Best AmScope Portable Stereo Kids Microscope 20X Deals

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Being used to heavy stereo microscopes, I found this one shockingly light. But it works great. 20x may not seem like much but it is a good power for bugs, jewelery, and fabrics. The interocular adjustment fits my adult face, so it is not just for kids. View is clear, though you have to carefully center both eyes to see in stereo. Comes with a vinyl dust cover.

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Bought this for my wife and four kids we are homeschoolers. The microscope seems robust enough; was surprised it weighs only a pound. But there is an apparent short in the battery compartment because the light will not turn off (have to remove one battery). In fact, the battery compartment immediately appeared quite cheap. It is advertised as a $300 microscope but it clearly is not. Because I bought it for about $50, I'm still happy with the purchase and I think I'll be able to fix the short. The light is nice and bright and the unit works for our intentions.

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For a child's first microscope this is a pretty good choice. It is light weight but it also seems pretty sturdy. It doesn't do much at 20x but it does show bugs and rocks. I purchased this as a Christmas gift for my son. At eight, he thinks it's great. For me, it's so so, as I was expecting more detail.

It's super simple to use. I like items that have a paragraph on how to put things together. It's very easily put together so much so my son can do it with no problem. It takes a bit more skill (which he will gain in time) to focus it. It focused only by moving the top apparatus up and down by the knobs on the side. Pretty easy.

One does have to center the subject, but it has a guide in the form of a "light". Without the light turned on, it creates a reflect light in the form of three small dots on the sample so one can center the sample or the slide precisely where the subject can be seem. It has clips to hold the sample. The light, I feel, must be turned on to get the best optics.

It comes with a dust cover.

It is fun to use with my son and it does create quality time together.

I'd say that this is good for...maybe two years before graduating to a more powerful microscope.

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My daughter asked Santa for a microscope. She wanted to look at bugs, rocks, etc.

This is exactly what she wanted. We're all having fun with it.!

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fell for the if it was actually originally in the hundreds of dollars and dropped to the sale price, it must be at least acceptable for my 3 year old. That was where I went wrong first, I had to clean every piece because there was some kind of oil(?)grease(?)substance all over everything. Then the makeup on the microscope should have had them reduce the price even more due to its poor quality. Then, I realized that there were no slides or anything that we could look at. I usually try something for at least a week before I make decisions but with this microscope, I knew within minutes that it was not for my son at any age. We ended up going to Walmart and purchasing a microscope kit that was at a comparable price and had all the sample slides necessary for my son to find playing with it fun.

Review of INSTEN Premium Screen Protector Guard + Baby Pink Silicone Skin

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this is not a very think protective cover, it does making gripping easier which a plus, but if my daughter droped her leap pad I wouldn't be surprised if it was damaged chipped or broken with this case

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After buying this product we were dissatisfied as the screen protector peeled of easily, and the gel skin was very loose, and bothered our child so it wound up in a drawer. Junk! If your going to buy a protective skin for the leap pad then get a harder one from the website or Walmart. More expensive but it will still stay on the leap pad instead of in a drawer.

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Bought this for my niece and works great. The screen protected does the job and the pink cover looks great for girls

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The screen protector works great, but the skin case covers the camera facing daughter on Leappad 2. For the money if you have the original Leappad it would be great although the skin case is a bit thinner material than what I really would have liked it to be.

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The more use this toy gets the more I do not like this cover. I just purchased one of the hard plastic ones made by LeapFrog. This one is very thin and flimsy so not very durable. The corners come off all the time. I would save your buck and specd the 10-15 on a good one.

Buy Lauri - Fun with Magnets

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This product is great. My twin 5 year old boys loved it. They sat all evening doing the experiments from the cards that come in the box. The cards show step by step what they are to do. Even when their Grandpa wasn't there they could still do the different techniques that were on the card. This is a great teaching tool.

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This makes a great starter set for introducing kids to magnets! It has a lot of fun pieces to do lots of different experiments. It also comes with 14 experiment cards that give you a lot of fun ideas and really help bring the fun of magnets to life. One experiment my 3.5 year old loves to play is rubber-banding the magnet bar to the top of his Tonka car and "pushing" it along the table using another magnet. He gets to see it move without touching it while making a game out of it with his cars. The set also comes with some foam pieces to make boats you can push through the water, in a bath or in a bowl. There are a bunch of washers and nuts you can stack or hang off of the wand and form some neat structures. My kids love to use the magnet balls too. We play a game of roll and catch with them using the wand. A compass comes with the set, but it's a little small and made fairly cheap to get much use out of. We have a larger compass and we use that instead. The variety of the pieces and experiment cards make this set a great value and fun experience for kids!

