LeapPad 'Spiderman' Replacement Pen Review

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son loves the pen and is loving the leap pad, it was easy to attach the pen to the pad and was up and running in less tan 5 minutes. The only problem is, the pen is larger then the original and if it is not put in the book just right the book does not close.

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This pen worked exactly as the original equipment did, and added a little extra fun to the Leap Pad. Open the battery compartment, plug it in, route the wire and the kids were playing again.

Cheap Fisher-Price Growing Baby: Rainbow Snail Stacker

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We got this toy for my 9 month old daughter for Christmas and I wish I would have saved the packaging so I could return it. The stacks of rainbows are not steady at all and fall off with the slightest touch. The way my daughter "plays" with this toy is this: I set the rainbow stack up for her, she touches it (barely), the pieces all fall off, she picks one up for a second or two, drops it, and moves on. I'm left with a big ol' snail and four random arches scattered on the floor. Definitely not worth the bulk that this toy takes up. We also got my daughter a set of TOMY stacking cups and they are a much better toy for this purpose. They stack nicely and nest nicely, and they are compact when stored. They're cheaper too! See my photo.

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Wonderful! My son (6mo) really enjoys feeling the textured patterns on the 'shell.'

He also likes to grab and shake the body of the snail and listen to it rattle.

This toy is a fun alternative to the stackable rings. Would recommend to anyone with a small child.

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I purchased this for a friend's baby. I lived that it was a new take on the stackable donuts. True to Fisher Price form, the colors are vibrant and bright... Not just primary colors,

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This is different and one of many toys my granddaughter has. It is not the first thing she goes for I will say, but it is unique.

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We received this as a gift for my LO. She is 7mo and really seems to enjoy smacking the toy around. She is still too young to actually stack the pieces, but I'm sure she will continue to like this toy as she gets older.

Discount Horse Diary w/Lock&Key

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My Granddaughter wanted to get locked journals to give as party favors, she chose a special one fro each of her cousins and then one for herself. She is in love with all of the journals we purchased ! Happy Birthday Leilani !

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Reviews of Twist & Shout Multiplication

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I bought this for my daughter when she turned 5. She learned a lot from this game and it was educational without being forced and boring. Now that she is 8, she doesn't need it anymore, but it still works great and my two sons (3 and 2) love playing with this, even though they are too young to understand the concept, but it's nice for them to hear "4 times 4 = 16" or whatever, just so they are familiar with it when they get ready for multiplication. It has been dropped countless times and it's still good as new. What's up with the price on this though? This seller is really selling it for $67?? I think I got mine for less than $10 a few years ago. Don't blame inflation, that's ridiculous.

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Daughter was having some problems learning math facts, and I couldn't find our old Twist and Shout. Got this one in fast, and it has saved the day !

Thanks !

Cheap Infantino Jumbo Shape Sorter and Activity Triangle Toy Educational

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I recently picked this up from our local Costco for a few bucks less. My 12 month old loves the shape sorter, pushing his ears. We are still working or putting the correct shapes in the right holes. The triangle is cute as well and makes all sorts of fun noises. I guess it teaches cause and effect, but that's about it for the triangle. I favor the elephant just because it teaches shapes and colors. Overall a very good bang for your buck, cute and battery free. Which is key in this house!

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I bought this toy mainly because my baby's picture is on the package. It is a good toy. My 18 month old enjoys sorting the shapes and playing with the triangle.

Hog Wild Joltin' Joe Bender Reviews

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Funny I purchased the jolting benders because my husband was in the website and fell inlove with these other acrobats. When I, however, saw these in the baseball themes, I knew I had to purchase them for him. We are Yankee Fans and guess what? When these arrived, my husband fell inlove with them. He bends them every which way and loves how the ball and bat is magnetic enough to stay on! Excellent choice for people inlove with little creative gadgets!

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Review of Wowwee Paper Jamz Pro Guitar Series - Style 1

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List Price: $39.99
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What shocked us the most is that most of the adult guys who have been to our house have been stoked about this and have wanted their own!

PROS Light, easy to carry around even for younger children

Fun to play and sounds like a real guitar

Can hook up headphones to it!

You can go online and download more songs

CONS Wish it came with a guitar strap

Requires 4 AA batteries, which could get costly if your child is playing it all the time.

VERDICT It's definitely an amazing-sounding guitar and perfect for young children who are interested in playing the guitar but don't have access to a real guitar.

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[I have a Style 2. The three styles work the same way, differing only in their shape. Since the shape is unimportant and has nothing to do with the way the guitars perform, I'm repeating my review of the Style 2 here.]

I wasn't aware of Paper Jamz instruments until this year's Black Friday sales when many stores were selling them dirt cheap. My first thought was that it was a cute twist on air-guitar, but something had me look into it a bit further and I couldn't believe what I was reading. That much technology for about $20?!?!?!

