Customer Reviews

Learning Mates Monkey Math

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My 3 yr old and 5 yr old like this toy. It gives them another way to conceptualize addition besides counting on their fingers. It is a good, tactile learning aid. They also like playing with the bananas in other ways (lining them up in order, feeding them to the monkey, etc.). They already have some math concepts from the LeapFrog Math Circus DVD (excellent!), so this is a nice addition to that.

I purchased Monkey Math for my four-year-old granddaughter whose mother is a Kindergarten teacher. I think Mom was more impressed! She feels that this is something that she can incorporate into her classroom to help her students comprehend math basics. As well, she felt that it teaches the basics of Algebra. Both my granddaughters (2 and 4) were enjoying playing with this game. I would highly recommend it!

A banana number missing from the sealed box and the quality of construction was much less than anticipated. I will be surprised if it lasts 4 months.

My daughter (4), enjoys balancing out this toy. I have to write down the numbers and show her how to add them together for her to really understand equal or not equal though. All in all, it's a toy worth having I believe.

I got this for my 5-year old son. He seems to enjoy it, but it lags behind his other favorites. I think a big problem is that there's no competitive game aspect. It's just a game that makes it easy - and fun? - to do simple math problems. There is no set game plan, just long instructions on ways to introduce math concepts. I contrast this to "Sum Swamp" - a math-based board game that my son just loves: that one teaches math concepts and grammar (x + y = ?) AND has a traditional board game-style competition.

I bought this for my 4year old nephew. He doesn't quite grasp the idea of adding the bananas yet. Although, he understands that if the monkey looks straight ahead, he has done well.

This plastic toy is cute and fun for children that are ready and willing to learn; too that get a kick out of monkeys! The banana bunches are conveniently sized and can be counted with little fingers. The eyes "move" when off balance or being balanced, and that helps encourage application. Box says not for 0-3, and it does seem to be geared toward 4+ years. Until the child is familiar, parent participation strongly encouraged.

This game is wonderful practice for math addition, subtraction and comparing numbers. It should be a part of all first grade classrooms.

Saw this at my nephew's 6 y.o. party, had to have it for my young 'uns (4 and 7). QUICK SHIPPING! Toy arrived in perfect condition. They like trying to purposely tip the monkey via an incorrectly balanced equation, so his eyes cross. Very intuitive toy, makes learning and having fun seamless.

My daughter picked this out of Rainbow Resources' catalog, probably because it involved monkeys!
The game puts together very easily. The monkey is essentially a scale and your child needs to hang bunches of bananas on each of his arms to balance him out. They are perfectly calibrated to make this work every time...as long as both sides equal each other. And that's where the math comes in. My daughter is in first grade and is still learning her tens addition facts, so this toy was helpful and fun. Even her big brothers got a kick out of it. It is not something she would enjoy doing for a long time, as she lost interest...it's more the type of toy to pull out every once in awhile when math is getting boring. It's very durable, attractive and appealing to young children.