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I bought this for my 5-year old daughter for Christmas and she really enjoys playing with all the magnets. There are some activity/experiment cards which we have been using. The cards help give unmderstanding about how and why magnets work. She is facinated by all the included magnets and can spend quite a bit of time playing while learning about cause & effect. I think this a great product!

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This is a great product. MY daughter is almost 3, at her preschool they have a several sets similar to this one. I had been looking for something comprable to the ones she had at school. The price on this is amazing. I was originally looking on Lakeshore and I would have had to pay double. This toy will be for her to begin experimenting with magnets and I think its a great starter set. I plan to hide magnetic objects in a bin covered with rice or whatever and let her seek the items out, should provide many fun moments.

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I purchased this as a Homeschool science tool. It is fun and educational. The experiment cards are detailed and lessons in themselves. Great even for free play.

VTech Mobigo Software Cartridge - Thomas & Friends Reviews

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My son LOVES this game! He won't put it down! It's educational and it also takes advantage of the motion aspect in the Mobigo 2. You have to move the controller to keep Thomas on the track and another part of the game, you have to shake the controller to throw the logs. My son just giggles uncontrollably while playing it.

Great game!

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My kid is barely 3. This game is perfect for his little mobi-go 2. Granted, he's not allowed to play alot, but when I need him distracted or occupied, like at the doctor's office or something, this is the game he chooses first. the directions are simple, easy to understand and I hardly ever have to help him with it more than the one first time. Of course, we work together on the 'difficult' levels of each game, but that's kind of the point.

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My grandson enjoys playing this game and he's learning at the same time so i consider this a win-win situation.

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This came quickly & in great condition. My 2 1/2 yr old gndson loves Mobigo 2 & this game was great for him. I also love Thomas the Tank Engine. Unfortunatly his favorite pass time is taking the cassette in & out, in & out & I suppose he could do that with any of the games,lol. Well he does push a few buttons from time to time then back to in & out. Then when he can't get it in he gets furious & starts screaming at it. We say "Do you need help?" He says "Hup." So we hup him & then he want's it out again. on & on we dance. So if you can sit there & keep putting the cassette in & out til they get the hang of the game then this is the cassette for your young one.

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This products keeps my kids entertained and busy. They are learning how to use the cartridge and they enjoy Thomas and all of his pals. Great cartridge to use to compliment any child and build their self-esteem.

Reviews of Wonderworld Mini Recycling Truck

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We bought a few of this brand of trucks for our school. Almost all of them came apart after being pushed off of a shelf. A little glue and a clamp, and they are as good as new.

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Excellent product and well made,, my gradson just love it, sturdy and colorful, we like wooden toys they are very durables

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I get endless compliments on these trucks from my friends and family, my son loves to play with them, they are very sturdy and very well made. I bought 6 so far and will buy more!

Playskool Alphie Data Bots - Deci-Bot Reviews

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This toy was actually a lot smaller than I thought it would be; not to say that is a bad thing. It would be the perfect size for in the car or on the go. I think what makes this toy so fun is the fingers that light up. If it did not have this function, I think the toy would get boring more quickly. I bought this for an advanced 2 year old's birthday, and I think it was perfect. Since it has the function of adding and subtracting, this is a toy that he can play with for years to come. If you are looking for an educational toy that can keep interest, I think this is a good buy.

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My two year-old likes this toy. This sturdy toy has blinking lights and counts out loud. She plays with this toy often, but it doesn't keep her interest very long. Counting and number concepts in a sturdy, light-up toy.

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This is a dynamite toy. Its little, cute and fun. Its the perfect size for those doctor's visit to keep them entertained. It has a catchy song, challenges the child and helps them to add and subtract. I wish its toes lit up like the fingers so the children could learn to count to 20. All in all, I would still recommend.

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Grand son loved it ..Think it will help him learn to count he loves the music it plays he reall dance with the groove.

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A small miracle in itself is to see a little brother and his sister playing together with a TOY! IT keeps the peace for quite a good stretch of time and IS educational and reminds me of the old board games; with a twistlights-words-talking! SUPER FUN and SUPER CUTE -especially a PLUS as it is a ROBOT-so if you have a little one that is needing to learn to count or improve his number concepts this is it-he or she will GROW INTO IT! Awesome toy! Will be back for more versions of this UP DATED ALPHIE CONCEPT!

Counting Skills Magnetic Maze Reviews

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Bought this for a three year old who loves gum, numbers, and puzzles--trifecta. You use a magnetic pen to pull the gumballs into the gumball machines. I would rank it a five star, but the magnetic pen is stronger that it needs to be and will pull three gumballs at a time, which can frustrate a child who wants the red gumball, and the red gumball only.

