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Crayola Color Explosion Glow Board

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from: Crayola

August 01, 2007
The kids had fun with this but it is really hard to clean off. Plus the light-up effect only works in a really blacked-out room so they should have made the buttons light up. My daughter complained about that. Overall, it's a so-so toy compared to pencil and paper. Still, a neat effect.

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Blokus Classic

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from: Educational Insights

May 01, 2007
This game is great! It's a game that can be played with 4 people and different colors. Even though it might be easy to lose some pieces it is still fun.You will find it hard to put the right pieces at the correct time.

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IlluStory Make Your Own Story Kit

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from: Creations by You

June 12, 2006
this product is great in theory...

I bought this for my 7 year old son. He decided to make his story online and it took him DAYS to complete. He worked very hard on it. After he was done I filled out the "about the author" section and uploaded his picture. Well part that was eaten by their website or something. Because I rechecked it before I put the order through and it wasn't there. So I re-entered it and clicked all the way through to the checkout.

WE got the book (finally, since they send it via media mail)and it had many errors - it had strange shapes that aren't on the screen when you are editing the the book on the website. and it was missing the "about the author" section. My son was in tears. I emailed the ... Read More:

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Melissa and Doug Deluxe Standing Easel

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from: Melissa and Doug

June 12, 2006
This is a great educational tool for children who are not writing well on paper yet. My three year old picked a piece of chalk and started writing her name and now even does well with paper.

Also great for older painters.

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Hasbro Playskool Busy Ball Popper

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from: Hasbro

September 06, 2006
My son received this toy as a gift and he had a ball playing with it! We even liked the toy and it was a lot of fun to try to catch the balls as they popped out.

However, one day my son's arm got stuck in the toy when he was trying to reach down where the balls get sucked down to and it was stuck all they way up to his elbow. His arm was so wedged into the toy that we could NOT get his little arm out! Finally after trying to pull his arm out my husband ended up breaking the toy to get his arm out. It was really scary because we didn't know what to do when my poor baby was sitting there with this big toy stuck on his arm. We threw the toy away and no matter how fun it was to play, I wouldn't let my children play with this again.

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Fisher-Price Smart Cycle

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from: Fisher Price

May 01, 2007
I bought this for my two grandsons, ages 4 & 6, for Christmas last year. The concept is a great one but needs electrical hookup. But for me the deal breaker was that it really needs to be made more durable. It didn't last but two weeks and fell apart. They did not mind repeating the games which helped to build their confidence as they mastered more and more. But it would have been nice if they could of had their own names and scores like a lot of the other software has that's out there. Like I said ... GREAT CONCEPT but lacking in durability.

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LeapFrog Learn & Groove Musical Table

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from: LeapFrog


My Little One loved it so much at a playgroup that once I told her Grandam about it, it arrived the next day. She LOVES it. I swear it is the reason she walked at 10 1/2 months . . . ok, maybe not! But it helped give her a place to start from until she was steady on her feet.

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Connect Four

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from: Hasbro


This game is so much fun for the whole family. Unfortunately it's only a 2 player game, but children learn to share by waiting to play. My autistic son who also has cerebal palsy plays this with perfection! He's managed to beat me more times than I can count! Truly, this will give you a wonderful family experience you'll cherish forever! Plus if the little ones want to play real checkers but can't quite mange it, this is the perfect solution!

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Fisher-Price Little Superstar Sing-Along Stage

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from: Fisher Price

August 01, 2007
This is the best purchase I have made this year! My 6mo. old will sit in front of this thing forever and just hit buttons and giggle with every sound it makes. She loves the mirror as well. She tries to touch the "other baby" all the time. On the other hand my three yr. old uses it as a dance studio. She grabs the mic and runs around dancing to the music and singing like a little superstar. This is a must have!

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Hungry Hungry Hippos

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from: Hasbro


This is a game I often get kids for birthday gifts. The parents are just excited about it as the kids, as they often had it themselves. It's not educational, but so much fun. Especially popular with active boys who may not always like traditional sit-down games.