Overall Good/Educational
356144
Most of these books I purchase have a lot of typographical errors in them. They would also have the wrong words in certain places. For instance, I could tell by the subject of the sentence that the word they wanted was "consistent", but they had a completely different word that had absolutely nothing to do with the subject. At other times it is difficult to figure out what word they were looking for. I have also found on several occasions that they cut off in the middle of a sentence. Yet, despite all of this, I was still able to go away knowing that I learned something. Overall, the books by A.W. Pink are very educational.
2321626
This is a nice doctor's toy kit, which turned out to be better than I expected. Even though there are some quality issues, it proved to be fun and educational.

The kit comes with a set of tools, the stethoscope (which does not have the best cord, I would say), a thermometer (with a fixed psudo-LCD display), a otoscope (with a hold instead of a lens), a syringe (with has a "button"), and finally a bandage (which is more of a wristband). Overall they are not very functional, but still engaging for the kids.

With the help of the main piece, which is both storage, and also contains a computer to teach and test the basic health knowledge the kit becomes very good. The kid can learn what each tool does, or go thru the patient cards for learning specific symptoms. The second functionality queries the kids knowledge by asking which tool to use in which situation (or matching colors for easier questions), and finally it contains several songs, to fill in time.

My kid really liked it and played straight for hours, and asked for it the next day (which was her actual doctor visit). This is more than enough for me to recommend the toy doctor's kit
3115607
Although I would not have picked up this book on my own (I read it for a professional book club), I found it intriguing to read (well, listen to, as I got the Audible version). Things were slow-going at times. However, I did learn a whole lot about historic, business, geographic, and cultural aspects of this issue that had not been covered in my prior trainings. I agreed with most of the book's content but was disappointed by the way the biological/physiological aspects were mostly ignored and then oversimplified when they were mentioned. Overall, a good but not fabulous read.
3114037
This book provides a nice overview of several educational reform movements.  The writing style is good enough that it doesn't drag too much.  Sometimes, the author is too opinionated (this only occurs about 2x in the whole book).  Otherwise, this is a decent, informative read.
4346137
I sat down a bit with my Son when I gave him this book, and we went through a few things so he had a good plan for how to get the most from it.
He likes the book and says it's helping him in some area's but he finds the CD based mock exams to be a bit of a disappointment.  Overall he feels he is picking up some things, but is not overly enthusiastic about using the Kaplan book.  Then again how many kids are ever interested in more school work, for now I feel this was a good investment, when I get his SAT results in hand I will know just how good.
4559614
Editing missed a few things and content was basic as described. With that being said I did learn two things so I am glad it was purchased. Recommend? It's a definite maybe, it depends on your knowledge level....
3955686
Video has been helpful. At times some of the instructions are not as clear as I would expect, but being able to replay them and trying them with the camera has allowed me to work through them until I can figure out how he was able to access some of the settings.  A good product overall!
4370583
The pictures are beautiful but the story could use some expanding on. Didn't take too long to read but we got it for cultural reasons. So A+ in that department. Opened up our kids to other cultures and they felt comfortable asking :)
48985
This is educational for kids who have no clue about polio & what could happen to people. It gives pretty good pictures of the iron lung. Needed to deal more with how long Martha lived in that iron lung. She was quite a good role model for sick people who think they have it bad-her attitude was remarkable. I could not understand a lot of what she said-not good sound quality. Got this for an educational dvd.
1809412
First off, this book is geared towards children. It has neat information about 30 different animals that are considered either Wacky, Wild, or Weird.

I think it is funny that as I was reading the list of animals to my 6 year old the first time, she asked me, "How is that animal 'Wacky'?" That is when I realized that some of the animals were labeled Wacky, some Wild, and some Weird.

The book is an interesting/educational book with very good pictures. It has a lot of information about the animals. Some of the animals are your "better known" animals such as a black rhinoceros or lion,  while other animals are "lesser known" (at least to the dad) such as the Echidna or the Binturong.

It is an attractive book with very good photography and consistant fact boxes on each page. The typography is well done too. Very nice use of fonts, color, and themes to further enhance the attractiveness of the book.

It also came with a blooper out-take DVD of Jack Hanna through the years. It was interesting to me as the adult to watch, because I honestly only know Jack Hanna from the late night shows, but obviously he has been around for years. I guess I missed out on him and his shows growing up as a kid.

One of the very first things that we as a family realized and thought was missing from the book was basic pronunciation of the animal names. Other than that minor missing detail, it is a great book to add to the kids bookshelf. A suggested price of $19.99 may be on the high end for this book though.
2509647
My kids loved it and it's very educational. I'm not worried if they played the whole day due to safe content. Apps were just a bit pricey especially if you regularly purchase.
636980
This DVD was slightly disappointing.

While is beautiful and beautifully done it lacks any real educational value. It doesn't go into any depth about anything, it's a very broad overview and gives you just a couple of tidbits for each animal. It also has songs along the way. It's good for preschoolers or maybe little bit older kids that don't care much for science, but probably not for upper elementary kids.

When I asked my homeschooled 7 year old what he learned from it, he said "not much", because he knew most of it already. He was able to tell me what all it covered but also able to tell me where he had already learned it plus elaborate in more detail about the animals.

 My 4 year old liked it though, which is rare, he's not as much of a TV watcher as my 7 year old and he normally only watches cartoon/puppet based shows. But this had enough entertainment to it to keep his interest. It was cute and entertaining and a good introduction to rain forest and its inhabitants.
4154840
This game has been a hit with my 4-yr-old but only because she hasn't really played many video games before. It seems like the game would be a bit boring for anyone more experienced with video games. Because of that, I would definitely recommend this to a younger age group. My 2-yr-old isn't quite able to play, but my guess is that an age recommendation of 3yrs-5yrs would be more on target. I guess this game can be called educational. There are a lot of facts, but they are just displayed on the screen. It really isn't effective at actually getting the information into the child's brain. There is no using what you learned or presenting the facts multiple times in different ways. Having said that, though, at least the child is being exposed to the information. It is also a VERY limited subject. The game only covers Rainforest facts. LeapFrog has produced much more educational games, but I would still recommend this game as a fun and informative activity for pre-schoolers.
4834027
Awful title.
Overall I enjoyed the book. It has a few suggestions that we will be using as we move forward in our homeschooling adventure.
3798205
This books seems to be a good review of kindergarten, some lessons are slightly more advanced which is a good challenge. My daughter has enjoyed it, but my son is more resistant to do it everyday. As of week 4 the Friday exercises have not been as "fun" as hoped. I was hoping for more puzzles or word games on Fridays, however, I haven't checked the upcoming pages. Overall it seems like it is good prep for 1st grade.
2500008
My 2 1/2 year old enjoyed this book, as did I. We've been working a lot on counting and this helped him visualize the numbers through the hand illustrations and the animals with the numbers. The book wasn't complicated and it kept his attention all the way through. I think as he gets even older we will use this as a learning tool. The download was free, however I did receive it free in exchange for an honest opinion.
I viewed this on my older Iphone, so the pictures were small, but I know it would be worth a try on the Ipad or a larger device.
4060994
These are pretty detailed pictures.  I assumed they'd be for younger kids to supplement Story of the World curriculum.  But the reading level on the books is above my 1st grader's level.  Although he is having fun coloring the pictures as I read the info to him.  It's a nice informative coloring book.