Leapfrog Clickstart Educational Software: Backyardigans: Number Pie Samurai

by LeapFrog

Product Features

• Join your friends the Backyardigans as they cook up a ninja-versus-samurai adventure!
• Ninja-kick flying number pies to get to the Great Pie.
• Foil the ninjas¿ plot by matching musical instruments.
• Help the Backyardigans dance to all the songs you've made.
• Teaches numbers, counting, instrument sounds, musical exploration and computer skills such as mousing.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 6 x 5 inches ; 1 pounds
• 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: B000Y9QYWK
• Item model number: 22657
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 6 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,278 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Join your friends the Backyardigans as they cook up a ninja-versus-samurai adventure! Three learning activities, all with multiple levels, encourage basic math and music skills. Appropriate for ages 3 years to 6 years.

Product Description

Leap Frog ClickStart Backyardigans - Number Pie Samurai Your little ones will team up with their friends, the Backyardigans, on three fun-filled learning adventures in Leap Frog's Backyardigans - Number Pie Samurai. Made for the ClickStart My First Computer System, this interactive learning program will introduce your child to essential school skills disguised as ninja-versus-samurai hijinks. Aside from learning proper key placement and screen navigation through the ClickStart, the gang teaches instrument sounds, musical exploration, numbers, counting, and more! They may not learn the secrets of the samurai, but your child will take these lessons with them wherever they go. Order the the Leap Frog Backyardigans - Number Pie Samurai!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Entertainment...Poor Education, December 23, 2007

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J. Hill "Mom of preschoolers with food intole... (CNY) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Leapfrog Clickstart Educational Software: Backyardigans: Number Pie Samurai (Toy)

First off...my 3yo absolutely *loves* the clickstart computer and games. She is self taught and is a whiz at it.

We have all the games and purchased this one last. Out of all of them...this one is the most entertaining and the least educational.

When you open the game you have the choice to play 3 games and one option to listen to music you have "earned" in a game. One of the games has the player collecting fruit in a basket to make a pie. The player has to use the right and left arrow keys to move the character back and forth to catch falling fruit. Another game has a character flying through the air and the player has to use the mouse to run into flying pies. The final game has the player using the mouse to play a matching game. An instrument is shown on the screen and the player has to click on its match at the top of the screen. The instruments names are never mentioned. At the end of this game the characters dance to a tune. When you go back to the main menu, you can go into a pagoda house and play the tune you "earned" over again.

As you can see...based on the other ClickStart games that use numbers and letters...this doesn't use any (at least in level 1). And it is supposed to teach music but it does not. But it has the most entertaining games of all the cartridges.

Do I like it...yes. But it is a huge disappointment when it comes to education.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The favorite game, January 10, 2008

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Rachel (Sterling, VA United States) - See all my reviews

= 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 Clickstart Educational Software: Backyardigans: Number Pie Samurai (Toy)

This is my daughter's favorite game. It has 3 games, but they are games that evolve and advance to harder levels.

For example, the cathing items in the basket game -- whatever it is called, starts with item recognition and uses the arrow keys to get say 'apples' instead of butter or cherries. Eventually it goes to can you get the apples with the '6' so you need to recognize your numbers.

There is a lot of recognizing numbers going on in this game. The same applies for the pie kicking game. This game actually is very matched to skills that are age appropriate for a 3 or 4 year old. For example, in my daughter's preschool, they are working on number recognition of 1-5. This is doing 1-9.

I highly recomend the clickstart to anyone, and while a 5 or 6 year old would master this game instantly, it is VERY good for the preschool age child of 3 & 4. It is fun too, my daughter would rather play this than watch TV.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Backyardigans is a fun cartridge, January 24, 2009

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Blaine DeLancey (Columbia, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Leapfrog Clickstart Educational Software: Backyardigans: Number Pie Samurai (Toy)

Although I'm not sure how much educational content is present in this cartridge, my daughter has enjoyed playing it. I'd give it a slightly above-average level of replayability, i.e. she didn't lose interest in it immediately, but it didn't last as long as some of the other cartridges she has, like the Dora one. She did become a ninja for a few weeks, saying, "Hai-ya!" and karate-kicking her way around the house...