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| Erin, i think it's VERY Montessori, certainly Montessori inspired!! I have this Melissa & Doup Shapes Puzzle for my two yo and he loves it! He's learning the names of the shapes just fine and enjoyes the large knobs and colors. I think it's a nice precursor o the Geometric Cabinet, just my thoughts! |
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Thanks for your 'thumbs up'. Just had to let you know I won my bid  Dd nearly 3  will be getting it for her b'day in 3 weeks.
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Yeah!! She will love them, they are nice and chunky too! So glad it worked out for you
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OK, now a question for those who may have recieved their Geometric Solids (Blue): What about these Natural Wood Solids?? I do think they are truly beautiful and am wondering if there is some special thing (you know, that magic bullet) about the painted blue ones, I don't want them to be chipping or whatever if they are dropped. Any advice/opinions here??? Thanks a bunch!
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Meredith - the set you linked to is the set I have. I waffled on whether or not to get the blue set. So far, the only difference I can find is that the sets painted blue match the 3 part cards and geometry cards in color. I decided to wait, work a little on it this year, and make a decision on whether or not to order the blue set after I got my hands dirty a little. The natural set still provides that visualization of a sphere, etc. that a card cannot, and so far I can't tell that the color blue does anything more than go with the cards.
Disclaimer though - I'm utterly ignorant. I can't yet recite to you why Maria decided red rods should be red, pink tower, pink and on and on - other than reading that the colors stood out on her green carpet in the Casa in the case of one of the materials. I just trust that her powers of observation must have indicated to her a reason behind the blue??? So...take my reasoning with a grain of salt.
But, if you need validation for the natural wood solids - I'm your girl  I like mine!
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Meredith,
I could be totally wrong, but my impression is that the blue solids are larger than the natural wood ones you linked to. I have a set similar to those, and I just think my kiddos would be more attracted to the larger blue ones. Plus I love those little matching booklets in the Montessori Services catalaog, those have been on my list ever since someone on one of my montessori lists described how her kids loved to take a solid and hold it while being read the booklet. I think my daughter would love that!
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ok - just read Andrea's post - I forgot about the neat little books. That does seem like a good reason to go blue! Hmmm...much to think about this year...thanks Andrea
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Thank you Jennifer and Andrea, I also noticed in the set I linked, that there is no Elipsoid or Ovoid, only the Sphere and Hemisphere, so I think I'm going blue  Talk about waffling  I REALLY like those booklets too and have to order as well! Allrighty then, thanks for helping out here! 
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OK, another (dumb ) question: Andrea, if I buy the little booklets to accompany the blue solids, do I still need the additional Geometric Solids Bases (and box) as an extension, or will the ones that actually come with the Solids set and the booklets be enough??? Thanks again...
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Oh my! I knew it! Now I see the reason for the blue too! Ugh - add something else to my list...along with the geography cabinet, botany puzzles, and geometry cabinet. 
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Meredith,
I don't think you need the extra bases and box- I think they are the same as the ones that comes with the solids at Kid Advance. I have seen some places sell the solids and bases seperately, which is probably the reason for the extra set.
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Thanks Andrea, I'm leaning towards NOT buying these extra bases initially. I want to see just how my dc work with the solids first and then think about add-ons!
And just and FYI, the lovely booklets at Mont Servs are on backorder right now 
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