The counting turtles set is a great toy for my almost-two year old to play with any of his older siblings or parents. It is packaged in a clear, sturdy, plastic container that is easy to use for storagewhen not in use. The set comes with 5 brightly colored turtle pairs - a larger "mama" turtle, and smaller "baby" turtle. Each baby turtle is marked with a number, 1-5. Each mama turtle has a detachable, snap-on shell with a different shape on the back.There are 5 different bright colors; each matching mama-baby set has corresponding numbers on the backs (eg., the red set has a baby with a 1 on its back; the mama has 1 circle on its back). This set is fantastic for matching and identifying colors, shapes, and numbers, working on one-to-one correspondence to 5 (or 10), adding, subtracting, counting, fine motor skills (the snap-on back is a cinch for my 4 year old, but the almost 2 year old has to work on it for a bit before snapping in place), and demonstrating to little children that different number symbols have different values. It's also great to watch my older children try to use the turtles to teach the 2 year old. I do feel that there is a limited window of time for children to get good educational use out of the toy, though it depends on the child. The two to three year age range seems just perfect; we can, however, extend the age a bit for my 4 y/o to practice addition and subtraction, using the turtles as manipulatives. Because I have 4 kids with a 7 year age range, I prefer toys that fall within more than one! So, while the toy is fantastic, and works on so many different skills, the age range is somewhat limited. That being said, I would definitely recommend it for those in the 18 month to 4 year old range (especially when there are older siblings who can help teach the littles)! Note: I received this product as part of an incentive program in exchange for my honest review

The packaging that the turtles came in was easy to store in my classroom. The clear container caught my students attention very quickly. Right when they saw the turtles they were excited to explore them. Instructions weren't even nessicary for the toy. It is self explanatory! The toy it's self was very pleasing to the eye, colorful, easy to open, and well made. The children loved using them. They were able to open and close the turtle shell without any help. They could match the smaller turtle to the corresponding shell by its color and numbers. The toy had a way of helping the children count and also focused on color recognition. Also, helped improve their fine motor skills. I would recommend this toy for children 3 or younger. I even enjoyed playing with the turtles myself!

It was a good learning tool for my 4 year old. It taught her how to recognize not only shapes and written numbers but made her count the shapes on each turtle. She enjoyed matching the number of shapes on the mama turtle with the number on the baby turtle.

All children love these. Great for number recognition

The top and bottoms of bigger whales would not even snap together. The pieces did not fit. A WASTE OF $15.

I used this product with toddlers and they could not get enough of it! The turtles are adorable and educational and are an absolute joy to use in a classroom setting.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My class really liked playing with this toy. It was easy to play with an very helpful with young childen. The children continue to ask to play with this toy.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My 2 year old loves this set. He doesn't recognize letters yet, but he counts them and swaps the shells. Its very entertaining to watch

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My class really liked playing with this toy. It was easy to play with an very helpful with young childen. The children continue to ask to play with this toy.

I used this product with toddlers and they could not get enough of it! The turtles are adorable and educational and are an absolute joy to use in a classroom setting.