Shape sorter - how old?

[ellesabe]

I found an absolutely bargainous shape sorter in a charity shop yesterday so I bought it, remembering that lots of people have recommended these as a developmental toy. My question is... when will she actually be able to post the shapes into the box rather than chewing/waving/banging them together (which is what she currently does age 9mo)?

i think my DS started posted the shapes in about 18 months, after eons of looking like he'd never figure it out. He just suddenly did it one day, as if he was an expert. Now he's just two, he seems to find it beneath him, and sweeps it to one side. So, the window's quite small!

Perfect from 18-30 months (for 3 of mine).
More like from 2.5-3.5yo for DC4 (thicko ).

DD is almost 19 months and always gets the circle right but needs help for the others.

I think my son first 'got' it at around 22 months. Now he does it with confidence at 26 months, and that includes picking the right side, as it's a cube thing.

My DD is 20 months and doesn't get it at all, not even with a jigsaw one.

All children can do this at different ages,.. Try not to compare when your DD can do it with when others do.
My nephew could do this by the time he was 12mths old ( he was walking at 9 months) although I think he struggled with the star shape until he was 18 months old but my daughter was about 18 months old, and my son was probably 20 mths old.

Same as Davsmum, the little mimics will give it a go given half a chance. He saw his uncle playing with it then two hours later he was trying to figure out what uncle did with the shape sorter at 11 months. Tee hee

I saw a 12 month old girl pick up a shape sorter, look at it, look at the shapes, and she saw that the shapes needed to go in the box, so she pulled off the lid and put them all directly in the box. I thought that was brilliant, analytical thinking!

DS 14m can do circles and has been for about a month. He absolutely gets it and tries all the others but I have to turn the sorter a bit for him on all shapes bar round and hexagon !?!
Plus ours is a ball sorter (asda me thinks) and he loooves balls so maybe that's what piqued his interest.
But get it out once a week or so and bang along with her for now!

My 15 month old has just started doing her shape sorter by herself. Prior to this she got frustrated by it because she knew what she was meant to do but couldn't do it.

circle shape is easiest for small kids, but they first can only put toy in box without the lid. It's fine if they bang the toy first. They can't turn the shape to fit into shape on the lid until much later.