Kids will be intrigued for hours as they explore the coloured shapes, placing the gears on and off, matching coloured shapes and configuring their string of gears. Line up the bases of the shapes into a row, snake, circle or triangle, and then spin a shape to get the gears moving. With so many combinations for arranging the gears, kids learn to experiment with moving gears in different directions and in different patterns. What a great toy to teach shapes-circle, triangle, plus, heart, square and hexagon, colours, build fine motor skills and encourage creativity.