Learning Resources 1-10 Counting Owl Activity Set, 25 Pieces, Ages 3+

I'm quite disappointed that there are not enough owls to simultaneously complete stacking the owls from 1 to 10. There are only enough to count up to 6 with a few left over. The other disappointment was the cards included only go up to 5. This is a counting toy from 1 to 10 so it needs to be revisited and the necessary adjustments need to be made. I read quite a few reviews and almost all of them had the same complaint as I mentioned above. I really wish I had read the reviews but learning resources is usually a good product. I would not recommend this product.

This is a wonderful toy which will serve us many different ways during the upcoming preschool year. I chose it because many of our room decorations are owls. I am disappointed that not enough owls come with it for a child to fill all the spots on the branch with the correct number of owls. I realize this could be cost prohibitive, but it would be nice to have the option to purchase 30 more owls to have enough!

I was excited to use this set with my son! Sadly, we realized there are not enough owls to complete the numbers on the branch. Learning Resources, please sell the owl seprarately, or include them future sets.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Loved it, for counting up to 10

I like the durability of this manipulative. I also like the vertical perspective. I do not like that it does not come with enough owls to "complete" the branch. If you would like to use this as an independent activity for preschoolers, it does not work. Very disappointed. Description should make this clear.

Would have been a great product if it came with enough owls to stack on all the numbers at a time. The daycare children were disappointed they couldn't finish it. It was our fault for not looking at how many pieces were included. Would have been better if it was just for numbers 1-6. We have many of your products but this is the 1st the children were disappointed with.

I am a teacher in a special education classroom. There are not enough owls to stack the correct number of objects above each digit. Each game should have enough owls so students can see how each larger digit has one more owl than the previous digit.

The item only has enough owls to do 6 full stacks and 2 or 3 in the 7, which is useless if I want to teach my child to count to 10! Completely defeats the purpose of the toy! Also, the design is flimsy... Overall, disappointing. Expected better from Learning Resources

Unsatisfied. There are not enough owls to construct numbers 1-10 so 3 year old can actually see that as numbers move to the right or left they increase or decrease by one. Also the set of cards should have included cards for all numbers 1-10 and a few others to fill in missing numbers (these are included. When my 3 and 4 year olds spin and take turns constructed their tower of numbers we have a stop after the 2nd spin because there not enough owls.

I had a student in my class have a COMPLETE MELTDOWN because there weren't enough owls to complete the set. She was stacking the owls and using one to one correspondence when counting. By the time she was on number 7 there were no more owls left. Poor design in my opinion (if you want kids to count properly).

We use this for preschool learning. It has multiple activities which my daughter loves. It can be used as free play or structured learning. It also makes teaching my daughter easy and fun.

The cute, colorful owls caught our attention right away. We started to freeplay instead of following the activity cards. The activity cards would add More structure to the activity. the set makes it easy to make play time more educational. It is easy to visualize patterning, sequencing, numbers, addition, and more with these owls.

This is an ideal product to use when kids are just beginning to get interested in identifying colors and counting objects. This set helps them understand that numbers relate to quantities. And it lends itself well to creating patterns (like green, blue, green, blue), which is a premath skill relating to order and prediction. As children develop math skills, the 1-10 Counting Owls provides a tangible way to learn how to add. The owls are larger than expected, which helps kids use a whole hand to grasp, pick up, and place. The cards and activity guide provide lots of ideas for different ways to extend the learning and get the most from this set.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] When I brought home the Counting Owls activity set, both my girls ages 2 and 3.5 immediately studied the box. The packaging is creative, colorful and descriptive. I found these especially helpful for my 3.5 year old who is just learning her numbers and how to count. While we didn't "play by the rules," we did have a lot of fun at the kitchen table stacking, sorting and talking about the different combinations. The owls are well designed and durable. They are easy to wipe down if needed and they stack easily. Would highly recommend this game!

The toy was packaged nicely in a very sturdy box and it was easy to open and close. Perfect for tidy storage. I was pleased to find that in the instructions there were several different ways to play. The best thing about this toy is the various ways to play will lead to it being a toy that can grow with my daughters. Certainly it will be a while before she can the adding and subtracting versions of the game, but for now the color sorting and pattern recognition games are perfect. She enjoys the bright colors and the ability to stack the owls. The one difficulty with the toy was that sometimes it was difficult to pull apart or connect the owls but this only occurred on a few owls. I would highly recommend this game. It is super fun and allows for growth and learning.

This is a very cute and colorful counting game. I couldn't really make heads or tails of the directions but we came up with our own ideas and it worked. I played it with older 3 year olds and they got the concept, however there are not enough owls in the package to complete the whole counting game. You can go up to 6 or 7 but then have to take it down to continue on to 10.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Fun, engaging, educational opportunities, but does definitely need adult involvement to take full advantage of learning activities as set forth in the Activity Guide.

My daughter is a young 3 and she immediately started stacking the owls, sorting them, and arranging them on the base. It's a really cute, colorful set with adorable activity cards and spinner. I looked to the instruction guide for specific ways to play-there were several ways listed-but the wordy instructions were difficult to visualize. My daughter made up her own ways to play and had fun anyway! The activity cards are high-quality and the owls and base also look durable and easy to wipe down. I do wish the plastic material felt a little more premium, possibly with some texture or a little more weight. Another area of improvement is that some of the owls fit more tightly than the others and when my daughter pushed them down hard, the ears and beak of the owl made it a bit uncomfortable. Overall, I think it's a very cute counting toy for home and classroom.

I ordered 1-10 Counting Owls and love this activity set. It comes in a strong box that is perfect to store in my closet when the game is not in use. This set comes with a long list of activities that are very easy to understand. My kids love the games and they also love to just explore the pieces on their own. I love it when they play their own pattern games with their own rules. That is awesome. Making patterns and sorting are their favorite activities. The pieces are very durable and the owls and cards are brightly colored. My 3 year old plays with this daily and loves it! I would highly recommend this activity set. I received this product as part of an incentivized review program.

When I first received the Counting Owls set, it seemed appropriate for young children, probably ages pre-k through kindergarten, maybe even first grade. The packaging seems durable and slim enough that I will be able to store the game when not in use, and this was somewhat proven when my toddler stepped on it, and didn't damage it. My 4 through 9 year olds were each able to play with the game without reading any instructions; they sorted owls by color, made patterns, sorted owls by number by stacking them in place, and some addition practice. The owls stack together well, and hold together even when all 25 are stacked on top of each other. While the skill level is beneath both my six and nine year old, they still had fun playing with the owls and making patterns - for a little while. The set can also be used for addition and subtraction practice, which I plan on doing more with my pre-k daughter. Within the next few months, I anticipate that my toddler will be sorting the colors, too. The enclosed playing cards are a nice touch when children want to play alone, but there are only 5 counting cards and number cards to 5. As it is advertised a 1-10 counting set, I would have expected at least numbers up to 10! The set includes a simple spinner with the numbers 1-10 as an additional format with which to play. My children would have appreciated enough owls to stack each number at the same time, all the way from 1-10 (55 owls). Overall, I would recommend the game for younger children, to learn number awareness, one to one correspondence, and addition and subtraction practice. The colors are bright and fun, and the execution is cute: owls on a tree branch. Note: I received this product as part of an incentivized review program.