Educational Toys > Fisher Price Educational Toys > Learning Aid

Advantages: Bright, robust, engaging
Disadvantages: volume?

I have had to write my own review as I feel that more than one opinion of this product would help people when making a decision to buy this toy or not. My little girl also got this product for Christmas. We had initially seen it in Tesco and the volume was quite loud and had her grasping for it. So, when my auntie wanted to buy it her, I thought it was a great choice. Like the previous review explains, when you take the phone out of the packaging, ...
...At first we thought it was broken, or weren't qualified enough to work out where the volume control was! We then put it to our ear and the volume is acceptable, probably too quiet for adult ears, but for Megan we're quite happy that its quieter for little ears. The review before this one explains that a 7 month old doesn't yet put it to their ear and therefore they don't think their child will enjoy it as much now. My daughter is almost one now and ... Read review

Advantages: Very colourful, a good height for baby to reach, English voice
Disadvantages: A little unstable, sometimes when my daughter pulls herself up on it it tips over!!

...doing this yet as the coffee table and sofas are too high for her. The only downside is that if Alice gets hold of the edge of the table when trying to pull up the whole table tips over. Fisher Price could have perhaps made it a bit more sturdy. ... Read review

Advantages: Teaches writing, drawing & sums
Disadvantages: Costs a lot on batteries

I got the Leapster for my daughter when she was just over 2 years old. She is now almost 4 and still enjoys it. There are a variety of games which get more advanced as the child gets older. My daughter especially enjoys the drawing games which show her how to trace over pictures. As a result, she has become great at drawing all sorts of things. The batteries lasted well but we also bought a plug in adapter which helped. We got it because it plugs ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap to start a little collection; hours of entertainment; will bring out the child in you!
Disadvantages: Ever so slightly addictive!

Geomag is a toy made primarily of rods with magnets at either end and little metallic balls (you can also get panels that fit in the gaps of square shapes and so on). They come in a range of bright and fun colours and you can also get glow in the dark pieces! Each rod is approximately 2 cms long but you can make massive structures out of them! Geomag came on the scene back in 1998 and has become a modern day lego (not that lego does not exist any ...
...to almost 8000 pieces! Geomag is an excellent toy that is great fun for all ages. It has a more adult feel than lego and is very tactile. It also looks like an more 'grown-up', executive toy - so big boys and girls can leave it out around the house without embarrassment! Indeed, it is fun to make up a structure and leave it on a mantelpiece (and of course much tidier than leaving all the bits around the living room!). Like lego, Geomag as the advantage ... Read review

Advantages: good bricks
Disadvantages: painful if you sand on them

...you stand on pieces of Lego children have scattered all over the room and not put away. Let's pick them all up please. This bucket contains a good assortment of pieces ,Somehow I can not just pick up the [pieces and put them all away I get involved in building, I can build a house with the standard 2,4 and eight stud bricks. I can builds with white bricks yellow bricks red bricks or blue. I build a red roof with sloping shaped bricks. There are ...
...set. I can build a Lego tree with black and green bricks too … Now we need a vehicle I can make one there are some wheels and a window screen. Now I must stop playing and put all the bricks back in the tub. Ohh there are lots and lots of assorted pieces in this bucket enough for a group of children. This bucket of Lego bricks would be ideal as a birthday or Christmas present it will form a good base for a Lego collection will keep a child absorbed ... Read review