Toys of Wood Oxford Wooden Shape Sorting Clock / Wooden Clock with Numbers and Shapes Sorting Blocks is available in Sorting, Stacking & Plugging Toys, Teaching Clocks
Multifunctional colourful fine wooden shape shorting clock features 12 blocks in different shapes, numbers and colours, which fit into matching slots on the clock. It is an ideal toy to promote fun play and learning. Younger children start with learning numbers, shapes and colours and then move on to telling the time. With lots of "timely" information on the hands and clock face, this is the perfect toy to help children master an abstract concept. This is one of fun and educational wooden toys by Toys of Wood Oxford, exclusively available from Amazon. All toys by Toys of Wood Oxford meet the criteria set by the EC Toy Safety Directive. It has ISO 9002 Certificate and conforms to EN71.
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I had the Melissa and Doug version of this toy clock for baby number one, so I assume the M&D clock was the original and this is a close copy. However, I think this one is better! A few of the number blocks have gone missing from our first clock so I was looking to replace it for baby number two, but I read the reviews for the M&D one and decided to buy the Toys of Wood Oxford version instead. I've had a few items from this brand and they have all been excellent, plus you get the added entertainment of reading the Chinese translations on the box!
But back to the clock itself: the clock sits on a slanted base so it is easy to see the whole clock face. It is made of solid wood with a very sturdy lacquer-type paint finish. In one of the product photos of the little boy playing with the clock you can see that the insides of the holes that the blocks sit in (if you see what I mean) are also painted, which is one of the reasons I think this is better than the original. The colours are...
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.... Well if many of the young people I know are anything to judge by, unless he has a phone handy he won't know. It seems as if telling the time with a traditional clock is becoming a lost art. How to tell the time is taught in school, but it is briefly covered a few times and then forgotten about. Many children will manage to get it long enough to fill in the work sheets but fail to retain the skill because they don't use it. Others never learn at all. Perhaps old fashioned clocks with hands will become obsolete as my children grow up, but I like to think not. I can't imagine my mantle clock replaced by a digital monstrosity, and I do feel children learn other skills from learning to tell the time as well, such as skip counting, and converting information. With so many children failing to learn this skill, it becomes imperative that we teach it at home, whether or not we home educate.
This toy was met with wide eyes and look of pure delight when my youngest opened the...
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