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I was glad to easily find a replacement pick pack for my lapharp. It has all I need and it is nice to have a pick and wire included as I just really needed the tool. I am pleased.

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Reviews of Leapfrog Tag Activity Storybook Miss Spider's Tea Party

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My little girl is having lots of fun with the Tag books and Miss Spider's is one of her favorites. Of course, she can count to twelve and she knows most of the words but reading practice is precious and she's always happy when she manages to read the text so that it actually rhymes she's into painting and poetry these days.

As a Tag book, there are lots of interactive surprises on every page and there are a couple of big intensive play areas at the end. And, did I mention that the illustrations are absolutely gorgeous?

Can't go wrong with this little book. For the 4-6 years olds. MUST have the Leapfrog Tag system or 80% of the fun is lost.

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This is one of the better books for my 3 year old. It is easy to read and all of the little bugs make cute noises. Recommend for the youngest of the tag book readers.

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I bought this product for my autistic niece. She caught on quick on how to use the tag pen. I look forward to more books. I think this is an awesome toy

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We love it! My guy is almost 3 and VERY into technology so this was something not so techy but still educational and he loves it!

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My kids loves Miss Spider and they love their Tag systems. They read this book a lot. It's a great book!

Buy Grimm's Small Geometric Shape Wooden Conical Stacking Tower, in 9

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My son got this stacker for his first birthday and it's a great toy. My one and only complaint is that I was afraid he would hurt himself on the center pole when he was toddling unsteadily around while learning to walk. That being said, the pros far outweigh the one con. It's durable, brightly colored, and the wood is stained with safe dyes so the color won't chip off (we had that problem with 2 other, cheap stackers that were painted with who knows what). What I like best about this toy is that it's not just round pieces, they are geometric shapes, which lends itself for a lot of educational value. When my son it playing with it we talk to him about the colors, shapes, and sizes of the different pieces, and I can imagine that the shapes will come in handy once he is older and learning those too.

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Buy Snap Circuits Green Alternative Energy Set: Build Over 125 Exciting

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We first discovered Snap Circuits at a friends house and the kids (ages 3-6) all enjoyed it so much that we put it on our son's wishlist for the holidays. When he opened the Snap Circuits Green Energy set up, he immediately began to do some of the activities in the instruction manual. We all had fun together completing the activities to create wind power, solar power and creating sounds. The instructions are simple enough for a 6 year old with clear diagrams and fun facts he was able to do the activities on his own and spent hours that first day doing many different activities. He loves to make the fan go and charge batteries with the solar panel. He loves this so much that we will be purchasing many more editions of this set!

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Reviews of Toystate Caterpillar Construction Big Movin' Rumbler Bull Dozer

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Seriously, I know the title says it all, but this is THE.LOUDEST.TOY.EVER! We've had some toys that I thought were pretty loud, but I just slap some tape on their speakers and we're friends again, but this thing takes loud to a whole new level. There are two kinds of noises it makes:

1. You can push the red button on the side and it rattles around like a freakin jackhammer on your floor (I'll bet our downstairs neighbors LOVE us).

2. If you push the guy he says things like, "Let's ride!" or "Move that dirt!" or plays a pretty rocking tune. This you can actually mute on the bottom of the toy.

It is #1 that is the loudest thing ever. Why do they allow you the option to mute the guy he's the coolest part about this thing.

All this said my son LOVES this thing. He got it for his 1st birthday as a gift. (The people he got it from also have a baby. I'm plotting a loud toy for her 1st bday!). This had to be opened right away and he loves watching it move across the floor after it rattles. He'll also rock out to the music it plays. Would be a great toy for someone who doesn't have downstairs neighbors!

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My 3 year old son and 1 year old daughter love this toy. They are so rough with it, but it keeps working. :) I discovered that it does not roll well on the rugs in his playroom, but works well on low rugs in the other rooms. FYI, the belts/tracks don't move; there are wheels underneath the bulldozer that make it go. It IS very noisy, but that's the nature of construction and small kids! I listed this toy as educational for preschoolers because it promotes creative play and engineering skills like building and choosing blocks and other items that can be bulldozed with it.

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We bought this for my son after he had played with it at a friend's house. Our son is really rough with toys and this one provides hours of entertainment. He loves the sounds it makes and it shakes, vibrates and moves on it's own. He has definitely put it through the ringer and it is still going strong! I would recommend this toy to anyone who's son likes trucks and things that make lot's of noise :o)

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Bought this for my construction truck loving 3 year old and he loves it. Also gave as a gift to my friends 2 year old-he loves it as well. But be warned...this toy shakes and makes A LOT of noise. Kids love, but you as a parent might not.

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The noises are fun, but very little power behind it's movement and runs through the batteries pretty quickly. Keep looking.

Cheap Artec Pocket Study Series: Multiplication Table

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This certainly isn't anything fancy, but one of our sons loves numbers and math, and this is a fun toy for him. Yes, it is simple, but quite elegant in that.

