| Oregon Scientific's multiple-award-winning Smart Globe Junior is one of the most innovative learning aids you will find today. This 3D full-color spinning globe is touch-sensitive and fully interactive. With 10 activity buttons attributed to all seven continents, your children will receive continent-specific information in such areas as animals, people and customs, geography, food, and language. The handy LCD screen visually illustrates all of the information to further reinforce the lessons your children are learning. With more than 20 minutes of audio entertainment, there's nothing this interactive learning tool can't do to help provide high-quality education for your children. |
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 Too Simplistic |
| Review Date: January 2, 2009 |
| Reviewer: K. Tomlinson, Georgia |
| My 5-year old received this globe as a Christmas gift. He loves geography and was very excited about it but it is so simplistic that he lost interest immediately. This globe primarily focuses on human/cultural geography. There is nothing that asks kids to locate the Pacific Ocean or the continent of Africa. The "games" described in the instructions are not games. After choosing a category, such as sports, music, or animals, you are instructed to touch a spot on the globe to get more information about that continent. Unfortunately, very little information is actually given. For instance, in the food category, when you touch South America, you are told that mangoes, papayas, and coconuts are popular in Brazil-that's it. Then you move along to the next continent. What makes it even more disappointing is that the countries aren't even marked, so your child will learn that Brazil is in South America but would have no idea where in South America it is located. I have a 2-year old that seems to enjoy the globe, but if you have older children don't waste your money on this one. |
What is the point?
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| Review Date: December 9, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Derald W. Douglas, Lufkin, TX USA |
| Details on the globe are terrible! What is the point in spending the money on this one and then have to turn around when the get older for more details. Would highly recommend getting one with more details! |
Not a great learning tool
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| Review Date: December 27, 2007 |
| Reviewer: K. Guc, Michigan |
My kids got this for Christmas and we will be returning it for a more detailed globe. My girls are 5 and 3 and this is far too simple without enough detailed information about the countries. I think they would play with it a few times and give it up.
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I'd be great if it worked?
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| Review Date: November 15, 2007 |
| Reviewer: J. Evans, Los Angeles, CA |
| I bought this a few days ago at a local store and mine didnt work properly. when you'd touch japan it would say china, and when you'd touch china id say russia. it was the weirdest thing. so i tried a different mode on the toy to see if that worked. it would still say france when you touched the uk and so on. i think my son wouldve really loved this, but im not going to give him something if its not giving him correct info. if you get this test it out before you buy to see if yours works. HOLD ONTO THE RECEIPT! maybe i just got a bad working one. just keep this in mind. |
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