Agate Light Table Slices (set of 12) Review

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(More customer reviews)I wanted to give my first graders a unique gift for Christmas. I found a picture book about a moose named Agate and decided that I would read this book to my class and then give them each their own agate. I was surprised to find some that I could afford and the picture of the agates looked as if they were a nice size. I was disappointed when they arrived because they weren't the size that the picture makes them out to be and they weren't as colorful. However, my students loved them. If you purchase these, you may get a lot of dark (or as one student said, dull) colors--not the variety that the picture shows and they fit in the palm of a first grader's hand.

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International Playthings iPlay Interactive & Musical Animal Activity Ark Review

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(More customer reviews)My daughter got this toy for Christmas. She's currently 11 months old. She LOVES music and this toy has so many songs and sound making activities, it's crazy! She can push the buckets of fish to play longer nursery rhyme songs (which she dances to), there's the keyboard on top of the ark, and she can match up the animals to their respective places on the ark and hear the animal's "voices" (roar, moo, etc). There's a few other things that make sound too - pushing Noah plays a foghorn, turning the steer makes sound, and she can change the time on the clock. I also love the many little animals, they're the perfect size for her tiny hands and I can teach her their names at the same time. The ark also wobbles like a ship when it's pushed - everything about this toy is so fun for her!
I contemplated not getting this toy because of the reviews saying how loud the sound is. I quickly remedied this by tracing a circle out of clear packing tape the exact same size as the little circular speaker on the ark and taping it right over the speaker - this literally took me 2 minutes to do. It dampened the sound a little too much so I just left a tiny sliver of the speaker exposed. Since the tape is clear and pretty heavy duty, my daughter doesn't see it and would need to be very motivated to get it off - probably around the same time she outgrows this toy. It's PERFECT now!


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Includes 9 animals, captain figure & lots of activities. Plays fun songs & sounds. 2 "AA" batteries, included.

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