Also, I've been playing guitar for ages and, after reading the many descriptions and reviews, I began to wonder how much real music could be made with one of these guitars...so I got one!

I still can't believe it!

You like music? Well, this is like music. In fact, it arguably *is* music. Most guitar players are familiar with the concept of "open tunings". In standard tuning, strumming the open strings of the guitar is not particularly harmonious because the notes don't form a chord. With open tunings, a guitar is tuned so that the open strings *do* form a chord, and that's how the Paper Jamz guitars are set up. Move your right hand over where the strings would be on a real guitar, with your left hand not touching the neck, and you get the sound of an E chord. If you place the index finger of your left hand across all the strings anywhere on the neck, you get a another chord, just a different pitch. Placing your index finger across all the strings just behind the first fret gives an F chord and so on 2-F#/Gb, 3-G, 4-G#/Ab, 5-A, and so on.

The standard rock song has three chords. In the key of G, they would be G, C, and D, and you get them by placing the index finger of your left hand across the "strings" at 3rd, 8-th, and 10-th frets, respectively. So, yes, you can make real music with the Paper Jamz guitar!

But wait! There's more! If you're a 3 year old, you can still make music with the thing. Have mom or dad put in in song mode and when you strum you get nice sounding proper chords for the songs built into the guitar or songs that mom or dad can have added for you.

[More to follow...and here it comes!]

I've had the guitar for a while now with much to report.

Setup *can* be a royal pain. It installs Apple Quicktime on your Windows computer if it is not already there. When it is run for the first time under Win XP, an error message may be generated that the program cannot run because the file winusb.dll is missing. In that case you, can either download a copy from the Web or copy it from another computer that has it. The file should be placed in the directory C:\Windows\system32. (If downloading, please be careful if visiting an unfamiliar site because there are many sites that appear to offer free downloads in an attempt to get users to unsuspectingly download malware.)

I found the software performed flawlessly once it was installed and recognized the guitar. The guitar's overall sound can be can be set to one of 13 settings.

* 12 string electric

* acoustic

* acoustic compressed

* all your phases are belong to us

* banjo

* country (as close to a tele as a #20 plastic guitar can get!)

* garage

* jamcaster

* nervous system

* rectifier

* robot revolution

* sitar

* superchunk

Then, there are the songs. Some come with the application. There is also a long list of other songs that are PaperJamz Pro compatible. They can be purchased from iTunes, but they need not be if you already own them.

As an experiment, I ripped Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets" from his Greatest Hits CD. When I moved it to the library by drag-and-drop, the program recognized it as compatible. When I moved it to the guitar, it behaved like the songs that came with the guitar. Whenever I strummed the guitar, it played the proper chord!

As another experiment, with great hopes, I loaded a song that wasn't on the list. At first, I was disappointed that the program wasn't fooled, but then I found that I could play my own chords along with the song. That is, in may ways it was no different from playing a real guitar tuned to an open tuning. This song was in the key of C, so placing my finger across the fingerboard just before the 8-th fret gave me a "C" chord, just before the 1-st fret gave me an "F", and just before the 3-rd fret gave me a "G".

So, there are *three* ways the guitar can be used.

* freestyle, playing your own notes or chords

* strumming along to compatible songs without ever hearing a bad chord.

* strumming along to songs that are not compatible where it's your job to find the right chord.

It might seem that there's no real difference between the first and third way. If the guitar is in freestyle, you can play along with anything. But, having a song or two at the ready whenever you want it is a nice touch.

As a guitar player, one thing that confused me initially was how to play minor chords. The user's guide shows two circles, which I interpreted as the placement of two fingertips. However, it's really where the finger goes. For example, to play an "A" chord, a finger is place across the fingerboard just before the 5-th fret. To play an "A minor", one finger is place across the fingerboard just before the 5-th fret while another finger is place across the fingerboard just before the 6-th fret, that is, just add one more finger. It also stresses the importance of placing the finger squarely across the fingerboard. If it crosses a fret so that it's spanning a fret, you'll get a minor chord instead of the major.

Highly recommended. I still can't believe all of this technology is being sold as inexpensively as it is.

Oh, yes. One other very important thing. Because these instruments are meant to be played with each other and with recorded music, they had better be in proper pitch...and they are! I'd considered using toy instruments to make real music but was always put off by their invariably being sharp or flat. Not so with the Power Jamz guitars!

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The Pro paper jamz guitar is a HUGE improvement over the original guitar!

I can download my own songs as well as download different guitar sounds to change the tone of the guitar.

The Pro version lets you play single notes, chords, bend notes, hammer ons and tapping. There's a "rip strip" which acts like a whammy bar, as well as a motion sensor built in that acts like tremelo or vibrato when you shake the guitar.

This model's fret board matches a real guitar so aspiring musicians can actually learn where notes are on the guitar neck.

