LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game Scholastic Animal Genius

by LeapFrog

Product Features

• Science comes to life with animal facts, vocabulary and trivia challenges!
• Play games to learn about 25 different animals around the world.
• Compare and sort animals to build your science knowledge and vocabulary.
• Reinforce animal facts from earlier activities with a fast-paced trivia game.
• Teaches vocabulary, matching skills, classification, sorting and animal facts.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.3 x 5 x 8.7 inches ; 3.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000ETREQA
• Item model number: 30473
• Manufacturer recommended age: 5 - 8 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #636 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #56 in Toys & Games > Learning & Education > Electronics
  • #64 in Toys & Games > Electronics for Kids > Educational Computers & Accessories
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (71 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Discover fascinating facts about many exciting animals of the wild! Learn about basic life science facts while playing thinking games. Leapster2 players can connect online for extra activities and rewards. And with the LeapFrog® Learning Path, parents can see what their child is learning. Appropriate for ages 4 years to 8 years. Works only with Leapster and Leapster2 learning game systems.

Product Description

Discover fascinating facts about many exciting animals in the wild. Your little learner will love building basic science skills while playing unique thinking games and challenges in Animal Genius. Requires Leapster Multimedia Learning System (sold separately).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

96 of 96 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars if you're only going to have one leapster game ~ this is the one!, September 3, 2006

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wakeningdreamer (sf bay, ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game Scholastic Animal Genius (Toy)

my 4yr old son loves 'go diego go' (about an 'animal scientist' who lives in the rainforest), but all the related games have seemed disappointingly cheesey ~ this one, though, makes him feel like he =is= diego!

this sort of game is why i bought the leapster in the first place! the graphics are amazing ~ rather realistic & not cartoony. you start off picking a habitat (woodlands, rainforest, ocean, grasslands, or artic) & then have to 'win' 5 animals to fill it up by playing the 4 different games (maze munch - negotiate a maze to get food for your animal; feature finder - classify & sort animals by physical features; matchomatic - match the animal with it's feature (eyes, skin, food, etc); scratch & see - figure out which animal is hiding by scratching off as little of it's cover as possible) after you've gotten enough points, you take a quiz on that particular animal & then get to see it in it's habitat. also, "animal alert" happens periodically where an animal is in the wrong habitat & you have to find it. i wish there was more consistency in the animals (i.e. games for grassland animals focussed on animals that actually live in the grasslands) & maybe a bit more flexible formula but all in all a =great= game that's very educational & not patronizing. also, excellant integration of using both the stylus & arrow keys. like all leapster titles there are different levels of play.

~*~without a doubt our absolute favorite title thus far & i really hope they make more like these!~*~

62 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Leapster Game Ever!, August 30, 2006

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Z. Ge "mom of two children" (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game Scholastic Animal Genius (Toy)

My son(6) and my daughter(3.5) really like this game. We own over fourteen leapster games and this one is their favorite. It has four types of games: "Maze Munch", "scratch and see", "Feature finder" and "Matchomatics". It also has fact quiz for each animal that you are going to win. It is so cute when my three and half year old ask her dad:"Do zebras live in the arctic?" Then she would answer it herself:"No. It's too cold for zebra. Zebras live in grassland". Kids are learning while playing. I can not ask for anything better. It also keeps their attention for hours.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Love the Leapster - Animal Genius for preschoolers though, December 27, 2006

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Sami and Madi's Mom - See all my reviews

This review is from: LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game Scholastic Animal Genius (Toy)

You know I really was excited to purchase this for a XMAS present for my daughter who just turned 6 however I find that this game is so easy and not challenging that other games may have - scatch feature to show which animal, collect animals and put them where they belong grasslands, artic etc., but in the end I find this game so easy that my 3 year daughter who picks up her leapster L Max and takes her sistes cartridge "Animal Genius" can play up to par with her older sister - this is truly for a preschooler older than that may bore them.