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Good educational value but the "fun" quotient only lasts for so long. Then it's time to put them away till they are "new" again and get them out and let them explore all over again. :) Still recommend them for helping to learn about colors and how to blend colors to make things like orange, green, purple... Different ages will get a different learning value from them so they have longevity. My kids are 5.5 and 2.5 yrs old.

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Review of Fisher-Price Light-Up Lion Stacker

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There are so many to choose from but this little stacker keeps my 9 month old son intrigued for long periods of time. He can chew on the pieces then put them back together just to knock them back down while music is playing from the toy and it has a very rewarding tone as he stacks the pieces together that encourages him to keep going. Must buy!!

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My daughter played with the older model of this toy at my mothers house and loved it, I spent several months looking in town for it with no luck. I was so happy when I found it on her.

AmScope 100 Piece Assorted Specimen Collection for Home School Review

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Here is a listing of the slides contained in this set from another site. You may get some different slides regardless of where you buy these nice AM Scope slides.

Bacillus, smear

Bee Wings, w.m.

Bee Worker Leg-Composite, w.m.

Bone Marrow Mammal, smear

Butterfly Wings Ocales, w.m.

Cerebrum Mammal, sec.

Chlamydomonas, w.m.

Coprinus Mushroom Set, c.s.

Cucurbita Stem, l.s.

Daphina, w.m.

Dog Cardiac Muscle, l.s.

Dog Duodenum, c.s.

Dog Esophagus, c.s.

Dog IIeum, c.s.

Dog Jejunum, c.s.

Dog Pancreas, sec.

Dog Rectum, c.s.

Dog Skeletal Muscle, l.s. & c.s.

Dog Small Intestine, sec.

Dog Smooth Muscle, l.s. & c.s.

Dog Spleen, sec.

Dog Squamous Epitheblium, w.m.

Dog Stomach, sec.

Dog Trachea, c.s.

Dog Ureter, c.s.

Dragonfly Wings, w.m.

Earthworm, c.s.

Euglena, w.m.

Feather, w.m.

Fern Prothallia, w.m.

Fern Prothallia and Sporangia, w.m.

Fern Leaf-Sorus, w.m.

Fish Blood, smear

Fish Scales, w.m.

Frog Blood, smear

Frog Epidermic Cell, sec.

Frog Liver, sec.

Frog Lung, sec.

Frog Showing Spermary, sec.

Honeybee Mouth Parts, w.m.

Housefly Compound Eye, w.m.

Housefly Mouth Parts, w.m.

Human Blood, smear

Human Cell Mucus Membrane, smear

Human Hair, w.m.

Human Spermatozoa, smear

Hydra, c.s.

Hydrilla Verticillata Leaf, w.m.

Ipomoea Leaf, c.s.

Ipomoea Root, sec.

Lillium Anther, c.s.

Lillium Ovary, c.s.

Marchantia Mature Sporophyte, l.s.

Meiosis-Lillitrm Pollen,w.m.

Mitosis-Onion Root Tip, l.s.

Mixed Bacteria, smear

Mosquito Larva, w.m.

Mosquito Mouth Parts, w.m.

Mosquito Wings, w.m.

Nervous Tissue, sec.

Onion Epidermis, w.m.

Paramecium, w.m.

Penicillium, w.m.

Pig Motor Nerve, w.m.

Pine Leaf, c.s.

Pine Root, c.s.

Pine Stem, c.s.

Pine Young Staminate Cone, l.s.

Poa Leaf, c.s.

Pollen Gem, w.m.

Pome Sclereid, w.m.

Pumpkin Stem, c.s.

Rabbit Arteriole, c.s.

Rabbit Artery and Vein, c.s.

Rabbit Blood, smear

Rabbit Hyaline Cartilage, sec.

Rabbit Lympy Node, sec.

Rabbit Spinal Cord, c.s.

Rabbit Testis, sec.

Rhizopus, w.m.

Rice Stem, c.s.

Root-Meristem, l.s.

