommend this as a good model for a beginner to tackle based upon the clear instruction sheet, well-marked pieces and well-cut design.

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This is a nice little kit that produces a fun little Ballista. It turns out fairly sturdy and it shoots well. The only thing wrong with this is that you'll instantly realize you should have bought two of them because you'll want the get a battle together.

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This is a great family game. The wooden construction is durable. It's educational by teaching colors and the concept of balance. We've had a lot of fun with this game.

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These bells arrived as I expected. They are of standard quality and have loops at the top that allow you to run wire/small rope/ key rings / split rings through them. I honestly purchased these bells so that I could connect them to some braided fishing line and create a cluster of bells for my dog to ring when she needs to potty.

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Looks like I'm the first to comment. I haven't seen this toy/book in the stores but was really intrigued by the idea of moving the book around to play with it when I saw it here on Amazon. It's basically like a motion sensor in the book and you move or knock on the book to work your way through the "story". I'd say it's really more of a set of events than a story, but for this age it is probably about right.

Cutting to the chase here, my son took a few minutes to figure out the page turning button, but once he got it he really loved it! We sat together and knocked, shook and tilted the book to trigger sound effects for each page together. What was really great was that he kept playing with it on his own. Even though he is too young to read, he still goes page by page, interacting with the book like he is reading it and showing us how it works. I don't know that I've seen a book that worked with movement like this before, but I don't get out to the toy store very often. If this is the first, I hope to see more!

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for a 2 year old this is a push toy, a great push around the yardhousein the carover the caron my nice lawn and every where it can be push, my toddler love this car, and it's a solid build.

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Bought this truck for my nephew (1 yr old) and he loves playing with it. I actually picked it up at a yard sale for a few dollars. It's very durable.

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My son is now hooked on trucks because of this guy! got it for him at six months and it has been a year and he is still playing with the same truck!

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Nice size, durable so far and my son loves it. He uses it outside in the dirt, places 'drivers' in the cab and pushes it down the drive so far it's been a great purchase.

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We were looking for a toy truck for my son, and everything we saw was either way expensive or very flimsy. This one is neither. The wheels spin freely, the plastic is rigid, and the construction seems solid.

You won't go wrong purchasing this truck!

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I got exactly what I thought I was getting. It's a simple calendar that the kids love. The pictures make it easy for non-readers to identify the proper weather for the day.

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I bought this for my 4-year-old son on his birthday because he is obsessed with dinosaurs. It was the perfect gift. He loves the fossil dig you get to go on when you beat the levels to get points.

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First this was very easy to put together. I had my husband get me the screw driver before he left for work and didn't have to leave my chair until I was finished with it. It needs a phillips head screw driver and a larger phillips head and that's it. The table and stool are very sturdy and can take the punishment my 2 year old dishes out. She loves it. There is a paper towel roll on the side that would be great for kids who are a little older, mine ran through them a little too quickly for me to replace them right away. There is also a place for a 12" paper roll which I love. My daughter loves to paint, and is too prolific for me to always keep up, the roll makes it easy. I'm using this, Alex Paper Roll White, 12"X100' which is working well. The table comes with 3 spill proofed paint cups and an excellently designed placement for them on the table. If you want more than three colors at a time however you have to just find a blank spot for them. The paint containers are good. I need to twist them open, but right now that's a plus. You need to use small brushes with the spill proof lids, but with the paint cup holders my daughter does pretty well with the lids off. I find the mesh pocket at the top of the table too deep for easy use, but an older child might use it to store bigger paint containers, or a small school supply box. I'm trying to find a way to make it shallower and divide it to hold brushes, colored pencils, chalk and dry erase crayons. We haven't used the dry erase side yet. The chalk board works well, but looked alot flimsier than I was expecting. The manufacturers warn you against using the easy to find sidewalk chalk which is too abrasive, so I have a lot of broken pieces of the thinner school type chalk. The eraser that comes with the set is not adaquate for the chalk board, so I'd recommend getting another. I haven't found a use for the little shelves in the table legs yet. The mesh bag on the table leg prooved too fun for my daughter to empty for now, but has potential.

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

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

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

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

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My daughter (almost 4) loves board games. This is a fun memory game. But I would say you need at least 3 persons to play the game. Otherwise it's too easy.

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I bought this game for vocab building/language development with young kids, however, my older students (4th/5th grade), and daughter (age 6) enjoyed playing it too. High quality and versatile turn-taking game.

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This is just what it says it is a booster pack for the original game.

The pieces in the booster pack are slightly different than the original pieces.

They are a different shade of blue on the back, and the board is thinner. Now, my 3-year old does not notice it, I think it would take an adult to figure it out, so it's all good.

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Great game it's just too bad this did not come with cards for 4 players like the original game. cute

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We have several of these pieces. They are high quality, typical for the Brio name. They have stood up to many many years of playing by my three children and their friends.

The one negative point is that you can not control which way a battery operated train will chose to go on this track piece. There are others that you can control with a small switch which way the train goes. We enjoy those and use those more often than these. However, these are less expensive and still add to the fun of building a train.

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BRIO is the most durable and has the best quality wooden train on the market. These are a must have to be able to extend the railway and your child's play. It is excellent in helping him/her in problem-solving skills in the process of developing/setting up a railway.

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excellent seller, highly recommend, high quality at a great price fast shipping I give it 5 star because is super interesting, children can learn by playing,

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I purchased this toy for my friend's little girl's birthday. As soon as she opened it, she had to have it out of the box to start playing with it. As she started playing with the toy, my son became very interested and wanted to play with her. They are both learning their colors and numbers so this is a great tool to learn while having fun. They would repeat the numbers and colors that the ATM machine would call out and count as they inserted their coins into the machine. With the three different games that this toy has, the kids played forever switching back and forth. My son had so much fun with it I went out and purchased antoher one for my son to have at home. He thinks that he is a grown up now that he can go to his ATM Machine just like his parents!

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I think this product is great. My 6 year old is in a Spanish dual language program and loves to use mini letters to spell words etc. The only thing that was disappointing was the lack of the double rr. All of the other double letters were included, so I can't figure out why the double rr was missing. If that had been included, I would have given it 5 stars all the way down.

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I had been looking for something similar to Montessori's moveable alphabet, but less expensive. This turned out perfect, especially because it has the Spanish Alphabet letters! We are teaching our daughter to read spanish so i have to say this has been a wonderful alternative to the Moveable alphabet. Same principle for less money!

My only suggestion to the manufacturer would be a different packaging. It'd be great to have a box with individual spaces for the letters, to make it easier for the child to find the letters needed when doing spelling activities. We're making ours at home.

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I bought this normally $17 item on sale for my pre-schooler's Spanish class, and the teacher loves them. Though I got a great deal I would definitely purchase them at full price. Same for the Spanish bean bags.

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This kit contains a great selection of slides, mostly insect and plant parts.

This is good for reference but, for my youngsters (11 and 13 years old) also has a great entertaining value.

After running through these slides the kids quickly became experts on the operation of the microscope.

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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.