Smarty Pants Card Set Reviews

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program The biggest plus to this card set is the container. It is hard, which means I can slip it into my bag for use when we're out without worrying about the cards ending up everywhere or getting bent and destroyed. This has become the perfect activity for waiting rooms and restaurants.

It is a little above my almost 4 year old's head. But there are plenty of the cards that have activities he can do. Mazes to do with your fingers, matching, and counting.

My 5 year old Kindergartener finds these right on par with his level. They are still a bit challenging, not to easy, but he can do almost all the cards with a little focus.

My 7 year old 1st Grader finds these cards on the easy side, but they are still entertaining enough to keep her attention. (She's the workbook kind of kid, so even if it is easy, she likes doing it anyway.)

There are enough cards that you can rotate through them many times before they memorize the cards. The questions are on one side, answers on the other.

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program My wife is a teacher. So she had lots of BrainQuest games that she would use with her elementary students. These are essentially a Kindergarden version of BrainQuest. I used them as a car game with my 4 and 5 year old nieces. Some of them are a bit hard, but I can edit them on the fly or skip the ones that are too hard. Many are verbal questions but some are visual. It is a good mix of math and logic and basic language questions.

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Very similar to brain quest, my rising fifth grader, third grader loved it and 21 year old uncle loved it! Perfect for road trip.

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program I have a son going into kindergarten in the fall, so this struck me a great little card set to try out. The cards come in an adorable container that you can see pictured above and promise to work on skills that kids will need for Kindergarten.

While I think that the actual idea of the cards is great, and most of the little questions, puzzles and riddles were perfectly on par with his development and enjoyment, the size of the cards was a problem. There are two packs of cards inside each box, and they're about the width of a slightly wide bookmark. One side has a series of questions and info, the other side gives the answers.

My son enjoyed our sessions and quickly blasted right through these. But I had a heck of a time reading the cards and seeing all the stuff on them unless I held them up quite close to my face. (and when you're trying to get your four year old to look at the picture on the card at the same time you're reading it--that is not easy!). I admit my eyesight is aging like the rest of me, but I do wish that these cards had been bigger. Also, while my son enjoyed the cards this time through, he got through the bulk of them very quickly. I don't know if he'll maintain an interest in working through them again after a few times.

It's not a bad purchase for the price, but I would warn those away who have eye trouble--look for something a bit larger.

^_^ Shanshad

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program My review is more about actual hands-on use than content, which other reviewers have already addressed. If I had to choose between these and Brain Quest, which is about the same price, I would reach for Brain Quest simply because you can toss the Brain Quest deck in the car or a bag without the kids making a mess. All of the cards in the Brain Quest deck are attached with a little plastic disk in the bottom corner, so that you fan them out but they always stay together. The Brain Quest decks in our experience hold up really well, even if you buy them used (we often come across them in thrift shops). I suspect that when the SmartyPants cards start showing up in thrift shops, cards will be missing simply because it would be so easy to lose some. I would give Brain Quest an A for portability and longevity while SmartyPants gets a B (at least there's a durable plastic case).

The SmartyPants cards are fine in terms of content (and fairly similar to BrainQuest). Either choice will help your child with vocabulary, math, and so forth. They are good for quiet-time learning, and it's nice to get the kids away from "screen time."

Bottom line: The SmartyPants cards would be ok for a classroom in which the teacher ensures that they get picked up and put away (versus misplaced or lost). They would not be as practical for unsupervised use in the back seat of a car. If you were on a plane and you dropped the SmartyPants cards, you'd be sunk. If I had to make a choice, I'd go with BrainQuest.