 "Alphabet Blocks" | 2008-08-28 |
| - Reviewed By Anonymous |
| This is a great toy that will be used in many different ways as a child matures. As an elementary teacher for 36 years and a grandmother I consider this toy a must have item. Your price was very reasonable.br /Sue Olson |
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| "Not just for babies!" | 2008-08-10 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2W6EW06CME2J9 |
| I teacher Kindergarten; and recently purchased this for my Kindergarten classroom. I have small group literacy activities for my kiddos to do in the morning, after they are finished (some may finish early), they have a variety of literacy and alphabet based independent activities they may choose. These blocks are a "special" privilege for those students who work hard during small group. These blocks are a favorite activity for my students! They can practice the beginning sounds of words and practice letter recognition. I highly recommend these for children 4-6 as well as babies and toddlers! I like the Ice Cream block, which has "sprinkles" to shake! |
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 "keeps his attention" | 2008-02-09 |
| - Reviewed By mbrown2011 |
| My little boy is just getting interested in these blocks. They are too cute! He's learning to manipulate the block in his hands. The little things inside the blocks are adorable. Some spin, some twirl, some rock. A definate upgrade from the standard wooden blocks. |
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| "Better than I expected" | 2008-01-04 |
| - Reviewed By jvalente3 |
I purchased Peek-A-Blocks for both my 1-year old niece and my 8-month old nephew. The nephew lives across the country, so I can't evaluate his opinion of the product. However, my 1-year old niece just loves these blocks. Her 5-year old sister loves them too. The younger niece can easily grab hold of the blocks, and she loves the bright colors. The older niece loves to stack them.
The blocks are much more interactive than I first thought they would be. Sure, some of the blocks have loose plastic balls within, and some items are mounted on bouncy springs. However, it's not obvious from the packaging that many other blocks have rotating bases, which allow items within to move around. For example, one block has a train that rotates in and out of a mountain tunnel. There are other nice touches. For example, tapping the fish block causes the fish within to appear as though they are swimming.
Lastly, I want to point out an initial hesitation I had about buying these blocks -- a hesitation which turned out to be of no real concern. Years ago, I bought a set of 6 peek-a-blocks for a friend's son. At that time, the blocks were sold in themed sets of 6 blocks (sports, machines, etc). More recently, Fisher Price did away with the smaller sets, replacing them with one large set of 26 blocks, each with a printed alphabet letter on one side. (C = car, D = duck, H = horse, etc.) Anyway, I initially hesitated buying the newer set of Alphabet Peek-A-Blocks, because I thought the alphabet letters would obstruct a child's ability to see the content of the block. However, as I have already mentioned, many blocks allow the contents to be rotated, such that the printed letter no longer blocks a child's view of the content within.
In concluding, I am very pleased with the purchase. The kids are too.
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| "Wonderful gift for my daughters!" | 2007-12-28 |
| - Reviewed By timjessdonika |
| My daughters, ages 3, 2 and 11 months old were given this block set for Christmas and they ALL love it! My three year old loves to find the different letters she's learned. My two year old loves to make towers and knock them over. My 11 month old loves them just as much as the other two do! Each block is different and each is so much fun! My husband and I love to play with the blocks too! We have several of the toys that these blocks can go with, so this set is just perfect! I'm looking forward to teaching my girls more of their letters using these blocks! |
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| "Wonderful but not worth $80." | 2007-12-26 |
| - Reviewed By montrbeach |
| These are great blocks but they are definitely not worth the listed $79.99. They can be purchsed for about $20 many other places. |
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| "A must have for little ones everywhere!" | 2007-12-11 |
| - Reviewed By azgirl188 |
My little boy received these as a present on his 1st Birthday. I was a bit worried he would find these boring as he is a very picky boy when it comes to toys.
To make this short and sweet, he LOVES these so much!!!
I can't imagine not having them now. He adores when I stack them up for him and he knocks them down. He spends a lot of time just shaking them, studying them and handing them to me so I can look at them. He is very proud of his blocks and sometimes throws them on to the wood floor to get my attention. This said, thy are super durable and after much abuse have lived to tell the tale without cracks or coming apart.
He also enjoys using these with other toys and will store them in the container type toys.
The little objects inside are very cute and some of them move if you turn the little hole on the bottom. (My little one hasn't learned how to do this yet.) The birds make a squeak noise when you push in the bottom and the train is my favorite as it goes round & in a tunnel. A lot of thought were put in these and it shows.
An all around wonderful toy!
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| "This is a good idea but..." | 2007-08-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3OMGXINQ2E35B |
| I pretty much like this toy, but after 9 months I notice that the plastic is starting to yellow, as plastic toys will do but that is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. That is my only complaint. Other then that my son does enjoy this toy. |
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| "A Window of Fun" | 2006-06-30 |
| - Reviewed By User: A9BBL1NU413W5 |
| These blocks have been great fun for my 9 month old. The inside images are visible and some move insode the block. They're made of a durable plastic and my son happily eats them without any safety risk. Good buy for the quality. |
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| "Blcoks are great, but alphabet letters block what's inside." | 2006-06-02 |
| - Reviewed By emjokedz |
| I love peek a blocks, they're great. So I was so excited when I got these as a gift. The only problem with them is that the letters sometimes block what's inside (taking away the whole point of "peek a blocks"). Still, I think they are a great add on to any collection. |
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