Toysmith Battat Sound Puzzle Box

I am a Speech Pathologist and use these toy with all my toddlers. It is appropriate for this age group due to the cause and effect/dump and fill type play it involves. The shapes make sounds as they are put into the slots which is very motivating to toddlers. I use it to stimulate language by with holding the shapes and requiring the child to ask for them (more, mine, my turn). You can also work on turn taking with this toy. I call this my magic toy and buy it for all of my friends who have young toddlers. Enjoy.

The images and description of this toy don't explain it very well.

There are three posts and three tubes situated in a circle. The three posts each have three shapes that slide up and down as you turn the toy. Those shapes do not come off, they just make noise as they clank together. Each tube has a unique shape with a matching toy. These toys have a whistle in them, so that when the shape slides down the tube it whistles. My son walks around with them in his mouth, blowing and sucking on them to make noise.

These tubes are what enable the Battat to function as a shape sorter (unlike most shape sorters). Since the shapes go into tubes, you retrieve them by turning it upside down. That means no lid is necessary, so if your child wants to put the blocks in, he has to put them through the shaped holes.

Though I'm disappointed that there's only one block of each shape, I much prefer this shape sorter to the one I purchased with a removable, non-latching lid. That one is worthless for anything other than a toy bucket.

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I'll keep it short and sweet. My 18 month old gets bored fairly easy. He figures his toys out, his puzzles etc and then moves on pretty quickly. We got this shape sorter and he goes back to it time and time again. The sound is really cute. Not too obnoxious. Its the perfect size and weight for him to carry around. He can use the shapes as little noise makers by blowing into them and he's learning shapes and colours at the same time. (Or can). Bought this on the recommendation of a sales associate and am truly glad I did.

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I am very familiar with this toy. We had one in my infant center in the Montessori school I worked in for several years. It was always popular with our little ones. It's simple but elegant, very sturdy and they all love the sounds they can make when they figure out how to breathe into each of the 3 shapes. My only complaint is that Battat does not sell replacement shapes. You have to purchase a whole new box if you lose one so be careful!

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The toy worked for about 5 minutes and it was a lot of fun. Then one of the shapes got stuck in its chamber and another shape just stopped making the noise. I contacted the company to say that I liked the toy but wasn't happen with the quality. I asked if there was anything the company could do (replace the toy? replace the shapes?). I was told to return the toy to Amazon. So I did. Wish I could say that I got a new one and it worked great, but their customer service rep didn't offer that. Oh and I had to leave 2 messages and then call again before I could actually talk to anyone.

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