LeapFrog Explorer Learning Game: Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (works with LeapPad & Leapster Explorer)

by LeapFrog

Product Features

• Works with the Leapster Explorer and LeapPad Explorer systems (sold separately).
• Choose the mathematics skills you need to study and download them to your game.
• Solve multiplication problems as you travel to eight different places in Never Land, including Pixie Hollow, Havendish Stream and a sunken pirate ship.
• Join Tinker Bell, Terence and Blaze as you pilot the Pixie Dust Express.
• Teaches addition, subtraction, multiplication and early Algebra. Appropriate for children ages 5 to 9 years (grades K to 3).

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.5 x 7.5 x 6.1 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0038ANOC0
• Item model number: 39063
• Manufacturer recommended age: 5 - 9 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #260 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #31 in Toys & Games > Learning & Education > Electronics
  • #34 in Toys & Games > Electronics for Kids > Educational Computers & Accessories
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Customize the learning by choosing from 20 different mathematics skills, then help Tinker Bell finish the scepter in time for the Autumn Revelry! Works with the Leapster Explorer and LeapPad Explorer systems.
Please insert the game till you here a click. Then you need to hit the icon for the game. The game does not automatic load onto the screen.Once you hit the icon the game loads and then you can play.

Product Description

Tinker Bell has an important job to do--make the Autumn Scepter to replenish the Pixie Dust Tree! Use your mathematics skills to solve puzzles and collect Lost Things to help Tinker Bell finish in time! Parents can connect to the LeapFrog® Learning Path to see what their child is learning.

• For Leapster Explorer
• Recommended Ages: 5 years - 9 years

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I was worried at first but it became a hit., December 25, 2010

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S. Granger (Los Angeles, California United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: LeapFrog Explorer Learning Game: Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (works with LeapPad & Leapster Explorer) (Toy)

As we started the game it went fine at first, the dialogue was sound and easy icons for my daughter to understand. Then the first object of the game is to speak to another fairy...and it's all written text. Oh no! My four-year-old knows just a few words and cannot read by herself. I did the translating at first and was very worried. But then I noticed something, she didn't ask much for reading anymore. Once she understood the objectives the game can be played without actually reading the conversations. She just kept going and learning. And she really did learn some new math skills. I was amazed, after my initial fears were put to rest.

If your child is easily frustrated, don't worry...so is mine. Just give your child a few pointers and they'll ask you to step back pretty soon.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great game for my 6 year old daughter!, August 1, 2010

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N. Broderick (Santa Monica, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: LeapFrog Explorer Learning Game: Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (works with LeapPad & Leapster Explorer) (Toy)

My daughter wants to tell everyone that this is a really fun game! She love it because "it tells the story of Tinkerbell & The Lost Treasure using math problems." It's a little bit hard because some of the math is for older children, but that makes it challenging as well. The graphics are great, as well as the video. So far, she has completed the whole game once and received a "bronze" medal. Now she is working toward getting a "silver" medal. And then it's very easy to sink it onto the home computer to get prizes.

*Would have been nice for the amount we paid for the game to add a "Leaplet" card in the package.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Challenging for just turned 5 yo and not using the Explorer to its fullest, July 30, 2011

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Sharon B. Stilwell - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: LeapFrog Explorer Learning Game: Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (works with LeapPad & Leapster Explorer) (Toy)

We bought the Leapster Explorer for our two daughters (ages 3 & 5). They have enjoyed playing it and I feel like there is a lot of potential for fun and learning with this product... however... this Tinkerbell game is lack luster. The controls (uses the directional pad and A button) are awkward and my 5 year old finds it challenging to maneuver Tink through some of the games. She intuitively tries to use the stylus for the games (which would be easier and makes a lot of sense) but that is just not how the game is designed. The math is pretty challenging as well. I had hoped that this game would be a good learning tool for gaining interest and ability into math problems, but so far my daughter has mostly been frustrated. The dialogue throughout the story is written text with no audio so I have to read everything for her. We've had this game a while and waited until my daughter's 5th birthday to give it to her, but I think that it is really geared for an older child. It's fine if I sit and help her, but not so much on her own.