I saw this at our local library and knew I must own one. It is expensive, but will withstand a lot of abuse and use.

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My children (7, 3, and almost 1) LOVE this toy, as do all of our guests!! I wasn't sure about spending so much, but it is very well-constructed and has tolerated a lot of kid abuse without a scratch. We recommend this toy for sure!

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My 3 year old has some difficulty with keeping the balls separate and even counting out 10 balls and remembering which hole they go in. But it is GREAT practice and eventually she will have it mastered. Great game!

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I bought this for a 2 year old. it was exactly what I expected. He can play it perfectly except I thought it would be good for the car and it is kind of big to hold

Buy LeapFrog® Brightlings Builders

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I bought Brightling Builders (this product) and Brightlings Dancers for my 6-month old daughter. Overall I think the Brightlings collection is pretty cute, but I didn't want to buy the Exploration Station .... just didn't think it has much to do especially since my daughter has similar toys. The Brightling Builders and Brightlings Dancers are much cheaper, but if you want to choose one of these two I would recommend the Builders (see my review of Dancers). The Builders come with 9 pieces overall (3 bases, 3 heads and 3 other pieces) that can be stacked and rattled one of them lights up when pressed and one has a tiny mirror. Personally I think it's a nice alternaive to the common stacker with the rings. Also, the pieces are neither too heavy nor too big for baby's hands to pick up. When stacked (3 pieces on top of each other) they are probably about 6-8 inches tall.

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I have a developmentally delayed 2 year old, so I pay a great deal of attention to the educational value of a toy. This one is great. According to my son's physical therapist stacking toys, particularly ones that can be stacked many different ways are important to aid in cognitive development. Plus my son just enjoys stacking them up and knocking them down! They are cute and I don't think it would be possible to break them.

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We bought these along with the brightlings matchers for our 8 month old and she really likes them. She is too young to really play with them but they do attract her as she will reach for them when presented with many toy options. As mentioned in my matchers review they are great for the diaper bag because they are small and offer a distraction when needed. I think for the price they are a good value.

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My 7 month old son was INSTANTLY excited by these toys.

Again these are a PERFECT size for him to grab and manipulate.

Right now he loves to knock them over if I stack them, or just have them piled in his lap and kick, grab and toss around.

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Quite simply, this toy is boring. Just something else for you to step on. Doesn't hold my child's interest for even a minute. Waste of money.

LeapFrog My First LeapPad Educational Book: La feria de las letras Reviews

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Perfect to teach your kids Spanish! this little books are nice and very instructive, plus their spanish is actually good! not spanglish not bad translations. The real thing!

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LeapFrog Explorer Learning Game: Digging for Dinosaurs (works Review

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Purchased this game along with the explorer for my six year old daughter this Christmas. She hasnt put the game down since she started playing it. This is more than just digging for dino bones. I will try to describe to you what I have seen from this game so far.

There are four mini games on the game itself. You have to complete these task's to earn points, when you get 100 points you get to go on a dinosaur digging expedition and dig up fossils. However you only get to go on one dig per each 100 pts. So the kiddos have to go back and play the games again.

One game is a matching game. There is a snapshot of some random dino part maybe its tail, maybe its teeth or whatever is shown your child has to match this to the dinosaur it belongs to.

Another game is a maze that your child has to guide dinosaurs through to their watering hole or nest. But dont get caught by a predator!

Another which is my personal favorite has a mother dinosaur guarding her nest you have to use your tail if your the species like a spike tail or club tail to knock the predators back and prevent them from stealing the eggs. If you happen to be playing with a horned dinosaur you just bop them with your head and they go away.

The fourth game you have to feed the dinosaur a set number of items in a certain amount of time.

The games get more difficult as you go along and its perfect for my daughter just the right amount of challenge but yet it's not so difficult that she cant accomplish the task's just some of them take her longer to master which is great.

After you complete an exhibit you can unlock things such as dinosaur videos on the game.

This game rocks was well worth the money!! Lots of educational facts too! Plenty of different species to play as.

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This is the go to game for my son. He loves dinosaurs and being able to find bones, put the skeletons together and learn more about them is awesome. He knows far more about dinosaurs than any 5 year should and most of that knowledge came from this game.

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He plays with it all the time and it has become one of his favorite activities each day. I would recommend this game highly.

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My son LOVES this game! He loves dinosaurs and he almost ripped the packaging open! Great for long trips in the car and he has not gotten bored with it at all! Yeah!

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This toy was for our grandson. He says it is a lot of fun, and kind of a challenge, too. So, that's good. Didn't want anything he could just waltz through. It is the Digging for Dinosaurs by Leapster.

Alphabet With Animals Placemat Reviews

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It's a fine placemat, but it's just laminated paper. I was expecting something a little more substantial for my $5.