Smooth Muscle Breakaway, w.m.

Spirllum, smear

Spirogyia Conjugation, w.m.

Stem-Collenchyma, c.s.

Stem-Parenchyma, c.s.

Stem-Sclerenchyma, c.s.

Stem-Tracheid, l.s.

Stomata-Vicia Faba Leaf, w.m.

Sunflower Stem, c.s.

Tilia Stem, c.s.

Tomato Flesh, w.m.

Volox, w.m.

Yeast-Budding, w.m.

Zea Root, c.s.

Zea Root Tip, l.s.

Zea Seed, l.s.

Zea Stem, c.s.

Zea Stem, l.s.

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The slides are supplied in a nice wooden case with a sheet of paper listing each slide and the slot number it is located in the case. The slides all had fingerprints or dirt on them but a quick wipe and they were easily cleaned. The range of subjects covered is nice and most of the slides are well prepared. Quality of stain was good and some of the slides I have viewed so far were really outstanding ( Housefly Compound Eye,Human Spermatozoa, Rabbit Testis). A few slides are of very small objects and it was difficult to locate them as there weren't many on the side. I got a set of 5 slides with my Celestron microscope and I can't help but feel that the Celestron slides are better quality. Overall the value for money with the AmScope set cannot be beaten. I will be buying their other sets in future. You should probably check what objects are included in each set so that when you add to your collection you minimise the number of duplicated slides. My kids are inspired by this kit.

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I had bought my daughter an Amscope 40x to 2000x microscope for her 7th birthday and wanted her to have a collection of prepared slides to start her in the world of microscopy. I don't have much experience with microscopes, but this prepared slide collection seemed to offer a good selection of plant and animal specimens. I gave four stars instead of five because some of the slides didn't seem to have anything on them. But, I don't know if that was because there was nothing on them, or if I didn't know what I was looking for. Also, the top of the box was not clearly marked, so when my daughter first opened it, the slides fell out of all their slots and it took me a while to sort them out again. None-the-less, I would recommend this slide collection to anyone who might be getting their first microscope or who might be giving a microscope as a gift. It's a great way to get started. Then, buy a slide making kit and start making your own slides (Amazon sells a kit that comes with a good introductory book on microscopy that can serve as a guide for preparing slides).

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I was amazed at the things prepared on these slides. Bee's knees, wings and rabbit testies. It is a great value as well. My grandson has spent hours or hours looking at these slides.

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First off I should state that I am a pre-med student taking pre-requisites for medical school and I purchased this set to become more familiar with histology (the study of tissue) particularily in mammals for my Human Anatomy and Physiology class. I have a standard binocular microscope with an oil imersion lens. For the money I found these slides to be very well prepared and comparable to the slides my college bio lab had.

Some of the samples are a little bit thick but you would have to spend 3 to 4 times the amont of money for better preparations. If you are a pre-med student or biology major this is a great set to work off of.

Some of the fixatives and dyes are basic and you can't see absolutely everything but you can see most major tissue landmarks and structures. This set has over 22 slides of mammal tissue from a wide range of locations so there is a lot to look at and study. Most of the samples are from a dog or rabbit but there are a few human samples.

Mine came very nicely packaged and undamaged. Easy to store and clean. I would definately purchase another AmScope set based on this one.

Cheap Rockstar Violin

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This toy was smaller that I expected it to be. I bought it for my 3 year old who is fascinated by violins. I bought one and my husband bought him another brand. He gives this one slightly more attention. He likes the songs on the violin. The only drawback is that I was disappointed in the size when I opened it and thought that the price indicated something a little more realistic. I would give it 3 1/2 instead of 3 if I could.

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After my 7 year old started taking guitar lessons, my 5 year old decided she wanted to start taking violin lessons. She asked for almost nothing else this past Christmas. I was hard-pressed to find a toy violin, but when I stumbled on to this one, I had to have it. Turns out, it's a great, toy. My daughter loves it. Of course, it's purple too...her favorite.

