Playskool Explore 'N Grow Busy Gears with Lights and Sounds, Ages 12 Months and Up, Baby, Multicolor

If you want a good cause and effect toy, this is the one. Push the button and it plays music and the gears all start moving. Great for autistic kids too. They can also do a matching game ~ Match the colour gear with the post it has to go on. We actually sanded off some of the colours it came with, and recoloured them to match, as our son would not put the gears on the posts if they did not match which some don't. So Playskool take note, make sure all the gears match a post colour. Great toy.

Bought for my 2 year old granddaughter who has cerebral palsy. She loved it. Her new favourite toy.

Yes, just buy it! FUN! FUN! FUN! You won't regret it and your little one will absolutely fall in love with it! I highly recommend this toy for hours and hours of entertainment. I have purchased different versions of this toy for close to a decade and it has always been a HUGE hit. This was my "go-to" gift for friends and family when they had little ones. When I was looking for a toy for my little nephews who were flying in from out of state, I was thrilled to find that it was still on the market. This is the only toy that I purchased on sight, without needing to research it or look at the various reviews. The lights, colors, sounds and especially the movement of the gears can quiet a screaming little one in seconds! My nephews (8 & 10 months old) were able to learn how to activate the movement of the gears by pressing the red "PLAYSKOOL" button. The removable gears were an added plus! The boys were very excited when they learned that they could pull the gears off, and as with most things at that age, chew on them. They attempted to put the gears back onto the toy, but at such young ages, they still needed a little assistance. I am happy though knowing that this toy will teach them and help develop their fine motor skills through fun play time. I personally don't think this toy was too loud. I thought the sounds and music were at a nice level and much less annoying than most of the other toys currently out there. When the gears are activated, the gear noise is a little bit louder, but nothing that interrupted our day or conversations. We were able to easily carry on conversations without any type of interruption or needing to repeat ourselves. At no time did I even notice the volume level of this toy. Maybe some toys' volume is louder than others? Or maybe I am just so used to extremely loud and obnoxious toys that I found this one to be pleasantly surprising. Either way, I find the music and sounds, both tone and volume, to be enjoyable. For hours and hours of pure entertainment, you simply can't go wrong!!

Best toy ever! Young baby can explore on their own, gaining a great sense of independence. It’s virtually indestructible, well designed, little fingers cannot be caught in the gears and the gears can be stopped during its rotation by babies. The music and lights are ever fascinating, the cause and effect of pressing the red button to make the gears, music and lights go keep baby’s attention day after day. Baby can remove gears and mom/dad/ caregiver can replace in a differing arrangement each time. UPDATE: the toy is now on child number two and going strong after two years of boys endlessly playing with it. Still a favorite and it really grows with the child - out two year old studies how the gears fit together to work, experiments on placements, stacks gears to see of that will work. Still a GREAT toy.

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