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So this is exactly what you think... A laminated placemat. It is sturdy, not a thin lamination, but dont be fooled to think this is going to be heavy duty. I would not trust it in the dishwasher. That being said, it is helping with my son leaning his alphabet, and is standing up through many meals.

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This placemat is great! Teach your kids their ABC's during mealtime. Great way to seize the opportunity to review letters. Helped my son tremendously. I recommend it, just make sure you don't get it too wet or submerge it in water. Wipe it with a damp cloth and that does the trick.

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This placemat was a bit of a disappointment. It's just a laminated card, and although it has color your own letters on the back, it doesn't clean off easily. It's OK, but I'd rather have something a bit more sturdy. That being said, my kids love looking at the alphabet letters.

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Both of my sons (2 & 4) love saying their ABC's at the tabel. These are an unexpected learning tool.

EB Excalibur EI5851BL10 Einstein Science Build Your Own Radio Lab Review

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This is the Einstein DIY Science Kit Radio that my 17 year old granddaughter just put together. She LOVES it. I'm so proud of her for doing it! She did something she had no idea she could do. She is having a blast playing it too. It works great.

Another granddaughter who is only 11 tried to put hers together. I think she 1) lost a piece of it and 2) never paid any attention to the directions. Hers did not work. I've been thinking of having the older granddaughter take this one apart and try to reconstruct from her own instructions. When we figure out if something is missing or just not wired correctly, I'm confident we can get it to work.

It's a wonderful product.

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My kids love it, which says a lot in this technical age of tablets and toys. Fun education for the whole family

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I bought this as a present for my 9 year old nephew. This website says it's age appropriate for 9 and over, but when I just got the box, it says the ages are 13 and up. Now I have to return this product.

Cheap Melissa & Doug Latches Board

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We bought this for our 19 month old to take on a plane trip as the "new" toy to entertain her when needed. She *loved* playing with it through the entire trip. it's a bit big for a carryon, but we fit it in. It is now a car toy that gets swapped out upon occasion with others. The back of the puzzle says 4+, but I think it's a good challenge for younger children. There are 2 latches that she needs adult help with because they are too tough to move. I'm sure she'll grow into those with time, though.

updated 9/07:

My almost 3yo can now do all of the latches on this puzzle-has been able to for several months, now.

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I bought this for my son was he was 14 months old, he is now a very inquistive 3 year old. Within a few weeks, he had mastered it (except for the one lock that is hard to turn). It is wonderful for practicing dexterity, and great for travel. The only thing is, once they master this puzzle, they can then open all the locks and latches in your home--which can definitely be a safety hazard!

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I bought this puzzle for my 2 year old daughter who LOVES puzzles. Especially the puzzles by Melissa and Doug that open and inside are hidden images or magnets.

The latch puzzle that we purchased was terrible. The sliding latch door lock simply fell out of the latch when you moved the puzzle thus was to easy and way to loose. The most disapointing is the window latch and trunck latch. Both these two required adult hand strength to open! I had to hold the puzzle flat with one hand and grip the window latch with the other in order to manipulate it open. And I have very strong hands and it was hard for me (an adult) to open!! Perhaps it was JUST our puzzle. So I returned it. The other puzzles are sold in tight plastic wrap and so we weren't able to TRY another latch to see if it is not so HARD. So that is 3 defunct out of 6 latches that my daughter wasn't able to play with. That's half the toy that wasn't workable or child friendly and NOT worth the money.

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This "latches" board is great practice for problem-solving and manual dexterity/manipulation for toddlers/preschoolers. I got this one mixed up with the "locks" board--much more complicated and for older children. I caught the difference just before I purchased it, so I did end up with this one--the right one. Our 15-mo-old dtr. likes to fiddle with it for quite a while--she hasn't figured out all of the latches and needs a little help, but she also likes to look at the animals inside the doors. Our 3-yr-old likes to open/close the locks and doors, and it keeps his attention for several minutes (which is good considering his short attention span). Even our 5-yr-old will play with it a little, but I don't think it does much for him developmentally. The only setback is that two of the latches are attached very tightly and so far, only the adults have been able to open those doors. Probably just a problem when it was made. Overall, a good developmental toy to have around the house.

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I bought this for my 18 month old daughter. Although she can't manage to open the locks up just yet, she loves opening the doors and playing "peek-a-boo" with the animals she finds. She opens the barn door can say "Cow....Moooooooooo!" I bought this more for fine-motor-development but since her little fingers can't manage the locks, we're still enjoying it as an educational toy. I ask her where the doggie is and she opens the doors (that I leave unlocked) and finds the doggie. She's having fun with it in a way that I wasn't expecting.