Reviews of Sight Words In A Flash - Set 2; Grades 1-2; no. EP-2316

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I wanted a lot of sight words so I could continue with my kids for a long time with it. Most sets maybe have one or two sets with 30 or so words. This is a great set and each box has a lot to work with. They are already hole punched so you can put them on a ring which is really handy. The only drawback is I wish they used one side to put the sight word in a sentence. That would have been much more helpful than the writing side which I don't really get at all. Overall a great set to buy.

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AmScope 40x-1000x Student Compound Microscope + Mechanical Stage Reviews

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The microscope was very well recieved and provides hours and hours of exploratory fun for our 12 year old. We received it in excellent condition. It did not however have any glass slides we did have to purchase those.

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Montessori Cylinder Blocks Review

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Don't shy away from it's steep price. Think of it as 7 educational toys in 1 which will make you realize you're getting a great bargain. The cylinders are well crafted (nothing less for a Montessori toy) and my son enjoys dabbling with them for increasingly long sessions at a time. There's so much a child can learn about sequencing, geometry, weights and shapes. This should keep your little one mesmerized while learning as they use their hands.

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Several of the cylinders are too large and get stuck. Otherwise well made. I will now have to sand them down and refinish the ones that are too large.

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These are worth every penny. The quality is amazing and my toddler (2 y.o.) is mesmerized by them. I fell in love with them myself the minute I opened the box. Highly recommend.

Cheap Podiatry Training / Dissection Kit

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I highly recommend this kit for any dissection lab. I am a PT student, and this kit contains everything I need:

-scalpel handle 4

22 blade

hemostat

forceps

mall probe

2 pairs of scissors

The case it comes in is slightly different from what is pictured, but it's still a really nice case. Everything feels of great quality, not cheap metal or parts at all.

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Review of Hungry Monkey Motor Skills Game

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I can't say enough about this product. I first saw it at my daughter's preschool and ended up buying this and the Hungry Bunny to have at home for younger siblings. Both are SO well made with vinyl and the bananas are bigger than I'd remembered. I started the kids using their fingers to put the fruit in the mouth and it didn't take long until they were anxious to use the tweezers. My daughter is barley 2 and LOVES this it is a challenge for her, but I love to see her focus on it for long periods of time; my 5 year old still thinks it is fun too she is quick and likes me to time her. The tweezers are sturdy and perfect for little hands. The boxes they come in are laminated and great for lots of set up and take down without tearing. As always Lakeshore Learning is top quality.

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Excellent toy and a lot of fun for the little ones to learn their finger pinching skills as well as cause and effect. Tons of fun and durable! We love it!

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I also saw this on my son's preschool. He loved it, i had to buy it. Now i regretted cause theres bananas all over the house. Lol its cute taught my son how to pinch and feed the monkey with a tweezer

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Kids love it and it's fun! Great learning game. Kids learn to pick things up with a tool. Love it!

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bought this toy for our grandson to work on his fine motor skills, and he loves it. It is fun to pick up the bananas and put them thrhough the monkey's mouth and also good for counting skills. Well made, and makes for nice, quiet play with grandma!

Discount ALEX® Toys - Magnetic ABC and 123 Kit, Set of 36 432

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These are simply THE BEST!!! We bought our Daughter that Pink Plastic Easel most kids have. It also comes in blue for boys. It comes with a magnetic dry erase board on one side and a chalkboard on the other side. Well the magnets that come with it are not attractive or made very well and easily fit in a lil ones mouth. So we bought these! They are too big for lil ones to bite and are so much better in every way! Big, easy to grasp and so Cute & Fun!!!

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These are really great for the kitchen refrigerator or something similar, but I will say that the magnets are a little weaker than I would have wanted them to be...and they definitely have a smell about them. Good product for sure, but the smell is odd...

