Melissa & Doug LCI9274 Counting Caterpillar, Price/EA

What can be said enough in praise of this deceptively simple toy. My 26 month old plays with it pretty much every day. He's had it forever it seems. There's the expected way to play with it of course. That's good for a while. Then he decided to started to experiment with it. Stacking Lining them up Counting them Yelling out what number they have is still good but nostalgic fun for him now. He knows all his letters and can count up to 100. The same with what color they are. He loves to place them over there right number on our playmat also! WeE have a huge painters canvas over our half a room size wonder mat. We use washable markers and crayons on it and change his space about once a month. We just toss it in the wash. Then put a spare canvas on. They are incredibly fun to toss! Apparently they are nifty to kick. Recently he had pulled a space odessey on me and started using the green caterpillar base like a club. That's great to smack into the horse shoe pieces. This morning he had fun setting the shapes up right off their base and using the base to nudge them over. I'm positive he'll devise more games in the future. If you're looking for a toy that lasts and is fun and provides a great tool you can use to help educate your little one, this is a fantastic choice. A few of the shapes are getting a bit chipped on the edges but I can't complain since they are put through so much on a daily basis. They are generally played with on a play mat.

Cute, colorful, good quality and gets my son to unknowingly learn while he plays.

Very nice!

My child loves this toy. He plays with it every day!

my 2 year old son loves it!

Durable! My kid has thrown this down the stairs several times and it still looks great. Good toy for teaching colors and numbers!