Customer Reviews

Barbie B-Book

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2 star:		(2)
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I was reluctant to purchase this because I was disappointed in a Barbie workbook we purchased. This product had the same issues - I doubt that kids or teachers or parents were consulted in designing this game. First, you cannot set the levels. For "awesome addition" it started asking 8+0 for level 1 and then asked 15+8 (still in level 1). Then, in next level it asks questions like 37+24 (a big jump!). You can't stay in level one, which is frustrating. Other games were similar.

In the shape game, you are told to put "repeat the shapes in the right order" but not told that the order is determined by the first to arrive at the right of the screen (not top to bottom - which is what my daughter and I both assumed). Furthermore, Barbie does not offer a clue as to why your daughter got it wrong 4 times.

This is sad because girls love Barbie and she could do so much good if they would just consult anyone with a clue.

My six year old got this for Christmas from "Santa" just shy of her seventh birthday. The laptop went everywhere with us-- in the car, restaurants, waiting rooms, doctor's offices... It kept her quiet and happy! One afternoon, she sat on the couch exploring the games on the laptop when she asked me what a certain symbol meant. I peeked at her computer and saw that it was a game with division problems. When I gave her a two sentence explanation of division, she started answering the questions. The simple problems gradually progressed to two digit numbers and so on, and she was still answering them correctly! How cool that my daughter thinks math is fun! With all the simple, unimaginitive toys out there, I'm thrilled to find an educational one that my child won't put down. Worth every penny!

This "laptop" is poorly designed, and pretty boring. The learning games are unimaginative and rote, and my daughter tired of it a day and has not touched it since Christmas. In addition, the "parent annoyance factor" is very high. Barbie has an extremely irritating voice, and she sounds like an over-exuberant airhead. After the 15th time "Barbie" said "SUPER" I was ready to toss the toy right out the window. Save your money and get some decent software for your home computer. There are some entertaining learning programs out there, and most can be had for a lot less than this toy.

The perfect gift for a little girl. Has a lot of functions, games, math, words.

My 5 year old niece loves this as a toy, she carries it around and says she is working like mommy (also she has a princess cell phone). She is not at all interested in the games though ... the screen is too small and this is so backward in comparison to the Wii and real computer games she plays that she isn't interested.

However, she loves it because it is her own laptop and she can carry it like a purse.

My eight-year-old loves this! Her five-year-old sister loves it too. The graphics are kind of lame, but if you turn on the backlight they are easier to see. It is challenging, but not too difficult for my second-grader. Great product!

As a great start my kid (3 years old) loves pink, she felt in love with her "notebook" as soon as she saw it!
It has different activities for different ages, she can play with her toy for hours.
She got it on Christmas 2006 and after one year and a month the toy is still working.