Melissa & Doug Shape Sorting Clock

Good quality and easy way to learn time

This has helped our 3 year old tell time. Helps with keeping a daily routine and avoids tantrums while transitioning to different tasks throughout the day. Lots to learn with shapes, colors, numbers, and counting. Very well built.

Terrific thanks

I bought this clock in 2013, when my son was 1.5 years (now he is 4). The clock has survived the pass of time incredibly well, as most of my other Melissa & Doug toys I own (like for example Melissa & Doug Wooden Bear Family Dress-Up Puzzle , which we love). The clock is made of quality wood that it is solid and durable, with a very good finishing in both the cut and the paint. The shapes for the numbers are all unique, and it is not possible to misplace them. The Hour/Minute dials can move around so you can ask your child the time. Once you remove the shapes, the "slot" has the same color and the number written on it, so it is very easy to recognize where to put it. This is ok for small kids, but I think it takes away the challenge from older ones. Also, this clock does not really stand upright; it mostly lays in the ground with at a 15 degree angle. I was hoping to put the clock standing when not in use, but if I do this, the shapes are in great danger to fall anytime it gets shaken. It would have been nice to have some magnetos inside the wooden pieces and in the body of the clock, so the pieces would "stick", but unfortunately this clock does not have them. Even with this one or two flaws, I find this is an amazing educational toy that my son enjoyed mostly from is 2 to 3 years old (after which he slowly abandon it). And after all he played with it, I cannot even find an scratch! Bonus detail: did you realize that 4=square, 5=pentagon, 6=hexagon and 8=octagon? The designers did have the good sense to match these common shapes with the number showing their number of sizes!

英語教育に熱心な妹の子供の誕生日プレゼントに買いました。 数字の部分はパズル？のようになります。 状態が悪いものがあるかも、とのことで、一旦自宅に届けてもらいましたが問題なかったです。 とてもよい買い物でした。

Easy to use and explain to kids