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We bought this for our 3 year old, so that he can develop his counting skills - so far he has not shown much interest in using it for counting. But it seems like a sturdy and colorful abacus and we are hoping he'll soon develop interest in using it.
The base on the abacus I got is badly warped. I will have to somehow build up a corner or edge to keep the abacus from rocking too much. I imagine this is not a common problem.
This product is more educational tool than a toy. I have 3 and 5 years old kids and they love to play with it while they are learning counting, adding, and subtracting. This is a great product.
Although many reviewers tout this toy as highly educational, I find that beyond working on color recognition, fine motor skills, and simple counting, this toy is very limited because it is not a real abacus. Yes, it has beads on wires that you push back and forth, but it doesn't have the right number of beads grouped together. There should be groups of two beads and five beads in a row--not 10 all together.
I bought this for my friend's daughter for her second birthday. According to my friend, her daughter opened it and immediately played with it for a full forty-five minutes. She loved it so much that before the week was out, she was saying "Good night, abacus." along with good night to Mommy and Daddy.
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