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Review of Fisher Price Peek-A-Blocks: Shape Sorter

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My 1 yr old likes to stick the shapes through the top which then plays music once they hit the bottom, then dumps them to start over again. He is still learning the shapes.

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I love this thing. I don't plan on hanging it on the wall, so I can't attest to how well it would be in that capacity, but the product is solidly constructed and perfect for growing minds!

The picture (right now anyway) does not match what the product is, but the correct product arrived. You can look at the product's picture at the manufacturer's website. It comes exactly as shown on the site.

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I am a naturalist at a Nature Preserve. I purchased the Identiflyer and song cards to help with my instruction of a bird identification program during a hike. The children as well as myself loved it. It is a useful tool when trying to identify the birds in the area. I also like using it in my own backyard to sharpen my bird ID skills. AND my absolute favorite thrush for its song is the wood thrush!

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The child that received this for Christmas was ecstatic about it, and the card performed flawlessly see my review on the Birdsong Identiflyer for tips on how to keep them singing! I am not a professional reviewer BTW.

If you a person that hates ignorance about what lives in your environment, you will especially love these card song series!

For me this brings me closer to God's beautiful creation!

Discount 4D: Tarantula Spider Anatomy Model

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First I'll say that for its size this is relatively inexpensive. It's quite a large model and has many things it does right.

As far as Anatomy:

It highlights the spider brain, although it doesn't run the stomach through the brain and this is something incredibly critical to highlight for students about arthropods. Most of them have their stomachs going right through their brain! Also the intestine is far larger than shown in the model with a larger surface area. Another mistake is the fangs they are comically much larger than they would be in an actual spider. The eyes are also wonderfully correctly modeled as far the way they connect to the brain, However the way they're shaped and the arrangement on the spider is COMICALLY incorrect, in tarantulas they're clumped in several areas on the cephalothorax. The nerves in the legs are perplexingly modeled large and I think an opportunity was missed to highlight the fact that spiders actually move around with a hydraulic system inside their legs which would make a much better thing to show within the legs. The external features are very exaggerated and large almost as if you were looking at a cartoon of an actual spider as well.

Also, assume most of the information in the "manual" is incredibly terribly unreliable. The life cycle illustration is horrible, spiders DO NOT MATE THAT WAY. They don't have genitalia the same way we think of it! That guess what? section in the manual is very inaccurate facts such as but not limited to the little blurb about Goliath bird eaters being named bird eaters because they're large enough to eat them. It's as if someone decided to go "Hey, lets type in the phrase random spider facts into Google and quickly write this manual in an hour or two"

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Man this thing is flimsy. The plastic bits snap in with a considerable amount of force required and the legs attach the same way. They have some weird puzzle arrangement where only certain legs fit in certain holes. However they are quite difficult to push in and even when they are fully pushed in they still are a little loose. The internal organs of the abdomen are also a nightmare to get in they don't exactly fit in all the precut holes the model provides. Well, they do just not when all of the organs are stacked as the instructions suggest. All three organs at once do not align or fit neatly with the holes the company made for them.

Obviously this isn't a professional model but for its price it's cheap and gets the job done. The stand is quite nice as well and overall it would be a fairly nice model for an educational environment.

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I own 25 tarantulas, and I was contacted to bring a few safe species into classrooms for presentations. I thought this 4D model would be helpful, especially considering that I own a Brachypelma smithi (Mexican red knee tarantula)--which this product is modeled after. I hoped I could show kids my spider, then use this model to explain her anatomy.

Being a tarantula hobbyist, I know a fair amount about tarantulas...enough to see some unfortunate mistakes. The formation of the eyes on the model is incorrect, and the underside of the model has no details at all. After putting the 4D tarantula model together, I checked out the enclosed information to read more about the different body parts. There are basic grammar errors, spelling mistakes (young are referred to as "Spider Lings,") etc... Probably the worst mistake was in the life cycle diagram, which you'd think would be basic information, right? The illustration for the reproduction part of the life cycle shows one spider mounted on top of another in a traditionally mammal-style posture. This is **not even close** to how tarantulas reproduce, and a simple 2-minute Google search would have revealed this. When basic information like this is presented incorrectly, I have little to no faith that the rest of the info is correct. :( Who would make a product like this without doing some basic research? It was quite a bummer.

While the model itself is "okay," it falls apart easily. And, like I said, the information is poor. I definitely wouldn't consider it "museum quality" like the description claims! I'd say that all and all $10 would be the most I'd recommend paying for this item.

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This is a LARGE (13" . . . think bigger than a sheet of notebook paper) model of a tarantula that is fully formed with detatchable organs and a "window" on the back so you can see through when it's all put together. If it says "33 organs," that must count each of the 8 legs separately because there is not much inside it. Organs include brain, heart, eyes, poison glands, digestive tubes, book lungs, ovaries and silk glands. Each organ is colored for identification (not realistically) and they nest together nicely inside so you can see how the body systems would be in place. It's a good model to show how inverterbrate anatomy is similar to mammal anatomy, with which kids are more familiar, but also how it is so different.