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My 18 month old just opened this toy for Christmas, and she LOVES it! I can't say how durable it will be, but I have high hopes for it, considering they letters/numbers are made of foam. I think they will probably get lost before they tear or break. Maybe she could take small bites out or something, but we will be watching her while she plays anyway. I read someone's review that said it was hard to tell what some of the letters were... I agree, but only for a few. M and W seem pretty interchangeable. I can't tell which way is up on I. But I don't really think either of those things matters. All in all, I love this toy, and so does my daughter!

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When I received these I was disappointed after reading the reviews the letters are very hard to read my daughter is 15 months and as she is a very smart little lady these letters will be hard to work with her with because they a difficult to make out what it is not for teaching purposes but are fun to play

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The magnets won't detach, the letters are bright and fun, they are easily picked up by little fingers... This is exactly what I was looking for. My 1 year old loves them. I recommend these over any plastic or wooden magnetic letters/numbers.

Reviews of B. Sugar Chute

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Originally purchased for my 1 year old's birthday, but her 7 year old brother loves it too! There's just something so fascinating about popping those funky balls in the top, turning the lever , watching them spin around and down into the little hatch then doing it over and over again!! Besides being entertaining, it teaches cause and effect, develops fine motor skills and keeps surprising baby every time the balls appear at the bottom. I love the retro 'gumball machine' look of this toy and even the balls have vibrant patterns.There's also a key on the side that makes that great old fashioned 'ratchet' sound when turned.I plan on buying this toy for friends' kids too. So happy with this purchase!

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Cheap Hexbug Nano Elevation 3D Habitat

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This was my 6 year old son's favorite gift this year. It beat out a DSi XL Nintendo DSi XL Red Bundle with Mario Kart, a plethora of Ben 10, Legos, miscellaneous Star wars items, a few Iron Man items, Wii games/accessories, the new fully auto Nerf Nerf N-Strike Stampede ECS, Bakugans(?) including ColossusBakugan Dragonoid Colossus. He was really good after a move from Idaho to Michigan which included starting a new Montessori school.

Pros:

* Really cool how the Hex Bug Nano find their way around the tracks even when multiple tracks are combined.

* Hex bug Nano appear to be "smarter" than the toy really is which leads children image how it works

* Works seamlessly with other sets

* Online aspect to "educational" aspects which would deserve another star if not entirely separate from the hexbug. I really love this aspect, but I do not consider it directly part of the toy's star rating

* Fills the construction needs of the building blocks and combines it with the movement of train sets & hot wheels in addition to a touch of personality (Which desperately needs to be explored in my opinion!) like any good toy that lets you have a personal attachment based on imagination.

Cons:

* After extended periods Hex Bugs will crawl over each other on one way tracks when going opposite directions and be F R E E to roam.

* Hex bug batteries are expensive, however BULK watch batteries which work are dirt cheap about $7 per 100 batteries! AG13 357 LR44 L1154 A76 PX76A 303 D303 D357 Pack of 100

* Only major pieces are available for individual purchase. Specialty items are unavailable at this time such as one way doors which help avoid collisions/escapes, spirals ramps, and legs for the elevated sections

* Gets loud with 5 on 5 and 6 on 6 on 6 battles

Sets used

Hex Bug 3D Elevation Habitat Set (Purchased at Toys "R" US)

Habitat Set Hexbug Nano Habitat Set

Starter Set Hexbug Nano Starter Set

Bridge Battle Set Hexbug Bridge Battle Set

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After checking prices here on Amazon.com, where we do most of our online shopping, my wife headed out to Toys R Us, where this Hexbug track was selling for about 60% of what Amazon.com's third-party sellers are presently charging for it. Do yourself a favor -check Target or Toys R Us. Don't fall victim to price gouging here.

That aside, it's a great toy. The Nano cruises around, rights itself if it falls over, and runs along the track. Great fun. You get two Nanos with this track. A few more makes it even more exciting. Just make sure you don't overpay for it.

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Like I said the kids (ages 5-11 in our house)create zillions of track styles for hours. Easy to snap together, easy to use. I'd buy this set and in the future another just to let them keep adding to the track (even though this is PLENTY of track, in fact it stretches 15 feet or so in length when built). Have fun!!

