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Math Missions gives children a chance to save the stores of Spectacle City and develop real-world math skills. As they complete orders at a candy store, build a skyscraper and more, they'll learn to face math challenges in the real world.
Even though my kids do not list this one as their favorite, I notice it still gets plenty of play-time. So... not sure what conclusion to draw from this!
I bought this game to my boy over a month ago. He is only 4 1/2 years old but he loves playing with it. At first it was a bit difficult for him until he got it. He has learned a lot from this game. Of course, some games are still too difficult for him, but he tries and tries... Sometimes he asks my help.
There are 4 games, I believe. For egsample, in the Seafood Market you need to select the correct fish to balance the scale or in the candy store you need to find the right candy for the customers.
It's fun and educational at he same time. My boy loves playing it. He plays and "earns" more money (he has over $500)than he "spends" it on the arcade games.
This game has a lot of math as the name implies. There is geometry and reasoning, multiplication, addition, subtraction and knowing even and odd numbers.
The way the game is set up you earn money for each task you complete. The more you play the more money you earn by getting raises. You can spend the money at the "arcade" where you can play three non-math, non-educational type games (snake, moon lander, and this other one that I forgot the name of but you are in a castle type setting finding keys)
It's a nice game, and I like the money earning concept. The math games hold my son's interest as much as the arcade ones do, so sometimes he'll amass huge sums of money before getting over to the arcade. Other times he'll deplete all his money at the arcade... but it all evens out because once the money is gone he has to do more math games again to earn more.
This was well worth the money paid.
My 6 yr old loves this game and is learning math with it. I have always been bad at math so I buy whatever I see that can help her so that she does not have my problem. Well, it is working she loves math and loves to play with her leapster. She says that is her T.V, when she is not allow to watch the real thing and she is not afraid of math. She was the first one in her kindergarten class to master adding and substrating. It is all because of the leapster.woohoo!
My daughter has loved playing this game. She was having problems remembering simple math this gave her the review she needed in a fun way. Her math grades have improved and I am happy.
We got this cartridge for Christmas for my 6 year old daughter. She loves it. In fact, my older kids love it too. They compete to see who can get the most money saved up, and get their name on the high score list in the arcade. This was our first LeapPad purchase. We will definately get more.
My kids got Leapster L-max's for Christmas this year and this is my daughter's favorite game. She will play it for hours if I let her and she is learning! I am excited to see what other games are available for her. My 3 year old son absolutely loves the Letter Factory game. He is really learning his alphabet. It is so neat to see them having fun playing and learning at the same time.
The overall design is excellent. Teaching is nicely mixed with fun. The kids got quite intensive Money training. Excellent Addition/Substraction. The multiplication is on the light weight side.
Because my daughter excels exceptionally well in Math, the games are challenging her and this is what I lke about the games.
My son, who is now five, received his leapster last November. He has several cartridges, all of which he enjoys. However, the Math Missions game, which we recently purchased online, seems to have captured his attention in a way that the others did not. While all the Leapster titles attempt to make a game out of learning, this cartridge does an exceptional job. For example, instead of requiring him to identify that 4+5=9, it gives him three fish, weighing 4, 5 and 9 pounds each. He needs to figure out how to put them on a scale to make the scale balance. This is a much more interesting "puzzle" and it teaches what an equation really means, at an intuative level. Another activity reminds me of the old game "Mastermind", where he needs to figure out the right combination of candies to put in a box. Through trial-and-error and deductive reasoning, he can figure it out. It's a fun challenge that teaches important logic skills.
The incentive system is also well done. By earning money for doing math tasks, my son can then pay to play "video arcade" games, which are more fun than educational in nature. (The games are simple and just the right level of complexity for 5-7 year olds, along the lines of early video games like pac-man.)He LOVES these games, and is willing to spend hours doing the math puzzles in order to earn the money to play the video games.
This is a great game. I hope Scholastic puts out more cartridges for the Leapster platform.
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About LeapFrog® Leapster® Learning Game: Scholastic Math Missions detail
- Amazon Sales Rank: #203 in Toys & Games
- Brand: LeapFrog
- Model: 30447
- ESRB Rating: Everyone
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .25 pounds
Features
- Real-world mathematics challenges await you in Spectacle City as you use your skills to save local stores!
- Don't let trouble multiply at the seafood market--select the correct fish to balance the scale.
- Complete mathematics problems and earn money.
- Spend your hard-earned cash playing three exciting games at the arcade.
- Teaches addition, subtraction, multiplication, money and geometry.
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