Sid the Science Kids Why Do I need A Jacket? Review

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This is an amazing educational tool for little kids! While I'm still a fan of the magic school bus myself, Sid the Science Kid is one of THE hot PBS kids shows right now. Kids love it because it's fun and answers their everyday questions, parents love it because, well, it answers kids everyday questions about science and the world! Great for encouraging curiosity and exploring the natural world!

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I'm a huge sid fan. I love their shows and having the experiments to go with them make it all the more fun. Great for teaching a homeschooler science (or just for fun).

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My oldest grandson is 4 1/2 years old and loves Sid the Science Kid. I purchased this product as a Christmas present which I know he will love and enjoy doing.

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I bought these for my 3 year old niece, you get to have fun trying to making music with even adults. and the kids can bang them against anything to make some music! unique gift and a great one!

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Review of LeapFrog LeapReader Book: Get Ready for Kindergarten (works

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I think my four-year-old will learn some good things from this book. For those wanting to know exactly what is inside here's the run-down.

The first page is for learning the alphabet and the sound of each letter.

One page has an activity to complete a pattern.

Another page asks the child to identify blend sounds like "br" and "st" by finding pictures of words that begin with those sounds as well as by touching the letter combinations.

One page has two monsters and groups of different numbers of candies (1-9). The child needs to identify the numbers and do simple addition.

The child can learn about the seasons and months of the year on another page.

Another page has dinosaurs on it. The child can hear the names slowly pronounced and learn which are carnivores and herbivores.

The last page has five pictures depicting sad, scared, angry, silly and happy. The child hears a short clip of music and is asked to choose the emotion the music sounds like. They can also make their own music by selecting the emotion and then clicking on five different instruments.

There may be a page or two I have forgotten or games I haven't heard my daughter play, but I don't have the book in front of me. My daughter has only had this book for a week and she has played with it for at least 30-40 minutes every day.

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I admit it I bought this because the cover was so colorful and engaging, that I thought even if my 2 year old was way too young for the content, we could still have some fun exploring the pictures until she is more advanced. I'm glad I did. Even though there are definitely many elements in this book which are beyond a 2 year old's abilities, the Leapfrog system itself operates under so many levels that it can actually be tailored for a much younger child's exploration. At one level (the youngest ability level), she can just play with exploring the names and sounds of the illustrations (very basic). The games and activities for older children seem very engaging covering a wide range of topics:

Activity 1: A two page spread of a refridgerator with an illustration for each letter of the alphabet and you help the narrator find items ("Hmm, I would like a sandwich. Please help me find something to put on it.") with great positive reinforcement.

Activity 2: A two page "vowel show" with really adorable illustrations, focusing on the vowel sounds in context.

Activity 3: The word circus -an exploration of letters and words again, with great, vibrant illustrations

Activity 4: Consanat Blend Galary -haven't played with this one at all, but on the left side of the page you see a painter with an easel and the paint colors each have consant blends ("sw," "tr," "br," etc.) and on the right side of the 2-page spread there are 20 of his "paintings."

Activity 5: A two page spread story about a special lunch, with Leap (the frog) as the main character and involves some math skills as we count the items he eats.

Activity 6: Pattern Palace -a very creative way to work with young children's ability to understand pattern development.

Activity 7: Skip counting featuring 50 numbered birds and questions to guide your child through counting games. My toddler is too young for this, but enjoys just clicking on each bird to hear its number and sound effects.

Activity 8: Monster mathematics -very realistic illustrations of candy (8 candy canes, 5 chocolates, 2 candy corns, etc.) and the monster makes great "munching" sounds as you help him pick the right quantity/etc.

Activity 9: Months and Seasons (haven't tried yet, will update)

Activity 10: Party months (haven't tried yet, will update)

Activity 11: My community -two page spread of a town with key buildings (hospital, fire station, barber shop, cinema, post office, police, zoo, supermarket, ice cream shop) with descriptions/songs/etc. Great page!

Activity 12: Dinorsaur class photo -adorable pictures of various, detailed dinosaurs with fun facts and sounds. Definitely lots of content here (and dinosaurs I have never heard of!)

