Customer Reviews

LeapFrog Learn & Groove Counting Maracas

5 star:		(48)
4 star:		(41)
3 star:		(13)
2 star:		(12)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

I'd had my eye on these for a while, because our 18-month-old son loves music and has had a great time with the Laugh and Learn Piano from Fisher Price. When I finally received the maracas, though, he didn't seem at all interested. In fact, he seemed to dislike the noises they make. One is just a plastic maraca with shaker beads inside, which didn't much interest him. The other is a battery-powered one that lights different colors and has three settings (numbers, colors and music) in English and Spanish. After a while, he would pick up the one that has lights and sounds and check it out. Now he really seems to like it, although he gets bored if it's on the music setting, because it plays the same short refrain over and over again. (I get bored, too.) The reason I didn't give this toy five stars is because of the limited musical selections. All of the Fisher Price toys have numerous song options, which helps to toy to stay "fresh." This one only holds his attention for a few minutes at a time. I gave four stars for durability because we've only had them a month. In that time, though, he has chucked them around a fair amount, and they seem OK.

I got these for my 1 year old Nephew for christmas, I wanted something he could grow with a bit but still enjoy now that was educational. He loved shaking the maracas and watching the colors change and he was even trying to mimic the voice counting colors and numbers a few times.

Definitely a great choice for any young kid who loves music.

Bought this item for my recently year old twins. They love them. I was surprised to find that only one maraca was interactive. They are not very interested yet in the maraca that just rattles but I think this is a toy they will grow with. The twins love music so it is nice to be able to combine their love of music with learning.

I appreciate the fact that the maracas have a high and low setting for volume. I think the high volume is much too loud for a baby's ears.nw

We purchased this for our 15 month old granddaughter for Christmas this year and she just loves them. She has more fun with these than anything else she received. They have various settings for learning numbers, colors, etc., which at this point we need to change for her. But, she'll bring them to us and ask us to change it to a different setting! She'll be enjoying and learning from this product for a long time. We're very impressed with this product!

This is the 1st toy my son (age 1) grabs from his toy basket. He loves them. If he doesn't have both of them in his hands then he at least has one of the maracas. He has even turned the one on by himself a couple of times. If he can't get it turned on, he'll crawl over to me and hand it to me so I can turn it on. He loves to dance to the music as he shakes them.

These little maracas, which play in Spanish and English are an awesome toy. My son loves them. I have to say, I wish the other maraca lit up instead of just being a rattle, but that's fine. My son is usally only interested in the main maraca. My son got this just before turning 7 months old for Christmas. I'd have to suggest that you sit your baby up to play with this toy. Laying down leads to tears as they will bop themselves in the mouth, head or eye with the hard plastic toy. It's not that lightweight for little hands and they can't control it very well. Sitting up with this toy allowed for more control and less crying.

One of the maracas lights up and makes sounds instead of the traditional rattle sound. The other is the traditional rattle one. The battery operated one only works sometimes and it's disappointing that the two aren't the same.

These are pretty nifty maracas, overall. I wish they'd made little popcorn balls or something that the little one could see rattling inside. It's also a little weird that one is a "normal" maraca that you can shake on your own, but the other one can't be rattled, but has colors and couting features that are initiated by being shaken. I guess I was simply looking for plain maracas, but these are still kind of neat.

Now truth be told my daughter has loved this toy ever since she got it at 6 months or so and still plays with it occasionally even though she is almost 3 but I am really disappointed that Leapfrog left out indigo and called violet purple. I expect a toy company that specializes in educational toys to have used the correct names and not left a color out.

You should know only one of them light up not both. This was kind of a let down. They are really nice though!!! I hate that all toys are going the Spanish route. I would love it more if inside somehow you could change it to Spanish instead of the child being able to. I wanted my daughter learning English not Spanish...