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Your cart is empty.This translucent, customizable gear grid features 8 gears in 4 colors and 2 sizes. Easily insert the gears into the 156 holes in the baseboard. Move, connect and spin the gears to create endless combinations. Explore cause and effect, spatial reasoning, and critical thinking with this early STEM set. Teach children that actions and design affect outcome. Develop curiosity, attention to detail and intentional play. Use it on a light panel to enhance sensory play and color discovery. The baseboard features rubber feet for stability. The components are made of durable plastic. Includes 1 baseboard, 2 large red gears, 2 large blue gears, 2 small orange gears, 2 small yellow gears and an activity guide. For ages 2+. Size of baseboard: 11.6"L x 11.6"W. Size of large gears: 3.75"L.
Ashley&Michael
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2024
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Jane Verser
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2024
Hours of fun for children 2 and under
Gracy Ruchti
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2024
I like how sturdy and well made the parts for this toy are. They are quite capable of putting up with being manhandled by a toddler. Good craftsmanship great colors and works great for helping young ones work on there fine motor skills. Good quality product for the price.
Director
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2023
Kids really like it. Adults get caught up playing with it all the time.
Andree' Walters
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2023
These are a lot of fun to show mechanics in action. The gears aren't small so it's good for smaller kids. The gears are very easy to insert into the board. It takes a minute for kids to realize you can't place the gears to close or too far from each other but the concept is easily grasped. They operate with each other smoothly, I was worried they may bunch up together and not turn. There is plenty of room on the board to make several different patterns and paths for the gears. They are a great size for little fingers to pick up and turn. The board has rubber feet on it to keep it from slipping off of surfaces. I definitely recommend this.
occasional_purchaser
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2023
This toy develops imagination. It's hand powered. There's no right or wrong. It's visually fascinating, and immensely reconfigurable. I've been able to test it with a 2-year old (youngest age it's advertised for) and a 4-year old. All else stops and full focus goes onto playing with this toy. The toddlers explored on their own, it kept their interest, and you could not only see the gears of the toy turning, you could also see the "gears turning in their heads" as they explored cause and effect, and how small and large gears moved in different directions and at different rates.Here's what I did when this toy got repetitive and interest started to flag. The gears are round and you can lose track of movement as you watch. I put a star, moon, or animal sticker on each gear. Of course, I did that with the help of my two young users. That started interest all over again, as if they had never used this toy before, because the moon was moving, animals approached and parted, and the sun made visits. When the novelty of that wore off, I perched some of their small toy figures, some seashells, and some rocks on the wheels, which went along for the ride as the gears spun. Interest started all over again. The number and variety of gears placed, how they're placed, and what you can put on them will keep this an interesting toy for a long time to come.One last note: you are reading a Vine review, which means this product was sent to me without my having to pay for it. I never believed Vine reviews, I felt people would say anything to get free stuff. The Vine program, at least for me, is a little different: I only get what I go out of my way to ask for, and everything I get is reported as income to me, so I'll have to pay income taxes at what will probably be reported as list price. I may actually lose on the deal. But I wanted this product as soon as I saw it was available, it's a success, I didn't know it existed before I saw it available for review, and, hopefully, my experience has been a help to you.
Jacquelyn B.
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2023
I'm always looking for toys that I can enjoy with a younger kid. This is ages 2+, which means it's on my gift list now for nieces, nephews, and my friends little kids!The gears are both visually interesting and easy to manipulate. My 4 year old enjoys making patterns with them but loses focus relatively quickly.If you're buying sibling presents, Learning Resources has a cool Wreckercar, and Lakeshore Learning makes a radio controlled Gear Bot that's rather pricey but neat, so you could get this for the younger sibling and a more sophisticated option for the older kid.That said, these are a great introduction to cause and effect with gears for a preschool aged kid, I'm excited to have them on hand to explore!
Alec Bussen
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2023
I think this is a neat little toy. You put the gears together and then you can spin them around. The only problems are that my kids haven't taken a huge interest in the toy and have a hard time getting it to work properly. Actually, sometimes I have a hard time getting it to work properly. To get the wheels to spin I've found you need to alternate big cogs with little cogs. The pieces are easily lost and I find that the wheels get stuck quite often. This is all user error, so I don't think that it detracts from the product too much, as it does what it is advertised to do. However, my kids (ages 2 and 3) have a hard time figuring out why they can't put a big cog next to a big cog and get it to spin, so they've lost interest in it pretty quickly.
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