So, when the recognizable "Little People" box arrived on our door step it didn't require any explanation! Both girls (ages 2 and 5) were excited to get the box open and try this out.
It took about 10 minutes to assemble, get the batteries in and have the kids set up to play. They collected little people from previous sets to have a group visiting the zoo!
The exciting new feature that our other sets don't have - this one recognizes the animals! It tells you the name, and the sound the animal makes! Even my 9 month old turns his head to hear the animal sounds. There are lots of great sounds coming from this zoo. The zoo keeper even talks to you! It came with 4 figures: a zoo keeper, a polar bear, a lion, and a gorilla. You can buy additional animals, so yes, you can guess where we are headed this weekend!
What I love most about this toy (and all the little people sets) it that it covers such a broad age range, and really keeps their interest.
My 9 month old is crawling, and these little people figures are the perfect size for his little hands. We place the animals around the room, and he crawls around to collect them. He can grasp them with his little hands and still manage to crawl somehow without dropping them!
My 2.5 year old just loves making all the sounds around the zoo. You can hear the lion roar over and over again! She never seems to tire of hearing the zoo keeper (on a plus note: my husband and i didn't mind the volume).
And my 5 year old creates her own little zoo world. Using her imagination, you can hear her creating a "field trip" to the zoo with a collection of little people (riding on our pink little people bus), she moves them around, playing teacher and explaining the animals at the zoo! She's totally into role play and loves to be in charge of a group! So, she spends hours directing all her little people around the zoo, making sure to stop for snack time too!
Overall, this toy was of interest to all 3 of my children, which doesn't happen very often!
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