Activity 13: Feelings funhouse: an exporation of feelings through music and illustrations. Great idea, but the illustrations on this one are not as great as the other pages.

I think a bright 3 year old would get A LOT out of this. And because it's not a long story, it can be used in short bursts just flipping through the pages or doing one page here, one page there. I really do recommend this highly.

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I love this book and all the different skills it teaches. I hope they make more for the other grades. I will list the activities:

ABC SNACK TIME: Alphabet in the fridge w/corresponding food or item above it. Example H has 3 hot dogs in hats above the letter. Game will tell you to find the letter 'k', or find the pizza, or find the letter that makes the 'lllll' sound.

THE VOWEL SHOW: The vowels are listed. Below are some simple words like wig, bat, lips, etc with a picture of what is word is. Game will say find the vowel that makes the 'aaaaa' sound. Or find three words that have the sound 'aaaa' in it, like cat. If you find the three words it makes a silly sentence out of them.

WORD CIRCUS: Small words like pig, wig, fox, box. Games focus on finding beginning sound, rhyming and spelling the simple words. (This game reminds me of the Leapfrog flash cards)

CONSONANT BLEND GALLERY teaches some blends, like 'sk', 'gr', 'cl', etc. Has pictures that begin w/the blends and the game will instruct you to find a picture that starts with one of the various blends. As I am using this as an ESL tool also, this game annoys me with the goofy french accent, which my son has some problems understanding.

THE SPECIAL LUNCH: This is a simple written story, with an occasional picture thrown in to represent a noun, rather than having the written word. So it goes, "Leap made himself a (picture of a sandwich)." Later, it will ask you questions about what the story was about, like "Who did Leap make a sandwich for?"

PATTERN PLACE: A picture of a park with a guy driving blowing a horn, boy playing drums....and then the game will give you a sequence of noises to repeat. The second page has deals with shapes and completing patterns using sequence.

SKIP COUNTING A tree of birds with numbers on their bellies. Count by ones first, then later by 10's and some other variations.

MONSTER MATHEMATICS Piles of different candy in different amounts. Find who has more 1 marsh mallow or 2 candy canes. Then it's find less. Then adding the candy.

MONTHS AND SEASONS Reviews the months and seasons.

PARTY MONTH Reviews months, days of the week and dates.

MY COMMUNITY picture of a town with different buildings/areas labeled. Help find Tommy and it gives you clues to try and find him. Next game is also clues "This person works with mail, who is it?" Reminds me of Sesame Streets, 'who are the people in your neighborhood' song.

DINOSAUR CLASS PHOTO Identify herbivores and carnivores/those that walk on two legs, and by other characteristics. Then listen to clues to try and figure out what dinosaur to find

FEELINGS FUNHOUSE mixes feelings (silly, scared, angry, sad and happy) with music.

Please forgive the typos....

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My daughter loves her books and is constantly "reading" them with her pen. She loves all the little games in the back, too, that make her think about the story in different ways. Really happy with this purchase.

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There are so many different activities in this book. From the alphabet fridge to the counting games. My son loves this whole book and spends at least five minutes each day going through it. It might not sound like a lot, but he really dislikes learning and five minutes is long for a four year old boy running on what seems like gasoline all day.

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We got this earlier this Spring, I decided not to review until our butterflies were released. Our three year old was amazed watching the caterpillars eat inside the small containers. All arrived alive, but two out of ten died later. The eight left did turn into cocoons right before our eyes three weeks later. I carefully placed them into the butterfly container, on the side using the hook on the paper backing as instructed. All eight turned into butterflies in three to four weeks after that. Then as a family we released them by the wild growing raspberry bush near our apartment. Our daughter was sad, yet also happy to watch them fly away. Every now and then throughout Spring we saw them in the trees right where we released them.

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I really enjoyed working with this Butterfly kit---it was fantastic to see the worms change to pretty butterflies! I plan on getting more when the weather cools off. I recommend this to EVERY BODY, of all ages!

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I was happy with the purchase.

The darn things died right after becoming butterflies, but I can't fault the product!

