[ダンシング ・ ベア]Dancing Bear Rock & Mineral Collection Activity Kit with Educational Identification Sheet plus 2 Easy [並行輸入品]

A box of dirt would have been more value.

So here’s what I did: I ordered this set and while the kids weren’t around I dumped all the rocks, fossils, etc into their sandbox and mixed them in. The next morning, I casually mentioned that I’d heard something digging in the sandbox during the night, and that they might want to go check it out. The 6yo said it was probably just the dogs, but the 3yo went to have a look and came back with a handful of gems. Oh boy it was ON after that! They both spent a solid hour digging, collecting, and sorting what they found and they keep going back. So far my 6yo has found 3 of the shark teeth and one of the geodes (his amazement when I told him to smash it open with a hammer, and when he saw what was inside!!!) and my 3yo has found an iridescent seashell and the arrowhead. They’ve both found an abundance of interesting stones, which my 6yo is now busily sorting into piles. Once they’ve got a solid collection I’m going to bring out the info sheet for them to see what they’ve got and learn the names. If I could just convey the excitement and the joy in our house this morning! This is the best $25 I’ve spent on my kids in a long time and I can’t recommend it enough! I love that it’s a mix of different colored stones, fossils, geodes, and that special arrowhead. Everything a kid could want!

Got both granddaughters this for birthdays! They absolutely loved it! They into rocks and stones now and this rock collection has very beautiful rocks. Some are really small so must be careful with them. This price was perfect for what we got in this collection!

First, I'd like to say that I sampled a few kids oriented rock collections. This one is by far my favorite. My kids found the cemented collections, glued on a page or in prelabeled plastic divided containers to be only momentarily interesting. Tumbled rocks or lab created pops of color felt too much like cheap toys. Better to have a pile to touch, explore, and play detective in identifying items. Perhaps we'll move on to single specimens that are larger- now that we have a Little Rock knowledge. I ordered two boxes for my two kids. Both arrived in two days. I was a bit worried at the small package, coming in at the size of a large pencil box. However after dumping the lot into a strainer for a quick rinse, things looked better. (Blue strainer picture has contents from one box) one boxes contents seemed noticeably smaller in all aspects: smaller geodes, 2 shark teeth (5 in the other), 1 arrowhead (2 in the other), and smaller rocks in about every category. However, even the smaller batch was a great deal in my opinion. The real test was the reception from my 1st and 4th graders: definite thumbs up! Although my 4th grader dismissed what we call "yard rocks" (cause we can find them in our backyard), my 1st grader loved and kept all of them. As you can see from the separated piles, the largest is the pile of 20-30 yard rocks. I would have preferred to pay the same price without that sort of filler. No biggee: the yard rocks are now in the yard. I'd say 70-80% of the rocks are smaller than a dime, but the variety and the remaining sizable rocks (1-2 " big) made up for things. See the photo of our favorites from both boxes. The shark teeth and arrowheads were a fun touch. Didn't see any fossils or fossil poo... perhaps I mixed up the product description when buying. My 1st grader love love loved the magnetic rock. My 4th grader went for the crystal and the "gold," of course. After reading the reviews, I was prepped for some big muscle, geode cracking action. The first tiniest geode was a tough nut, with no hollow. Perhaps that caused me to power up because the next three virtually shattered (even under my puny mom muscle). Still, the kids were happy and I managed two or three larger chunks for each kid. The geode pictures represent 2 cracked geodes. I'm the end, these boxes were the perfect size to start a rock collection. They fit quite well into some used wooden cigar boxes. The adventures in cracking and sorting prompted good science discussion and made their science teacher grandpa quite happy. I will definitely be looking to see what other products are offered and I highly recommend this product.

This kit is SO cool, however way too many clear quartz tumbled and some stuff wasn’t here to identify: the fossils were amazing to look at and we are still pleased with our purchase.