Unfortunately the legs do not stay in this thing -perhaps they could be glued in permanently, but ours constantly fall out so that it cannot even rest in one piece, it just falls apart. It is a good basic educational model for kids who want to see inside a tarantula, but it is not a toy that can walk around (good news for arachnophobe parents -that means it is NOT a toy that can sneak up on you!)

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This was better than I expected. The legs are shape coded so you can't install the wrong leg in the wrong hole. The instructions I would give a ** because they don't explain enough. It took me longer to figure out the plastic pieces fittings due to them not being very intuitive. But after I got it all put together, IT IS GREAT! The fit of the pieces is very tight and secure. The overall construction is *****.

I would recommend this to anyone, but I would also recommend that an adult assist younger children in the assembly.

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Was purchased as a christmas present for our child that is attending college to work in the animal field. Was pleasantly surprised at the size and detail of this model.

Buy Learning Resources Classpack Tangrams, Set of 30, 6 Colors

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Great product! the colours are good for children and for large and small group work. The size is great as well.

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My daughter is a 1st grader. Her class project requires to show and tell an item. I think this is a great educational and straight forward puzzle. I loved to play it when I was a kid. The package came with 30 sets in good quality. The whole class kids love it!

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These tangrams were a really good value. It allows everyone to be hands-on when learning a new skill. The pieces are nice and durable and having varied colors makes it easier to put them back into sets when they get mixed together.

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The product is educational for both adults and children. Learning resources was very helpful and responsive in making sure that I received the product on time.

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I teach middle school math. Tangrams are great for many, many objectives. I specifically ordered the six colors because there were purple tangrams in the set and 12 year-olds love purple. Unfortunately, all three sets were the four color sets. No purple. They still work, and I still love tangrams, but I'm really disappointed about the lack of purple. If the robot had pulled the correct bucket off the shelf, this would be a five-star review.

Learning Resources Algebra Tiles Class Set (LER7547) Reviews

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If your school does not provide these and you teach pre-algebra or algebra, you need a classroom set. If you're home schooling, you need two individual sets. I bought the very full set that will accomodate 30 students (more working in pairs). The only thing to have handy is some super glue as sone students will find a way to separate the positive color side from the red, negative side. These seem at least average if not better in durability. Also included is one teacher transparancy set in case you don't have a document projector.

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I recently attended a workshop, during which we used these tiles extensively to teach several different math standards. I love this product, and I am excited to use them with my upcoming students.

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This item is exactly how it is described. My only wish is that the individual packs could be resealed. My students tore open the bags they came in and I had to tape them back together in order to keep from losing them. Also each individual pack sounds like it has a lot of pieces, but in reality there is very little each student can do so it is best to group students together.

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We shared these tiles between two classrooms and let the students work in pairs. Some of them began breaking apart, but they were still useful in the classroom.

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This product works but it is not ideal in the colour schemes representing positive values. Otherwise it is well packaged and no complaints

Buy Scholastic My Electronic Library Snowman: Winter Wonderland

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This Toy was a great idea as it kept my kids busy while I was cooking and it also has a great educational value to it . I highly recommend it for use at home , in the car or on the road as it was well worth the $25 ... love the Snowman too :-)

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Mini Buddha Board

This is the ultimate visual demonstration of the saying, "This, too, shall pass". When the busyness and stress of everyday life start to get to me, I can paint a simple picture, or merely a word and watch it slowly disappear. The Buddha board is non-messy, easy to use, easy to store and portable. I find it highly relaxing and have sent one to everyone in my family.

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Purchased for my niece recovering from surgery. Told her it gave her another use for that water they kept on her nightstand. She laughed. She loved it. Also (most importantly) it provided her with a much-needed and soothing distraction from her hospital surroundings.

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I enjoy playing with it a lot. The only thing bad about it is the brush doesn't seem very durable as it keeps loosen its hair. That's not a big problem though(as I can always buy new brushes to replace it), the Buddha Board itself looks good all the same.

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I ordered this as a last minute "stocking stuffer" Xmas gift for my 19-year-old, and was very pleasantly surprised at how much he enjoyed it. He was home from college on his Xmas break for a month and in that time he, and his friends who dropped by, used the buddha board quite a few times. They had a lot of laughs and also surprised themselves with some quite lovely creations. Unexpectedly fun and diverting. Good purchase.

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I bought this for my daughters and several of their friends. It is very cute. It allows you to paint with water and the "paint" comes on very dark in color. After a little while the "paint" disappears and you begin again.

Reviews of Female Pelvis Anatomical Model Professional

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great for patient education. i use it for urogyn patients. they all love it and get a better understanding of their body. just wish it was more steady on the base. i already bought another one for my other office.

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