Review of Make any book (in any language) a recordable, talking book. Smart

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Very unique toy with lots of games and fun for the kids.

Perfect gift.

As a parent I love to see my kid play with it and discover new things

5 stars from me

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We purchased this little car just as my 8 month old daughter started crawling. She loves to chase after the car. The car looks great too.

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cute and colorful.I bought it to give to my nephew for christmas.Was disappointed on the size,really small and I was hoping it would be bigger,now I feel I have to buy him something else.And the shipping was to high for it being shipped in an envelope.As far as him liking it,I dont know for it isnt christmas yet.I found that locally they sell cars this small that do the same thing,so over all I'm disappointed.

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This cute little car caught my 1-year-old granddaughter's attention right away. It makes cool noises and it's small enough for her to handle. A fun little toy.

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We've had this car for several years, and it's a favorite of both my kids. Sturdy, fun, satisfying popping noises & visual action. A winner!

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easy enough for her to push a bit, even at 8 months, but it can also be dragged backwards to springload it for a satisfying popping run past her. great toy, and I expect her to enjoy it more and more with age.

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First the description: You open it up, slip in the book --simple enough for my son (3 yrs old) to do himself, even changing the cartridge - and switch it on, you are set! This is an incredible improvement over LeapPad and My First LeapPad for a totally self directed learning experience. He has never ended up frustrated while using this toy.

About the add-ons, I currently have two and he enjoys the I Spy even though he is not in the recommended age group. He is able to follow along anything it requires. The volume slide is so nice and easy vs having to hit + and symbols with a pen on the LeapPads. The Blues Clues one is for his age group and he loves that too.

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I own both the Leap Pad, and the My first Leap Pad for my now 3 year old son. I would pass on that and go for this toy. After more than 1 1/2 years of owning them, I still need to pull them out for him, and watch over and remind him to hit the GO circle etc. In fact, he probably prefers a paper book to them, given that with normal 23 yr old boy handling, the pen's contacts are iffy, and the pads shut off at random etc after just a few months of use. I have to say, he does truly enjoy the Dora, Thomas, Jay-Jay, Bob the Builder, Bear in the Big Blue house etc. theme books for the Leap Pad / My First Leap Pad also.

And as for Leap Pad Plus, lets just say that the same GO circle, and delicate pen problems still exist for a rambunctious boy :-) I DO like the Imagination Desk, which does get him coloring and sounding out letters and words quite a bit, especially with Pooh Bear, or Clifford. Wish they had a familiar character themed alphabet book too for that as well as the leap pad. If you look at the parent complaining about a stray wrist making other stuff on the page sound out with the Power Touch, imagine a stray pen touch resetting the entire page to some other GO circle. Much easier to teach them to point. At least, here the sounds relate to the page under view always. I pull out the Leap Pad occasionaly if I have a sore throat and can't get through the dozens of books he likes for night time reading. My son pulls out and plays with the Power Touch by himself. Enough said with that...

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We just bought this for my 2-year-old daughter for her birthday after having played with the display at Target over and over again. Her first response was "WOW!". This book is a big improvement over the LeapPad systems as it allows your child to use his/her finger to guide them rather than a pen. It is definitely more user-friendly for the younger kids because they do not need to touch the "go" circle to make the book work; a concept good for the older kids only. It comes with 2 books to get started: A Sesame Street book and a k-2 grade learning guide. If fisher price can get their power touch library expanded to include more titles sooner rather than later, it will give Leappad a run for its money.

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...First of all this goes from ages 3-8 instead of leap pads two age groups. (my first leap pad only 3-5 and regular is 4-8). Secondly I like that he points with his finger like you would in a regular book. Who reads a book with a pen? I would rather teach him to read without the stylus. It is a great product I am just hoping to see more books especially phonics.

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I first bought the "little touch leap pad" by Leap Frog for my son two months ago (which is actually the system in the leap frog series for the very youngest children, ages 6-36 months, NOT the leap frog system with the pen), and the Power Touch two weeks ago.

The Power Touch is a much better system for the younger child, even thought the recommended age is 3-8 yrs.

