Discovery Toys HAMMER AWAY Toy: REVIEW and GIVEAWAY!

I'm always searching for new toys for "Easy" that keeps his interest AND are educational. When I (well..."Easy") got the chance to review a toy from Discovery Toys I was excited because I knew their toys encouraged hands on learning. We chose the HAMMER AWAY! toy and boy am I glad we did! "Easy" LOVES it!

The HAMMER AWAY! Toy is geared for toddlers 19 months and older. This is the age where they start playing much more rambunctiously. They explain that this age group "will likely enjoy carrying objects, pounding things, pushing, pulling, opening, and closing everything they can." This is so true. "Easy" being very boy loves to pound and try to destroy everything. So when I pulled this boat out of the box for him to pound away on he was very excited! 

The first thing I immediately noticed about this toy is the quality. It is durable plastic and very vibrant, fun colors. After all, QUALITY IS THEIR MOTTO! My sister-in-law shared with me that her first boy got the same HAMMER AWAY! toy when he was a toddler...10 years ago! She said that all 4 of her kids have played with it and that it hasnt chipped, cracked, or even faded! She even mentioned that she's still able to buy replacement balls for it. WOW.

Here are the Child Development Benefits of the HAMMER AWAY!

• Pounding provides an excellent opportunity for whole body development.
• Aiming for the balls when pounding and catching them as they roll down the ramp requires lots of coordination of hands and eyes.
• Matching colored balls to rings helps teach color and basic concepts such as "same" and "different." This is a good language development activity. (I was impressed that "Easy" matched the colors up right away!)
• Pounding produces the rolling action- which is a cause-and-effect relationship. Learning about cause and effect is the gateway to problem-solving.

My boy got this toy a week ago and he plays with it EVERYDAY! I'm very impressed with how this toy engages him and excites him. I can't wait to try out other products Discovery Toys have to offer. 

The most awesome part... they're giving away one HAMMER AWAY! toy to a lucky reader!!! All you have to do is go to this Discovery Toys website, take a look around, and leave a comment on this post telling me another product that you like. Please include an email address on the first comment to contact you. 

For additional entries:

• Follow my blog.
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• Follow Keri on Twitter who is sponsoring this giveaway!
• Join her Discovery Toys Facebook group.
• Put my button on your blog.
• (2) extra entries for blogging about this giveaway. Make sure you leave the link.

Phew... that's a lot of extra eligible entries! Make sure you leave separate comments for each telling me you did so. Also, remember if you are already follow or have my button that counts and be sure to leave a comment for that as well. The contest ends Friday May, 15th. The winner will be chosen randomly. Good Luck!