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Explorer Globe

Appropriate For Ages 8 Years and Up

Fasten your seatbelts, put your tray table in the upright position and prepare for take off. Next stop? The world. Touch the interactive pen any place on this interactive, talking atlas and learn thousands of amazing facts. Compare population and land area between say Dundee, Scotland and Oaxaca, Mexico. Find out flying times between Lubbock, Texas and Kyoto, Japan. Learn fascinating facts about continents, countries, capitals, music, currency, highest points and so much more. There is also a "Eureka" game mode that prompts players to find geographic points of interest (giving hints along the way) before time runs out. Up to four players can play six multi-level games with this very chatty, very challenging atlas. And it isn't just for kids either. Everyone will have fun testing their knowledge of geography and exploring the world. This rotating globe and talking atlas features a world clock, interactive pen, volume control, headphone jack and automatic shut-off. Frequent flier miles not included.

What it Teaches:

• Names and locations of countries
  
• Population between locations
  
• Distances between locations
  
• Comparison of land area
  
• Bodies of water
  
• Highest point
  
• Population
  
• Continents
  
• Geography
  
• Time zone
  
• Capitals
  
• Currency
  

User Reviews about LeapFrog® Explorer Smart Globe

Wonderful learning experience

My daughter simply loves the Explorer Smart Globe. I cannot express how pleased I am that she is having so much fun while learning. -- Wonderful learning experience

My kids didn't find this as enjoyable as I hoped. They are both avid learners but this just didn't have much entertainment value. Within one year, the tip of the pen broke off and now the toy is useless. I keep it around for occasional use until we buy a "dumb" globe :) -- Broke with light use

This is still the best talking globe out there. It is a great investment in your child's education, and it's an incredibly useful reference. It is a very well thought out design, with something to learn for various levels of geographical knowledge. I enjoy playing the Eureka mode, which is a game for finding places on the globe. I love that it gives you smart clues that help you when you're stumped, but doesn't just give the answer away. I love that you can switch it to continents, countries, or states and provinces (but of course as an American, what do I care about Canadian provinces, eh?? hehe). It has a nice collection of interesting facts about each location to explore, and this toy has captured the attention of every person, child or adult, that I have ever shown it to.

As for durability, I bought ours 12/2005, and it's still going 3/2010. I don't let the kids (my two boys are 3 and 9 now) throw it around, but it has cracked open slightly once around the equator, and my boyfriend gently put it back together. The stylus sometimes goes haywire if you touch it to your hand or other things it's not meant to point to, but we find if we have good batteries and just push the on button to reset, it generally works fine. -- Still the best talking globe out there

This product is great- we've had it for years, but I paid $49 new from Toys -r- Us. I think it sold for about $99 at the time. It is worth about $50- certainly not the $250+ CRAZY! -- OVERPRICED!

We also noticed pen problems. It works about 2/3 of the time. It's quite annoying. Otherwise the toy is great fun for a child, and LOTS of fun for an adult as well. -- Pen problems