With the little touch you have to push very hard on a specific spot on the picture, pushing again and again until it makes a sound. Usually he would give up on a picture before it did anything, and it was even hard for ME to get the thing to activate! I have no idea how any 1 year old would do it, let alone a 6 month old!!! I was amazed to see how sensitive the Power Touch was (it would even activate if I only placed my finger in the air right over the picture!). And yes, sometimes my son would accidently brush a picture with his wrist (like other reviewers complained about), but as soon as he touched the picture he meant too, the sound would automatically switch to that new picture, so he has never become frustrated with it. In fact, sometimes he loves to switch rapidly from one picture to another (like all 2 yr olds, he's not exactly a model of patience!) and the power touch keeps up. He was VERY frustrated with the "little touch".

Another thing is the pages of the books. Leap Pad falsely claims that the "little touch" books are made to be sturdy/untearable for 1-2 yr olds. Instead the pages were made of regular paper. I'm really surprised that that such a well known company would put misleading statements on it's box. The power touch has laminated pages which are definitely sturdier (although it would be nice if they put out the younger books in thicker pages). Also, the books for the little touch are just terrible. They focus mainly on the ABC's, shapes, numbers, (which is boring to such a young child) with nothing else. The story line of the books were way too complicated for my son to understand (and he loves most books). Power touch has characters like elmo and clifford, which he likes a lot. I wish Power Touch had more books available, but one book really does have a zillion different pictures and activities that grow with the child.

Lastly, that dumb green "go" button on the Leap pad made it impossible for him to play with it by himself, and I had to always be pushing it every time he flipped a page back or forward, which constantly distracted him from the book. He wanted to read on his own, but I had to lean over and reset each page, or the words and sounds would be for a different page (now that is MUCH more confusing to a 2 yr old than accidently setting off a sound w/ a brush of the wrist)!

He plays with the power touch for an hour at a time, and loves it. He can read it all by himself, turn to any page he wants, and he even learned to change the books himself after a week! (The Power Touch books are so simple to change).

When he is older, maybe 4 or 5, I will probably get him a leap frog system with a pen (the leap pad for 4-8 yr olds), so he'll be able to get practice with writing, and the leap frog has a lot more for the older child. By then, he will be able to figure out the puzzling "green go" button. But until then, for a 2 or 3 year old, no system beats the Power Touch. The Little Touch Leap Pad was misleading, a complete waste of money and a big disappointment. Never have I bought a toy more disappointing, and this was expensive ([$$$] w/ a book)!

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I bought this for my daughter and she will hardly put it down. It has taught her so much in the short amount of time we have had it. It is so entertaining, with all the different characters

she loves. I would defintely recommend this over leap pad. With leap pad a small child has to remember to push the "GO" button everytime she turns the page, with fisher Price, all she does is turn the page.

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We have all of the Bible Champions Games, and my kids enjoy them all. My kids are ten and seven and they really enjoy them. I consulted my ten year old and she gave it the ratings and titled the review. Shs says the game is challenging, yet fun and not frustrating. Her seven year old brother plays it without any problems as well. As a parent I love that I don't ahve to worry about violence etc.

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Purchased this piano for my music loving son for his 1st bday. It is great and loved it on first sight. He plays with it all the time. The crafmanship is amazing and very durable for rough little hands. The tune of the keys is not professional but better than the cheap toys. It actually sounds like a tune when you play. I highly recommend this.

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We love the color and size... It's not perfectly tuned, of course, but it's a great first piano. Our daughter loves it it's her first stop every morning on the way to breakfast!

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Super cute, perfect size for a toddler. Only issue for me is that the tone isn't exactly what I was hoping for. All the notes are just slightly off a bit. I wasn't expecting a Steinway or anything, but I was sort of disappointed when we opened the box and it didn't sound as beautiful as I had imagined. But we will definitely keep it, and the kid really enjoys playing it, so that's all that matters!

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My 13 mth old daughter loved the piano today. It is well made, looks brilliant and holds a tune. I recommend this as an excellent toy.

