Leapfrog Explorer Learning Game Disney Minnie's Bow-Tique Super Surprise Party

Really fun to play both for kids and adults and educational

The characters are great and sound exactly like the familiar voices from the Peppa Pig TV series. The games have two difficulty levels that you can choose and you're given the option to progress to the harder level or continue playing at easy level.The Hide and Seek game is too difficult for younger players - in the demo you are shown a word e.g. car, then you have to tap on the car in Peppa's bedroom to tidy it away. My child enjoyed doing this but after the demo it got difficult very quickly - showing small sections of the alphabet and expecting the child to find missing letter e.g. g_i and the child needs to find the "h". This seemed a big jump from the demo.There is a nice story to read on there but it's a shame it's just the one story - really would expect to have two or three to choose from given that the game is described as a reading game.If the game cost around £7 I'd say fair enough, but I paid close to £12 and it doesn't feel like value for money.

My just four year old received this game with his leappad. He hasn't played with it much since although seems to enjoy it when he does. It's good for second language English speakers as there is a lot of repetition of the name of the numbers. Beyond this I think your money is best spend elseA few criticisms and thoughtsThe gameplay is hugely repetitive. Especially the "follow the treasure map stage." Actually as my son speaks English as a second language it has been useful for him as he has to "find the blue butterflies". But the characters always say exactly same things and I suspect this gets quickly tedious even for a four year old. Unfortunately this stage is central to the game so you will be hearing a lot of it. This is one game I want to leave the room when he is playing as the soundtrack is so irritating.Other mini-games are a bit nicer. I think the lava path one is good. The map construction is also good although the controls are very fiddly and my son often thinks he has the answer wrong because he fails to exactly line up a map piece with the position into which it is supposed to be inserted.In all there are much better games available for the leap pad, although perhaps not so much that focuses on maths. Even here I am not convinced the game is really teaching that much although it has helped my son learn the names of the numbers in English (he knows them already in Portuguese). In all, I wouldn't pay more than 10 pounds for this; I think the dinosaur menu game for download might be a better introductory maths game and is much cheaper. But, I think if you find you must buy it because you want a maths game or your child loves Jake, then buy some headphones to go with it. It is painful to listen to.

I purchased this Dora Leap Pad game for my 6 year old son for a little over £5 from Amazon and felt it was really good value, especially considering that on Leap Frogs website they charge around £15-£20 for the game in app form. Specifically I got the game as I have been working to encourage my son to want to learn Spanish as I grew up myself speaking it. In the game you get calls from children around the world calling to ask Dora for help as Swiper has come to their country to steal an item of importance. The Map tells you how to get there - citing well known landmarks in that country. You then point out where these locations are on the map (much like how the tv show is done). Very much like the tv show in so many ways, avoiding obstacles down a river, answering questions to build things etc. If your child likes Dora they will love this game as it is so similar to the show. Also I am impressed with the locations chosen to learn about there is a great level of variety and shows just how different the world is in culture and in look, weather etc. Felt for a little over £5 it was excellent! My son is enjoying it and spontaneously told me about the river nile the other day - so he must be learning (but we'll keep that a secret!)

Good pack for the leap from it basically consists of a pack of cards in a tin which you take a photo of as you go along to complete each game and level. They are quite good and pretty basic learning tools for your children to follow mine have been pretty happy with them spreading the cards out on the floor or sofa and happily playing along. Its nice because it teaches them some independence in using tech stuff and also decision making with the cards and making the right choices to go onto the next level. Its stuff like building a monster truck and finding the right parts to make it (If they have seen the blaze cartoons it helps there are also blaze books around you can find cheap if they have read them before its a big help for them)

I'm sure it is wonderful but I had no idea that it needed something expensive before it could be used. It was just a kind of stocking filler as my son said that his little lad wanted anything to do with the Neverland Pirates. I had no idea about computer software or anything. In my mind I was buying something to lay all his Pirate toys out on, and keep together. It seemed even better that he could learn from using it, some kind of treasure hunt. I bought it a couple of months ago and we had to cancel a couple of visits due to one thing and another so I have just given it to him. His dad says it needs a computer or something to play it on as it is an educational toy. He took it with him to find out more. Just wanted to warn some silver surfer like myself that one needs to be sure what is being purchased. I was a bit rash.

I have a very clever 3 year old who has completed this game in approximately 5 days (I limit her screen time so maybe 5 hours total) however she loves it and is happy to play again and again. It had also sparked her interest in fixing her own toys. This game combined with her play doctor kit has resulted in us all having our blood pressure checked and her making diagnosis of her own. I like the game it's easy to follow and have only need to help a couple of times. The only reason it's not 5 stars is the speed she completed it. But if you ask her she will say 5 star