This is the closest you can get to playing rock guitar with out buying a real electric guitar and amp. My boys LOVE it!!

Totally worth the $$.

Plug it into good speakers and you really hear how great this sounds.

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I bought this for my son as a Easter present. He love's it. I like that you can add your own songs. Very pleased with this product. Highly recommended product for any parents kids.

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We bought this for our 4 year old for Christmas and were not sure what to expect. This is the coolest toy and we went out after Christmas and got another one for our year old. We have all enjoyed playing with it. We also bought the strap and the amp. The strap is helpful but if I had it to do over, I would not buy the amp. The guitar has great sound on it's own and we generally don't bother hooking up the amp.

Buy Theme Book: Community Helpers; Grades PK-K; no. TEC3234

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This is a great resource for creating a lot of projects for learning about our community and its helpers. I would have given it a five star rating but you have to make copies of the pages in order to use it because the pages are back to back. They should have made the pages blank on the back so you could have just pulled them out to use them but it is still a great resource.

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Velvet Dabka Diary Review

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This is an absolutely gorgeous keepsake for a diary, journal or ledger for parties and events. It would make a perfect gift or treat for yourself. As pictured, it has high quality garnet velvet adorned with gold thread and some beading. If it ever becomes available again it is worth the small price much lovelier than what you might find in stores. Service from the vendor was remarkable.

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Cheap The Sing & Read Alphabet Collection CD; no. FST0345

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My son came home singing a song about Apple Annie and I had to ask my daycare director for the title so I could purchase it. It is pricey, but well worth it because my son loves it! He sings the song all day long and I can't wait until we get our copy in the mail!

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They use this CD in my daughter's preschool...she absolutely loves the songs and now we can sing them together at home and for family and friends!

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Product arrived on time and in condition advertised.

My kindergarten students love the stories with the CD. The songs make the story come alive. It was expensive for a CD but worth it since it helps get my students engaged in the story.

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Item arrived as described in reasonable time frame. Unreasonable...having to have a specific number of words in feedback. It's dumb.

Anatomical Human Super Skeleton w/ Stand & Cover Reviews

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editing this review...

The skeleton isn't as bad as I initially thought. It is pretty well detailed in regards to the bones. Especially in he skull.

They tried to get it as close to the real thing as possible. Though, it is very difficult to do.

The quality of the product is also very good.

I don't even wanna see how the cheaper skeletons compare. It's great for study since the skeleton is labelled so you know exactly what you're looking at. especially in the skull.

Worth the money imo.

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Review of Teach My Toddler Teach My Toddler - Shapes

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Teach My Toddler Shapes was given to our one year young great niece. It fits into the bag which her mom brings whenever anyone watches her so that the babysitters can work with her using this educational toy. She can find the shapes, and match the puzzle pieces, but she does not have the dexterity to get them into their place on the foam board, we have to help. She loves looking at the shapes on the poster and when we ask, she can point to some that we name. This little one loves to learn and whenever she sees the transparent plastic envelope with this toy inside, she fusses until we place it on the floor and play it with her. Someone is always with her when she uses this toy, teaching and encouraging her. Also at one year, she tends to be a bit rough and if you want this toy to last, supervision is in order. FUN and a very worthwhile purchase.

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As the title suggests, I don't have much to say.

The bots were easy to put together, the instructions were clear, and they were shipped in an extremely timely manner (to the point that I was pleasantly surprised).

These little guys are hilarious and fun! I now look forward to bending their original programming to my own twisted designs.

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Insect Lore Ant Giant Life Cycle Puzzle Review

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After we studied about ants,each class put the puzzle together. What fun! Even our 8th Graders like the puzzle.

We had an Ant Farm and National Geographic book on the life of Ants. The students watched them in their colony. We did this every Tuesday for one month in our library. At the same time we had Butterflies, Ladybugs and Praying Mantis watching and learning about their life cycles.

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VTech Touch and Teach Word Book Review

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I purchased this for my 2-year-old granddaughter's birthday. She loves it! It's light enough for her to carry around and she says the words when she touches the picture.

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We are always looking for toys that will keep our son entertained while in the car, but that won't make a big mess and have lots of pieces. This is one of our/his favorites. The sounds aren't too annoying for the adults, but they are interesting enough for him.

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A great teaching toy! Both of my grandsons (ages 17months and 4 years) can find ways to play with it.

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It is a really good one. I would definitely request it to some one who has a kids who is above 18 months.

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I liked it. My baby is 7 months so its still in the box. But I like the concept of it

Unique Art 6-Inch Tall Pearl Swirl Ocean Mini Table Top Gemstone Review

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I purchased this as a birthday gift for my grandmother. It is even more lovely in real life. She loved it! This is a good deal for one of these, as I have seen them priced higher at gift shops. Excellent quality and arrives in a beautiful satin lined hinged box.

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