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I looked for the math and spelling questions in the games as in other V Flash software but here the games are for fun only.There are no games in the educational part of this software as far as I can see.I would rate it 5 stars if it were like the other games with the math and spelling questions and no way I would have ordered this if I had known the games were just for fun.This product is for making money.The Incredibles had good educational questions as part of the games.

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I got this on sale for under four bucks. This toy is like the silicone vibrating bugs that were very popular, except it doesn't need batteries. It is a nice way to show the younger kids the concept of power coming from light and sun.

The main problem with this bug is that it need really bright sun before it can start moving around. On a mild cloudy day it will vibrate just a little bit. But indoor, it cannot move even if you shine it direct with a strong flashlight.

The head detaches very easily and you may want to put superglue on it. The legs are made of steel not the silicone legs popular with the other bugs.

We were looking and searching for the switch since we couldn't make it move when we first unpack it. I thought we received a DOA bug, but what it needs is a really bright sun.-

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Bought a couple of these as stocking fillers. My boys loved them! Not sure how long they'll last as they seem quite flimsy and only seem to work when in very bright sunshine but they met our expectations and kept the boys entertained while we cooked on Christmas morning.

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Bought this for my son and first, yes it needs *direct* and *bright* sun to work at all. Then all it does is vibrate around. It's not a kit or anything. You just take it out, put it in sunlight and then ask, 'That's it???'

I've tried adjusting the legs, seeing if having one side bent up more could make it stutter in that direction and make more interesting, but no luck.

Dull.

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Bought three of these to build with my daughter and have solar robot cricket races. Unfortunately a big part of the reason for getting these is moot, this is not actually a kit, it is fully built and ready to go. Maybe it's the seller I got it from I don't know but the robots are fun. The educational value is severely curtailed since I couldn't build it with my daughter and that is very disappointing.

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This is the second one I bought for my Grandson. He lost his first one and he loved it. Cute cheap gift idea and educational!

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Sea-Monkeys are a great way to introduce children to the joys and responsibilities of pet ownership, and are also tremendous fun for an older age group as well. The care is simple though I do recommend that you be very careful because even though they are not a dog or cat, they are still creatures and deserve care.

Here are a few tips that I thought I would share to help everybody out in taking care of their new pets:

1) Always aerate the water. I highly recommend the Million Bubble Air Pump becuase it works very well, and is far safer and more convenient that the other options. Also, never, ever think that by stirring the water you are aerating it. You ARE NOT and this method has killed some of my older Sea-Monkeys.

2)Do not overfeed, but remember they do need to be fed. Follow the recommened feeding amount and keep a regular feeding schedule.

3)Make sure you read the entire handbook as it includes all the vital information you need to keep a healthy tank of Sea-Monkeys. It also has many useful tips and some interesting facts.

I recommend this specific tank because it well made and includes all of the necessary things to make Sea-Monkey ownership an enjoyable, rewarding and educational experience.

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Do not order from this seller. I am a teacher and I have used Smithsonian crystal growing kits in my classroom for many years. They are great fun and always thrill the students. There are many possibilities for experimenting with growing the best crystals. But this seller is showing a kit to grow many different colors and types of crystals and geodes. That is not the kit they send. Instead I got a kit that grows 3 types and only 2 bags of powder instead of the 8 advertised. The kit I received is also good, but it is $10. less than what I paid. Beware from this seller!

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Bought this for my 9 year old son. We followed the directions and got a mess. Not at all what is in the description. He was very disappointed as was I.

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I bought one of these some time ago. Durable and attractive in photographs, these are THE BEST scale cubes available for sale.

I use them for showing scale when selling meteorites.

5 stars for customer service, quality and accuracy.

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Ordered from the UK and package arrived within a few days. Excellent product and excellent service. Highly recommended, also have a gold version which is superb.

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fast and good quality. i recommand that . top for make a picture with the sise of stones or meteorites.

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I like it, it has met my expectations.

The velvet holder bag is also fine.

It will be fine for photographies.

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I have been looking for such a scale cube for some time. I have been amazed at the fine workmanship and machining required to produce this product! I am extremely pleased with it and will be using it in every specimen photograph I take from now on!

I would recommend this quality product to anybody!