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LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer Educational Tablet – Add More Fun to Learning

Children today have education easy – more than two millennia ago they have papyrus and stone tablets for books and oil lamps for lights. Fast forward to the second millennium it was all about books and tomes before a burning candle, and now, barely a decade after the turn of the 21st century children have electronic tablets for books and games. One of these educational gadget must haves is the new LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer multi-functional tablet made for your young ones. This learning tablet promotes the next generation of learning, reading and creativity exercises for children ages four and onwards. If you’re wondering the name LeapFrog might ring a few bells, they are the same company behind the award winning Leapster Explorer that revolutionized the way children can learn and play. LeapPad explorer is a fully functional 5-inch tablet encased in a durable and child-friendly body. It’s loaded with the latest technology, educational tools and multimedia apps to turn digital learning a truly interactive and fun experience.

LeapPad Explorer offers one of the largest collections of learning materials at launch with over 100 games, videos, e-books and flash cards featuring some of the children’s most loved characters. Its learning curriculum covers spelling, phonics skills, mathematics, arts, science, geography and so much more. Children can make use of the tablet’s stylus, tilt-sensor, touch screen, camera, video recording and microphone to interact with the device, express themselves and improve their creativity.
Like all LeapFrog products, the LeapPAd Explorer comes with LeapFrog Learning Path that allows parents to track, monitor and share their kid’s accomplishments, performance, and areas for improvement.

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AstroEye Planetarium: Your Mini Universe

Are you interested in astrology? Or, do you per chance have a child who’s fascinated with the solar system? Nothing beats the experience of gazing at the night sky and then trying to locate constellations and other bodies in the universe. However, this is not possible at all times, especially if you live in the metropolis. For those of you out there who want to experience the universe but cannot because of one reason or another, the AstroEye Planetarium will bring the universe to you.

This new toy or learning material, whatever you want to call it, is a simple spherical projector with a bowl-shaped holder. When you place this on its holder and turn it on, angled toward your ceiling or wall, you’ll experience how it’s like to be out there in the universe as you see more than 8,000 stars revolving around your room (NOTE: the room should be dark for you to experience this). You can select the way the stars rotate (whether clockwise or counter-clockwise) and the speed by which they move (there are five selectable speeds to choose from). You can also choose between two discs available: one projecting all the constellations and one that simply shows the natural universe with all the stars. The projector is date sensitive, so the position of the stars changes subtly according to the date. Want to see a shooting star in your mini universe? Just press a button to send one shooting.

The AstroEye Planetarium is ideal as a night lamp. It’s perfect for young and old alike, and it’s both fun and educational.

Talking Microscope

Remember the macro and microscope that was featured the other day? Now, here is another alternative for you, budding biologist. The difference with this one is that the Talking Microscope can be used for kids that are 5+ while the macro and microscope is for kids who are 8+ plus, this one talks.

While this is suited for younger kids, don’t let the age number fool you since this is still packed with scientific features. This has 5x magnification that would let your kid see a whole new world within the small creatures that he used to squish with his hand. While on a slide, the microscope talks and tells facts about the specimen being examined where your kid can learn new things. The quiz mode on the other hand tests your child’s ability to remember what has been taught to him. As he breeze through the answers, it makes the information almost permanent (as you know, a kid’s brain is like a super-hold sponge). While the operation seems to be complicated and all, it is very easy to learn with the 7 Spark Cards which illustrate the microscope’s operations in easy to understand diagrams and pictures. For parents, there is also an included “Lab Assistant” guide for you to be able to help your kid use the microscope. Actual user reviews show that the Talking Microscope is fun, durable, and easy to use.

Explore 12 slides that depict real-life specimens from brine shrimp to scorpions with the Talking Microscope.

Macro and Microscope for Your Little Biologist

Yey! It’s your kid’s birthday! You should be prepared with everything since birthdays are huge among kids since they don’t have to worry much about work and stuffs. Well anyway, have you thought of a nice present? You would want something that would be used for a long time and would be very useful. Giving a book could be a bittersweet thing since some kids love reading while some hate. Then point exactly that you want him/her to be a biologist by giving this microscope!

This microscope can work up to 400x magnification letting the kid see the details up close. The 400x magnification would be enough to see a plant’s cell wall or the cell composition of an insect. If you feel that 400x magnification is too much, a 40x magnification on macro mode could also be chosen. The microscope is made of die-cast metal base and high-impact plastic body to ensure durability and the soft, textured hand grips would allow easy carrying. This microscope has a bulb so no other light source is needed in case it is dark indoors.

Each set includes two insect cross sections, two plant cross-sections and one slide featuring a real 900-year old Peruvian mummy wrap! Five additional vials of specimen are also included and blank slides for your kid to collect himself.  The necessary slide preparation tools such as tweezers, eye-dropper, measuring beaker, and spoon are also included.

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Lost in Translation? Get a Dixau DX3 Electronic Dictionary

Do you fumble in getting your words right? Are you not sure whether to roll in laughter or go on berserk rampage when somebody calls you repugnant and vexatious? Then it is time to send in the cavalry, reinforce your vocabulary with the help of Dixau DX3 Electronic Dictionary. This pocket-sized digital dictionary can let you look up any words with just a touch of screen and a click of a button. Hardbound dictionaries are just too large to keep around you and concise paperback ones are sometimes too concise.

The DX3 is the perfect portable English study aid; it crammed all the contents of volumes and volumes of dictionary, from A-Z and every possible letter thereafter, into one concise digital product. Taking a European tour? Don’t worry; the DX3 is available in 4 languages – English, Spanish, French and German. You can even hear the contents spoken in a native speaker’s tongue. If you’re not looking up a word, the DX can also serve as a multimedia player. With the DX3, not only you’ll get a dictionary but a music player and a video player as well.

The DX3’s ARM 926 processor, 1GB built-in NAND flash memory and 128 SDRAM is not exactly at par with popular multimedia player but remember, this is an electronic dictionary. And for that purpose, those specified specs are enough. The interface is simple and really easy to use plus the 320 x 240 touch panel LCD makes navigation of this device a breeze.

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