Guest Posted September 21, 2006 Posted September 21, 2006 Hi Please can you let me know where i can buy Tap a Shape more in bulk that Early Learning Centre can provide?Thanks Bec
AnonyMouse_2846 Posted September 21, 2006 Posted September 21, 2006 just ordered some from asco with farm shapes,it was featured in nursery world resources catologue and came out top!
AnonyMouse_4544 Posted September 21, 2006 Posted September 21, 2006 Almost certain we got ours from YPO think they are called tap tap but would have to check
Guest Posted September 21, 2006 Posted September 21, 2006 Hi all, Sorry for being ignorant. What is tap shape. Flowerxxxxx
Guest Posted September 21, 2006 Posted September 21, 2006 Tap a shape consists of cork boards, little nails and coloured wooden shapes. You nail the shapes onto the boards to make pictures, patterns etc. Children and adults alike seem to enjoy it!
AnonyMouse_3139 Posted September 22, 2006 Posted September 22, 2006 I love Tap a shape. We used to use it with a big cork board that you'd use for a notice board as well as the small boards that come with it, and had 3 sets so 3 children could do it together if they wanted. Great for hand/eye co-or., colour/shape recognition, creative, psed.
Guest Posted September 22, 2006 Posted September 22, 2006 Does anybody know if it is possible just to buy the pins? We haven't had ours out for a while because we have lost most of them. Or could anybody suggest what else we could use instead? Linda
Guest Posted September 22, 2006 Posted September 22, 2006 Hi Linda, we lost quite a few of ours over the years and used some upholstery nails instead. These had bigger heads but were the closest to the original I could get.
AnonyMouse_2127 Posted September 22, 2006 Posted September 22, 2006 A few years ago I contacted the company that made Tap a Shape and asked for replacement pins. They sent me two packs. Find out the manufacturer and email or ring them. Sue J
AnonyMouse_64 Posted September 22, 2006 Posted September 22, 2006 Do you think if I told them I had lost my pins, shapes, hammers and boards they would send them all out?? 1
Guest Posted September 22, 2006 Posted September 22, 2006 Do you think if I told them I had lost my pins, shapes, hammers and boards they would send them all out?? Let me know if it does and i'll do the same
Guest Posted September 23, 2006 Posted September 23, 2006 well our head won;'t order from Yorkshire at the moment as they are taking ages to deliver... so any other ideas, tried GLS but cannot find it on the site??
AnonyMouse_4544 Posted September 23, 2006 Posted September 23, 2006 We are still waiting for our galt storage ordered from YPO months ago so dont blame her.
Guest Posted September 23, 2006 Posted September 23, 2006 Thanks Sue and Suzanne. I think I will try the manufacturers first and if their is no joy I will look at buying upholstery tacks. And I am still waiting for an urn from YPO which I ordered in May and they keep sending an invoice for! Linda
Guest Posted September 24, 2006 Posted September 24, 2006 Hi there, We have just ordered them from Galt (I think or possibly Hope) definately one or the other they could both be the same company for all I know they sell the same things! Anyhow it cost less than £30 for a set of six boards and hammers with the shapes and nails too. Which I thought was not a bad price at all. I haven't introduced them yet but I am planning to do it this week. Looking forward to the children's reaction as we have never had a resource like this before. I will keep you posted as to how it goes. Byeee Emma x
AnonyMouse_4544 Posted September 25, 2006 Posted September 25, 2006 We had tap tap out when we were inspected and the inspector said it was a wonderful activity
Guest Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 I've just moved to a new school and they have loads of boards/shapes/pins but no hammers. Do you reckon toffee hammers would do the job?
AnonyMouse_79 Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 I think a toffee hammer is probably going to increase the difficulty but Im not sure. Why not give it a go and see?
AnonyMouse_30128 Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 I've just moved to a new school and they have loads of boards/shapes/pins but no hammers. Do you reckon toffee hammers would do the job? cosy do short handles hammers...and i've seen tap a shape hammers in a pack somewhere???
Guest Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 Didn't find any hammers yet but ASCO sell packs of 200 tacks! http://www.ascoeducational.co.uk/product.php?xProd=2281 Will keep looking :-)
AnonyMouse_11396 Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 Try fun learning ( tap a shape) £4.50 seems a good price to me.
Guest Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 Success - good old ebay! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wooden-Hammer-Kids-Childrens-Toy-/271278883321?pt=UK_Toys_Creative_Educational_RL&hash=item3f297b41f9
Guest Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 (edited) Thanks Fredbear. That is a good price, will bear it in mind if I find I need more shapes.... :-) I'm intrigued that it's listed as being for age 6+ though, my nursery class LOVED this last year, it was one of the most well used resources we had, they were fine using it in their CI play and we never had a single incident/banged finger etc. Now that I'm in YR (in a different school) I'm definitely tempted to get a bigger board like Rea suggested. Edited October 5, 2013 by Guest
AnonyMouse_11396 Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 (edited) Another one I have just found but is a bigger set and more expensive is on a site called MTA, (modern teaching aid) might be worth a look. That will teach me to read the most recent post and not the first one looking for the whole thing. Hee hee:) Edited October 5, 2013 by Fredbear
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted October 6, 2013 Posted October 6, 2013 Ours is called knock and nail, and they love it so much! I bought some cork tiles and toffee hammers so that more could use it at the same time. Drawing pins work too for those with slightly less coordination! Bigger heads to aim at!
AnonyMouse_11396 Posted October 6, 2013 Posted October 6, 2013 Where did you get your toffee hammers from please Cait.
AnonyMouse_11396 Posted October 6, 2013 Posted October 6, 2013 When we have melon for snack, we use the shell by cutting the melon in half and placing into wet sand. Then we use golf tees for children to tap and hammer. Please note it will only keep for two or three days but the children love it. Could do with some more hammers though.
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted October 6, 2013 Posted October 6, 2013 I just got them from a hardware shop and my husband has shortened the handles. Try a model shop, I have seen them there too.. Fredbear, we do that with pumpkins too - great fun! 1
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