Lauri Toys Shape and Color Sorter

by Lauri

Product Features

• The Shape and Color Sorter promotes finger dexterity, hand-eye coordination, and sorting skills
• The Lauri Crepe Rubber pieces are washable for years of safe, quiet play
• Contents: Lauri Crepe Rubber Sorting Pegboard, 5 Wooden Pegs, 25 Lauri Crepe Rubber Shapes (5 Each of 5 Colors)
• Made in the USA
• Ages 2 and Up

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 12.2 x 4 inches ; 9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000IV8D
• Item model number: 2114
• Manufacturer recommended age: 24 months - 5 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,949 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #14 in Toys & Games > Baby & Toddler Toys > Shape Sorters
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Circles, squares, triangles, hearts, and stars! Little ones will delight in their ability to sort and stack these colorful, spongy shapes on glossy wooden pegs. The Shape and Color Sorter helps preschoolers and kindergartners learn the essential skills of hand-eye coordination, shape and color recognition, and sorting. Brightly colored and fun to touch, the 25 crepe rubber pieces are nearly indestructible. In fact, this set exceeds standards set by the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission. Still, the product is not meant for children who may put objects in their mouths. Comes with a 3.75-by-11.5-inch base panel and five removable "punkin-head pegs." --Joan DeClaire

Product Description

Captivating pegging activities plus sorting rubber pieces by color or shape make this Lauri toy a favorite of youngsters. Kids eagerly sort the 25 chunky Crepe Rubber pieces (5 shapes in 5 bright colors) with the 11-1/2" long sorting board and 5 removable wood pegs.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This toy appeals to both children and parents, September 8, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lauri Toys Shape and Color Sorter (Toy)

Four different mothers have asked where I got this toy! The wooden pegs and crepe rubber pieces just have a great feel. My toddler loves it. He becomes absorbed with fitting the pegs into the holes and sorting and re-sorting the shapes onto the pegs. This is a quiet toy, which makes it ideal to take along to restaurants or church. Even better: if any pieces get lost, you can phone for replacements. The shapes can also be used as a first lacing toy -- my son likes to string them on a shoelace. The pieces are washable, too, which is great in a toddler toy. And don't think this toy is just for toddlers: a visiting 5-year-old friend was having so much fun playing with it that she didn't want to quit when it was time to leave!

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great learning toy, February 15, 2002

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Melissa - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lauri Toys Shape and Color Sorter (Toy)

I saw all the good reviews for this, and bought it for my 2 year old daughter for this last Christmas. She loves it. She already knew her colors, and shapes, and this toy just reinforces it. She loves sorting the pieces into same colors and also same shape. When they are older you can help them to learn patterns with the toy. I think it would be an awesome tool for teaching colors and shapes to kids who don't already know them. I was actually suprised that she chose to play with this toy more than any of the other "lights camera action" toys she got for Christmas. Although, if you have a dog, keep the pieces away. My dog has chewed several of the shapes, so some of them are missing corners, and have bite marks in them . But on the up side of that, the Lauri company replaces pieces for something like 25 Cents.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome toy idea, cheap material, October 6, 2003

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S. A. Vegh-Soti "corvinus99" (Garfield, NJ) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lauri Toys Shape and Color Sorter (Toy)

After I saw a completely wooden version of this toy at a friend's house, I jumped into buying it for my 16 month old without carefully reading what it was made of. I was surprised to receive a package so light for a toy I thought was all wood. I would have preferred the shapes to be made of wood because the foam shapes bend and thus stick to the pegs when my child tries to pull them off. Since the pegs are not attached to the base, which is also very light, they easily come out when a piece is being removed and your child might not be able to put them back securely to continue playing. On the positive side, it is safer to have foam pieces scattered around a toddler who will inadvertently step all over them. My daughter is just as preoccupied with this sorter as she was with the wooden version at my friend's house.