Product Description: LeapFrog's Fridge Farm can be played with on the fridge or on the floor. Toddlers will love mixing and matching the animal pieces to make more than 25 wacky combinations. With each mix or match, children are introduced to animal names, sounds, fun facts and lively learning songs. There's also a Farmer Tad music button that plays five banjo tunes. When play time is done, the magnetic pieces store on the barn. The carrying handle makes it easy to tote. Requires 3 "AAA" alkaline batteries (included) and includes an automatic-shutoff feature.
Amazon.com Product Description: Moo! Oink! Bow-wow! Toddlers from one to five years old will love making wacky animal combinations with this LeapFrog Magnetic Animal set. This toy teaches kids all about animals, as it plays learning songs, fun facts, and sounds. Toddlers can make up to 25 combinations with this magnetic puzzle, and it can be played with on the refrigerator or floor. When two matching pieces are inserted into the farm, a cheerful electronic voice says the animal name. If the pieces mismatch, the toy creates a silly name for that animal. Matches are positively reinforced and the toy makes mismatches seem funny rather than wrong. When set to music mode, Farmer Tad plays five banjo tunes for a real barnyard hoe-down.
Down on the Farm The Fridge Farm is a great set to travel with. All pieces store on the back of the barn and a carry handle allows easy transport from place to place. The toy's resilient construction withstands wear and tear and holds up nicely to rough child play. With this toy's open-ended format toddlers can create any hilarious combination they choose. It features strong magnets to keep it from falling off the fridge and a lightweight construction so the child can carry the fun from room to room. A handy volume switch keeps the music at an enjoyable level. This toy is easy for little fingers to manage and convenient for parents to store. It requires three AAA batteries (included).
Fun Award-Winning Features The fridge farm encourages creativity, as your child mixes, matches, and makes zany animals. Bright colors and lively animal songs make the Fridge Farm a family favorite. Loved by parents and their children, this award-winner is both educational and fun. In 2004, it received the prestigious Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award. Superior quality, easy-to-grasp pieces, and lively banjo tunes make it a great addition for any toddler's toy box.
What's in the Box Barnyard, 5 animal pieces, and 3 AAA batteries.
All pieces store on the back of the barn, and a carry handle allows easy transport.
The fridge farm encourages creativity, as your child mixes, matches, and makes zany animals.
Catchy tunes and great fun! My 2 year old LOVES this toy, he dances to the songs and repeats "that's silly!" after the toy. It's easy to use, the magnetic feature is also great for storage.
Very fun! I bought this magnetic LeapFrog set for my goddaughter who just turned one. They live in an apartment and don't have much floor space so she sits by the refrigerator and plays with it while her mom cooks dinner. It's perfiect!
fun and entertaining This toy sings cute little songs when your child matches the animals, my favorite thing is when you mis-match an animal, the toy will name the animal your child has created (a "duck-dog" or "sheep-horse") and play a funny noise. This is a great refrigerator toy but it is not too heavy to carry around as well. It also gives a few little facts about each animal... good teaching tool, fun toy!
LeapFrog Fridge Farm set My 13 month old loves this toy! The music is his favorite part at the moment. He'll keep pushing the button to keep the music going and will walk around with it like a radio. He just doesn't have the motor skills to get the animals in the barn slots now, but this toy will grow with him. This will be a toy that is in the kitchen for quite awhile!
Just ok, though a good concept I was really excited by this toy b/c my 15 month old loves to play with magnets on the fridge. I thought it would be great to get this toy that could combine learning and playing since she's doing it already on the fridge. However, there is a song that comes on when you make a correct match that really scares my daughter for some reason. She is perfectly happy playing with the toy up until she makes a match and that song comes on. It makes her cry all of a sudden (and not just a little cry)!
So as a result, we've had to keep the animal magnets separate from the barn base so that the song won't come on. But that pretty much defeats the purpose. The animals are on the fridge now but she doesn't really seem to like them that much. She will just take them off and throw them on the ground. It's a pain to clean up. But she likes the base b/c she likes the music. Hopefully she will play with it eventually. I'm sure every baby will be different and might not be scared like my daughter.
I give this toy 4 stars for durability b/c of the little parts that have potential of getting lost. I can see the education value being high if it was actually being played with the correct way.
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