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Dora the Explorer Review: Both my daughters who are 4 and 5 yrs old enjoyed playing this game. This purchase was a replacement for one that they had played with so much, that the cd was no longer readable. I would highly recommend this for your little one. Great color graphics and lots of fun.

Dora the Explorer Description: Dora’s Teddy Bear, Osito, is lost. Join Dora, Boots, Backpack and Map on a journey to the Lost City, a mysterious, hidden place where all things go when they get lost. Along the way, you’ll meet Pirate Pig, Mama Bugga Bugga and Senor Tucan, and help them find their lost objects, too. Be on the lookout for hidden stars throughout the game and collect them all in the Star Pocket on Backpack.
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Sports Challenge for Kids Review: If instructions are followed as printed, the offsides space on the board creates an infinite loop, not allowing anyone to finish and win this game ever. Hey, I enjoy playing games, but just not until the end of time. We fixed this on our game board by changing the space from “move back 5 spaces” to “move back 1 space”. I hope the publishers of this game update the board to fix this problem.

Sports Challenge for Kids Description: This board game mixes chance with learning all about a wide range of sports. Two to four kids use the board to play tabletop versions of soccer, basketball, and tennis while testing their knowledge of sports, from football and field hockey to baseball and bicycling.
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ThinkFun Flipside Review: If you know how to solve Ruben cube, and more importantly, how to find a solution to Ruben cube, this puzzle is much easier. Still it can take about half an hour to come with a complete solution. So it is a fun. The common thing it shares with Ruben cube is that both are about finite permutation groups. Searching for a solution usually starts with repetitative application of a fix permutation, which would equal identity. Then perturb the permutation a bit to get a simple generator of the group.

If you have not touched Ruben cube, this can be served as an introduction to brain teasers based on permutation groups. Forget abstract mathematics in the game. It is still enjoying. But people may lose interest after unsuccessful attemps without “theoretical” guidance.
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VTech V.Flash SmartDisc Review: I bought this game for my daughter for x-mas and she loves it. It’s the first game she and her friends want to play when they come over and they would play it for hours they say if i would let them. This is something i wish i had as a kid it shows learning can be fun.

VTech V.Flash SmartDisc Description: Visit the enchanted castle of the Disney Princesses. Inside youll discover a magic crystal that will transport you into the wonderful worlds of Cinderella, Belle and Ariel. Help Cinderella create a gown to wear to the ball. Teach Belle and the Beast how to waltz. And, rescue Ariel and Prince Eric from the whirling sea.
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Vtech V.Smile Smartridge Cars Review: This game is heavily developed based on the actual movie. If you haven’t seen the movie, and/or your kid was too young to understand the plot, then they might not get the game.

Most of the adventures are based on the story plot. A lot of the adventures are a bit dumb, like McQueen bumping alphabet tires into a truck, McQueen tipping over the tractors based on counting smoke rings, McQueen herding the tractors back into the pen, McQueen driving down a long road and picking up shapes, McQueen driving down a road looking for Mack based on memory, McQueen dodging the firetruck water blast, etc. The only adventure I liked was the forklift picking up tire numbers and installing them on the race car.
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