learning resources teaching cash register

The register is chalk full of activities and a drawer stashed with life-size cash, the Teaching Cash Register helps kids understand currency with a coin reader that identifies both real and plastic coins.

Other features include an LCD screen that shows transactions in large, easy-to-read numbers, and a scanner for fake coupons and credit cards. 4 interactive learning games take kids through multiple levels of play, increasing in difficulty as players advance their math skill levels. Large buttons help little fingers total up the orders, while lights and sounds capture the imagination.

My daughter got this for her birthday (3 years old). Even though she is not old enough yet to really count the money she has had a blast "ringing things up" on the scanner and paying with the credit card. She also really likes the coin slot. When she puts the money in it tells her what the coin was. She has done this over and over again. She is also having fun going around the house collecting items in her shopping cart and then ringing them up.

I can see this being a toy she will play with for many years. It has math games that seem like they will be fun and educational. Very nice, oh, and my dad observed that the coin slot works with real coins too!

The negatives... The drawer shoots out quickly and the plastic coins tend to slosh out. Also the weighing tray comes off easily. I'm going to put that away till my daughter gets a little older.

I got this cash register for my daughter when she started learning about money at school. She is 8 now and still loves playing "store" with her 5 yr. old brother. We've had it well over a year and haven't even had to replace batteries yet. It is durable and fun. The electronic voice is very easy to understand and all the buttons function as they should. I highly recommend this toy.

As a parent,I wasted a little money this holiday season. I'm glad that the learning resources teaching cash register was NOT a waste. I had bought the older model for my kids, but got rid of that one when they grew up a little.I bought this one for my youngest daughter, who is 4.

It comes with play money and provides hours of learning fun. My daughter just loves playing store, scanning items, using her "Kroger Card" and the credit card. She enjoys hearing the machine say "Credit Approved", and loves putting the coins in the slot and having the register recognize which coin it was.

It has many more features than the older one, and that adds to the play value,especially for a younger child. There are some easy math games on this one, too, but the games are really geared to kids just a bit older than 4.
My daughter has only had the learning resources cash register for 2 days and has already started to grasp some money concepts that she didn't have. We've gone over coin values and she understands paper money has different values.

She's asked about some of the figures on the bills and the coins. She's especially interested in Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln.