- Five sides of fun, including animal alphabet, squiggly tracks, jungle design pattern doors, silly critter puzzle and snake along beads
- Promotes early development of hand and eye coordination
- Stimulate the imagination with the movable objects and colorful design
- Solid wood construction with rounded corners
- Designed for a child 12 months and above
Product Description
The Parents Magazine Battat Busy Zoo activity cube is a fun-filled learning experience. The activities are simple enough for one-year-olds to understand and large enough for them to manipulate with ease. On top, they can move animals along tracks or twirl wooden shapes along looping wire. Choices around the four sides include rotating picture blocks until they form a picture of a variety of animals; turning any one of interconnecting gears to make them all spin; opening and closing a door and window. For the future, reversible alphabet blocks show a picture and its initial letter on one side, and the upper and lower case letter on the reverse. The various finger and hand manipulations will develop the muscles later used in learning to write.
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Our 10 month old daughter loves this toy, she’s been playikng with it since we got it at 9 months. My only complaint is that the paint is peeling off in some areas–one area was clearly damaged and then repainted, without any sanding or proper treatment. So I have to keep a close eye to make sure she’s not getting any in her mouth–I will probably try to repaint those areas myself.
Rating: 4 / 5
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This toy has been great for our 7 month old. Not only does it give her all sorts of knobs, doors, and balls to play around with, but it also has helped her to gain her balance, since she often plays with it while standing next to it.
Rating: 5 / 5
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This is a really fun product for my son; the only problem I have with it is the placement of the alphabet squares on the one side. These are placed so that if a little finger pushes in far enough on the top or bottom at the “unlucky” angle, then pulls back, the squares can actually trap the finger and smash it a bit. I only had to help my son get his finger out once, but I tried it after that, and it trapped my finger just as easily. Other than that, again, it’s a really fun kid-occupying toy.
Rating: 4 / 5
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I gave this to my nephew for his first bday and he loves it. He plays with it by himself for a very long time! He stands up using it for support. His 5 yr old sister plays with it too. It is not too daunting in size and is not an eyesore to have sitting out when company comes. It looks good and is very good for his overall development. It is sturdy, stimulating, attractive and well worth the cost. I will gladly give this to another one yr old in the future!
Rating: 5 / 5
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After reading the other reviews about peeling paint, I was hesitant to buy this, but gave it a try anyway. Right out of the box I noticed chipped paint and areas that had been touched up with somewhat mismatched dabs of paint. Globs of glue were noticed around the “zoo” structures on top of the box. I don’t think this will look good for long, as it already looks worn and well-loved – even though I’ve had it less than a week. I can say that my 9 month old absolutely LOVES it (I know, I know, much younger than the recommended age, but she plays with it supervised). 3rd party sellers are selling this for way too much – you can find it in the store at Target for 49.99.
Rating: 3 / 5
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