Gears! Gears! Gears! Sweet Shop Building Set Review
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We love the educational products Learning Resources have and their Gears! Gears! Gears! sets are a big hit with my kids at home and at school! They are great for preschoolers and for elementary age to build, create, and see simple cause and effect with!
They contacted me to ask if I wanted to check out their new 82 piece Sweet Shop Building set in their Gears! Gears! Gears! collection and of course that was an easy yes! My 6 year old son has been playing with this set quite extensively already!
The set has really nice bright colors which makes you feel like your in a candy dreamland! I love that the directions are visual for your non-readers and they are pretty simple to follow once you understand how it is displayed. Kids can of course create their own designs and combine them with other Gears! Gears! Gears! building sets as well since everything is compatible.
You’ll definitely want a little bit of room to spread everything out and build. As you can see it’s pretty large! From lollipops to cupcakes with cherries on top this really is a treat heaven! All the parts are large which I appreciate – it’s easy for small hands to grasp and manipulate and in case my 9 month old accidentally grabs a piece while her brother is playing I don’t have to worry about her being able to swallow anything.
If you’re not familiar with the Gears! Gears! Gears! sets this little handle is golden. Although you can manipulate the gears without it this handle is very important to my kids when they build. As this handle is rotated around it sets off all of the gears to move around!
My son had this set built in no time and pretty much glued himself to his seat while playing one afternoon.
The set also includes a full sheet of stickers to decorate your gears and treats with to give them the “swirly” look.
And perhaps my personal favorite – everything stores nicely in a box! The storage box is pretty sturdy but if you’re storing these in your daycare of classroom you might end up needing a plastic storage box at some point.
These are great for preschool, activity centers, STEM play, and creative building. Make sure to check out some of the other Gears! Gears! Gears! sets too – from pets to motorized, lights, farm themed and all sorts of other great ones you’ll probably love them all like I do!
Buy this Gears! Gears! Gears! toy here!
My kindergarten students would absolutely LOVE to build, use and play with this!
I would use these in my classroom with my autistic students. They love anything that moves!
I would use this set in my classroom! It would be great fine motor practice for kindergartners and they would love the fun, bright colors!
My students would love this set! It goes along with my candy shop theme and it sparks creativity!
What a fun way to learn. I can see a lot of my students in my classroom using this, higher level ann lower level! What a way to build teamwork!
My Pre-K students would enjoy figuring out how the gears work. My students on the ASD spectrum would be fascinated with the gears.
i would use this gear set in my special education classroom.
These would be a great addition to my classroom. My daughter used to have some like it and she would play with them for hours. I love the problem solving skills they help kids develop.
This would be for my daughter.
My son and daughter would love playing with this set!
I work for a non profit organization and I would share it with my twenty 3to5 year olds.
I teach Elementary Art and I love inspiring my students with creative, critical thinking opportunities. About 900 awesome kiddos would be blessed to problem solve with these. ????
My kindergarten students would love this!
Looks great
I am the math specialist at my school and I have lots of students who would love to experiment with this!