Learning Resources Teaching ATM Bank - Toddler Educational Toy for Money Skills, Ages 3+

We have had this play ATM for a week and my kids have been dying to play with it. I did not open it right away because I did not have any AA batteries, but eventually I had to because the kids kept asking to play with it. The first couple of days my kids have been playing with it without batteries. They love the play paper money, coins, and ATM card that come with the unit. Slipping the cash in and turning the knob, putting the coins in the slot, and getting the ATM card in it's slot are all great for the developing and helping work those fine motor skills! Then we finally got batteries and it was a whole new toy!!! They love the counting and adding of each coin and bill. My youngest (4) loves hearing the machine announce what type of coin is going in the machine. This toy is great for my 8 year old (reinforces what she is learning in school about money, coins) all the way down to my 4 year old (works those fine motor skills and coin recognition). I feel like this toy will grow with my youngest so parents will get a bang for their buck.

My 2 year old received 3 toys from Learning Resources and this was the first one he picked to play with of the 3 and keeps going back to it time and time again. The packaging is helpful since you do not need tools to take the product out of the box. The life-size money is VERY realistic (easy to mistake for real at a glance) which allows the kids to start recognizing Presidents on each bill. The ability to roll the bills in either "hamburger" or "hotdog" style let's little ones work on their motor skills as well as their patience. Double win! The discussions around withdrawals, deposits, saving, counting, math skills have already begun and I only imagine they will continue as he gets older. Once I put batteries in, he put it on the floor, laid down and played with it for almost an hour straight...and then went back again later in the evening! If I had to make any recommendations/changes it would be to add a little handle at the top so the little kids can carry it around easier than hugging it to their body. Other than that, slam-dunk!

My 3 year old always wants to play with the credit card swipe at the grocery store and my credit cards. He also loves playing with real money. As soon as I saw this, I knew it was the perfect toy for him. He plays with it for long stretches and like the fact that he can play with it independently or we can play with it together. This is a well made, high quality toy, and I really appreciate that the noises it makes are not at all obnoxious. The play money and ATM card are also great quality. This is a toy that I know my son can play with for years to come and it has such relevant educational value since it teaches kids about math in the real world.

This new engaging toy is a great way for children to learn how to count money. This toy is also cutting edge just like the real ATM machines. This ATM does come with its own bills and coins. I found that the ATM caught my attention when the machine started saying each coin individually and listed their value on the screen. This is a great hands-on learning toy and will help children with teaching/counting/ addition/subtraction. A fun educational toy!

I gave this to my 5 year old niece. She loved playing with it. She pretended it was a cash register, she didn't know what an ATM is. The one downside is that when you "deposit" the dollars it doesn't add it to your total like it does for the coins.

My 3 y/o son really likes the cash register. He has been interested in coins and bills. This is nice to teach him about money. Lots of fun playing with money, counting, and identifying coins. This a nice sturdy toy and don't need to worry about breaking down.

I found this ATM machine & money to be highly engaging right from the get-go for my grandsons ages 6 and 4. To be able to use some of the features, it does require that an adult or older child read the directions for the younger ones to get them started (i.e. explaining a PIN and how to enter the default or set your own; how to enter the ATM card, etc). The bills and coins that come with the ATM machine are very realistic - I even got fooled once when I saw a bill on my kitchen counter; had to look twice to determine whether it was real or not. This ATM machine is one that can grow with the child. It can just be a fun experience for the younger child just putting the money in and out, inserting the ATM card, hearing the coins register, etc. As the child matures, though, a lot of authentic math can be completed with counting the money and making "purchases". As mentioned in other reviews, the ATM machine only tracks the coins; bills must be computed by hand - which is where the real math comes in. I would recommend this ATM for use in a home or school setting.

My 6-year old nephew LOVES this and it's allowed my family to discuss important topics like saving money, who's on money, and how to keep track of pin numbers! (He keeps forgetting his) Plus the ATM can count REAL change! So we've started giving him a small allowance, which he dutifully puts into his ATM. However the biggest downfall by far is that the machine can't count bills, so my nephew keep putting in that he has hundreds of dollars (which is actually super funny). Additionally, he likes to use it as a cash register to buy things, but I'm not complaining since he's counting out the money! Overall it works well for introducing kids to the concept of money and it works well as a bank. I really like how it combines saving money with counting it out yourself.

My girls were really excited to play with the ATM and they enjoyed it. However the drawer kept jamming with money and coins have fallen behind the drawer which we can't get to. I do have to say it has withheld the drops on the floor and hits to unjam things. My littles enjoys making deposits and taking the money out, as well as hitting the buttons. This was a review incentive program gift and I do think it is nice and the kids enjoy it.

(I received this product as part of an incentivized program) The packaging was easy to open and batteries are easy to put in. I was really excited about this toy. We have been working on money management and setting her up with give/save/spend jars. We thought this toy would help with that endeavor but ended up being more work to use it as an actual bank than I wanted. As a toy it's a lot of fun. Especially as a parent of a child who love to play cashier. She enjoyed sticking the coin and bills in. The coins are recognized by their size and add automatically, the bills you set in and turn a knob to feed into the register (not recognized by the toy and amount must be manually added). This step of having to manually add any bills was beyond the capabilities of my 5 year old. Their are a series of button that have to be pushed in a certain order to add it to your account. Maybe in a year or so she would be able to handle it. Right now she couldn't get the order down correctly. The debit card does nothing real. It's all a pretend withdrawal and/or deposit that require another series of button pushes to be done. As a toy: I recommend, though it wasn't mind blowing. As a real bank: I wouldn't recommend, I'd stick with a good ol' piggy bank.