This is just what I needed to help my son with his multiplication facts. He's having a great time playing with it while learning at the same time. Worth the money.

This is my 5th purchase of this non computer tool all my kids and grandkids love it, use it and learn.

I had a toy similar to this when I was a kid learning my times tables. It was laid out in this grid, and I pulled levers for each number to reveal the answer. I loved quizzing myself, and learned the multiplication tables very quickly.

Now that my kids are learning the times tables, I have searched far and wide for a toy that has all of the numbers, 1-9, laid out in this grid, knowing that the grid helps the student find patterns and see relationships that you miss when using flash cards or something similar. I've even searched websites to find a grid layout game online, and couldn't find it.

I found this toy, but hesitated because it didn't look like very high quality (there is another, similar toy on the market that got bad reviews because of its poor quality). I finally caved and ordered this toy, since I hadn't found anything else similar, and my daughter really needed some help seeing the big picture. When it arrived, I was surprised at how heavy it is. Though the numbers are only printed on stickers that are placed on the plastic (I wish the numbers were printed directly on the plastic), the toy itself seems fairly well-made. I'm still not sure how long the springs will last, as we just received the toy today. But I do have a better first impression than I expected.

Update: We've now had this toy for over three years and it's still holding up strong. My now three-year-old likes to play with it, too, punching the buttons over and over, and yet there is no sign of wear and tear whatsoever. It's been dropped, had books stacked on it, used to entertain a rather destructive toddler, and packed into bags for travel all over the house (wherever we feel like doing our work that day). Other than the loud noise it makes every time a button is pushed, I've been highly impressed with this thing overall.

UPDATE 10 YEARS LATER: We've now had this toy through four home schooled kids. It looks and functions as good as new and currently at work teaching my youngest kiddo his times tables. All the kids have enjoyed just punching the buttons for the fun of it, and it's helped all four learn their times tables. Can't recommend this one enough-- one of the best home school purchases I've made!

I had something like this growing up and loved it. It is a great tool for memory work of the times tables. My daughter loves the pop-up feature of the keys on this one. She is five, so it meets her sensory needs as she's practicing. Seems durable too. We keep it in the car for her to play with as we drive around. Definitely recommend as a fun method to review multiplication.

valuable tool for teaching kids the multiplication tables.