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I got the first set for my 4 year old about 6 months ago. I like him to be creative so I figured I'd give this toy a try. He likes his Thomas train tracks so I figured he'd like a three-dimensional track layout.

The first set was a huge hit! He plays quietly for an hour almost every day. This is his toy of choice, beating out Thomas, can you believe it? After I showed him a few possibilities he got very creative and started making layouts I would never have thought of.

I thought having TWO sets would be even more fun but he'd have to earn the second set. I made a chart with 40 squares. For each day of excellent behavior, we checked a box. He's finally earned his second set (amazing what a little motivation will do to a 4 year old) and I couldn't be more pleased with what you can do with two sets.

The reason I picked the same set, after much research, is that you get the most tracks per dollar compared with any other set, plus it's far more flexible. Some of the other sets like the zipline or the battle seemed a bit gimmicky and would not encourage the free form creativity that this set inspires.

The tracks themselves are amazingly durable. Only one connector broke in 6 months of playing. The support rods (for elevation) break once in a while so we don't have as many as we started with. That's why I awarded it one less star for quality, otherwise it's fantastic and fun for 4 year old to probably a 100 year old.

See my photos in the gallery of using every single piece from two sets.

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I bought this for my 7 year old grandson for Christmas. The first evening he had it set up and the next morning he had reconfigured into a more complex setup. He continues to play with it on a regular basis. A toy with enough possibilities to hold a child's interest and enough movement to make it enjoyable.

Reviews of Learning Resources HOS Color Cubes, 102/Set (LER6334)

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I am a primary math teacher and I use these cubes to create quiet dice. Using a Sharpie, you can add any "text" you want. The colors are fun and bright; the dice are quiet; and the dice don't roll for miles like traditional dice. My students and I love them!

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Great item. I had the original wooden blocks, but like this foam version because they are quiet and light. I do caution the students not to sqeeze them or dig in their fingernails because they can be damaged. Students are certainly taking care of them. I recommend this product.

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My kids enjoy sorting, building these blocks. They are nice & soft so even if they get thrown. Which does happen with small kids no one gets hurt. Love the container for storage.

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We needed blocks that wouldn't break anything when they were thrown around. These are the perfect blocks! The kids love them too!

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Looking forward to using these to customize as game pieces for my classroom. The colors are bright and there's a nice assortment. Can be used for sorting, dice, patterns, building shapes or as game pawns.

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I work in an apartment ministry in a low-income area, and this series of CD's is exactly what we have been searching for. We have "Kids' Club" each week in an apartment. There are games, a Bible story, songs, crafts, snacks basically a weekly Vacation Bible School. Since we don't have the kids for very long, I wanted to use songs that would teach Bible verses while being entertaining. Bibletoons filled this need!

The children love to dance and do hand motions to the songs, while at the same time they are memorizing God's Word. We discuss the words of the verses to make sure they understand what they are singing about. It is a win-win situation. The children have fun, and we know that song time is still "instruction" time.

I highly recommend these CD's to anyone who wants to an easy way to learn Bible verses, whether for children, or simply to play in the car on the way to work.

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my boys (2 and 5) both love God rocks and I love God rocks for them b/c it enables them to memorize scripture to a catchy toon. Highly recommend!

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We really like God Rocks! CDs. We also like how the songs are taken straight from scripture, word for word from the NIV Bible.

Songs on this Cd are as follows:

1. If You Have Faith (Matt. 17:20)

2. Seek and Find (Matt. 7:7)

3. Love the Lord (Deut. 6:5)

4. If My People (2 Chron. 7:14)

5. Trust in the Lord (Prov. 3:5-6)

6. Love Each Other (John 15:12-14)

7. Your Words are Wonderful (Psalm 139:14)

8. What is Good (Micah 6:8)

9. Love Your Enemies (Luke 6:27,28,31)

10. The Lord is Good (Psalm 100:4-5)

11. He who Loves Me (John 14:21)

12. Our Father in Heaven (Matt. 6:9-13)