Educational Insights GeoSafari Talking Microscope Adventure Kit Review

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Our son received this gift on Christmas Eve. Its built well, and has a good voice, but nothing about this item is 'microscope'. The lens system offers minimal magnification of pre-PRINTED slides. That's right, these are not much more than bugs printed on plastic that are SLIGHTLY enlarged through an eye piece and its not intended to have you create new slides. We are MUCH MUCH better off buying a book about insects, seeing the bug larger than life in photos, and reading about it together.

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Great science item for my home child care. It gets a lot of usage! They love looking,exploring, learning and sharing what they see. Worth the buy!

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I bought for my granddaughter who is six and attends a school that focuses on the environment and the eco-system. I was pleased, and so was she, with the recorded narrative of each slide that is sounded when the slide code is punched in by the child. Being the quick study she is, she learned the info after only one run-thru. The next option on the toy, is to press buttons to challenge the viewer [the child looking thru the microscope]to remember what facts were given on each slide. She remembered all of them. Hence the attraction to the microscope ended after twenty minutes.

Although there is nothing in the ad copy that describes the toy [and it IS a toy], I was hoping we could make slides from our own garden, etc., but if using this toy, one has to buy additional slides that fit the toy. Unmet expectations on my part. For me, $40 was a lot to spend for a less than half hour experience.

I will say that one reason I ordered it was that it claims to be hardy. I had read reviews of other children's microscopes, and decided against them, given that most reviews described the other microscopes as poorly made and not really good quality in terms of focus. This one IS hardy and has a little heft to it, I am guessing, because of the three C batteries in its housing.

Either my granddaughter is just too smart, or the age bracket stated for the microscope is a little off.

When we WERE enjoying it, it WAS good, but I had hoped it would be a more enduring experience.

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My son loved the microscope. He really enjoyed viewing the slides and listening to the fun facts.

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I bought this talking microscope for Christmas to give to an 8 year old boy that I tutor. We put it together and it did not take long to set it up. I was quite surprised that it does give a lot of information about the slides of bugs that come with it. And it also has a quiz for each slide. The quality and loudness of the sound is good also. It was a unique gift at a very reasonable price, and the little boy really liked it. He can do it alone and it's a change from all the video games, etc. that he does. The only down side to it is that the "field" items for finding your own specimens are made of cheap plastic. But I guess they are not the focus of the toy reallythe microscope is. Also keep in mind that this is still a toy, even though the microscope's magnification is pretty good for a toy.