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Beep Beep Vaarrrrommmm rat-tat-tat-tat
Those are the noises my nephew, with some help from his father, was making with this kit after just a few minutes. We gave it to him for his 7th birthday and, though a bit young to go it alone at first, he is learning a lot and it is a great activity for him to enjoy with his parents, grandparents, etc.
It's a great toy AND educational tool.
He is at a stage where he wants to really figure out how things work and LOVES the kit and the oportunities for experimenting it offers.
While I was driving home from his birthday party he called my cell phone to let me listen as he talked into it and his voice came out on the radio.
It's a hit.

Excellent Introduction to Electronics
We purchased this for our daughter (8 yrs) and she loves it. It does a good job of explaining electronic concepts and allows for varying levels of experience to enjoy the projects. Everything you'll need is included and the experiments are flexible, progressive and "really cool".

The right toys can make all the difference
Experimenter's kits are something of a dying breed. Electronics & hobbyists shops used to be almost everywhere it seemed, and carried educational kits like these. God, all the fun we had as kids playing with stuff like this. Every child should be exposed to these toys at as early of an age as possible imho. Helping a child get a head start on life, and sparking his or her imagination/desire to learn, is always a good thing. ... Read more

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Cooool Toy
This toy is great as long as you have a Leap Pad or a Quantum Pad,but it doesn't work with My First Leap Pad. If your in 3rd , 4th or 5th grade and having trouble in geography or just like learnig about the contenents and geographicle terms ,or do you just like to think you Know more about the world then your parents watever the reason just remember ,its bascicly just a book and can be ripped , tared and cut to pieces which is why I gave it 3 stars for durability. So buy a Quantum Pad or you can use your little brothers or sisters Leap Pad if you have any brothers or sisters know as I was saying buy this Quantum addition and have it open up your love for geography I know it did for me. ... Read more

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Quantum's human body
This is a fun and interesting book on the human body. It is limited in information, so it is more interesting to the 2nd grade to 4th grade set. I am really disapointed that LeapFrog has not produced more books for the quantum pad. I think the concept is great and it is perfect for travel.

Growing on Us :-)
My daughter was not very enthusiastic about this book at first. She thought it was pretty gross. She liked the pages showing the different age groups and things that happen to your body at different stages, but was not too interested in the actual body parts themselves. Now, she looks at it every chance she gets. I think it a very good book to learn about the body and systems, but only when your child is ready.

Excellent!
Our son received this for his 4th birthday and loves it! He has played with it for hours. He now can identify many of the bones, muscles and joints by name and type. He also has gained knowledge regarding the many systems of the human body(circulatory, respiratory, etc.) Excellent choice for any child already fascinated by the human body!

Difficult...
We were not impressed with this Leap Pad book, while we have been happy with all of the others. There wasn't much description on any of the pages, and it can be difficult to get the pointer EXACTLY where you want it to go. If you don't get it in exactly the right place, not a fraction of a millimeter off, you get the answers wrong. I think they tried to cram too much information into too few pages.

The Human Body pages are fun to look at, and you can certainly learn from it, but this one is more difficult to maneuver than the others, and my daughter has not played with it nearly as much as her other Leap Pad books.

Dissappointing; not enough for brighter kids to learn
My son was attracted by the Human Body excerpt pages in the Quantum Pad sampler book which had charismatic descriptions that really helped you learn the organ functions.

So we got this book, and were surprised to find that when we turned to the same pages, it did not contain the descriptions, just the body part names. How dissappointing! The sampler book pages (same pictures, added audio) are so much better! I thought they were supposed to be direct excerpts, but they apparently embellished the sampler pages to attract sales from the store demos.

I think the money would be better spent on a well-written and illustrated regular anatomy book for this age group. The real shame is that this cartridge could have been so much more, if it truly contained the type of content that the sampler does. ... Read more

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It really does make learning fun
I found that this book contained the same type of materials that my son was learning in forth grade. It was very helpful.
This learning toy is kept in our car, which makes it handy on trips.

These books work on the regular and pro Leap Pads Also
I searched for a really long time the other night to see if the Quantum books work on the Leap Pad and Pro systems. I never found the answer. I almost ordered the Quantum for my 9-year-old granddaughter but decided to wait. In a discount store I saw the books, and it clearly states on the book that it will work in all Leap Pad systems except My First Leap Pad. What a relief. Saved me $40.

Best Leap Pad Book So Far
I recently bought this book for my younger sister. She has been struggling in school and these books have been a great help. She loves them so much that our family uses them as an incentive to do better in school. The Smart Guide to Fourth Grade is probably the best book I have seen so far. She had so much fun playing the games like Spelling Stingers that she didn't even realize she was learning. What really amazed me is that after just half an hour with the book my sister was doing fractions! Her teacher hasn't even touched on fractions yet. I know fractions are usually one of the hardest things for children to grasp but she understood it in just a few minutes! The only reason I didn't give the book a five in durability is that the little cartridges that come with the book get lost so easily! I wish leap pad would come out with a storage system for the books and cartridges. ... Read more

Editorial Review

Cross an electronic organizer, a cell phone, and a hand-held game caddy, and you have the Cybiko--the toy for Generation Y.Cybiko touts this hand-held unit as a "Wireless Inter-tainment System" for communicating (e-mail style)and playing video games--just what young, mobile, tech-minded kids are into these days. Thismultifunctional device offers wireless, high-frequency, digital connections to other Cybiko units within a range of 150 feet indoors to 300 feet outdoors.

Among the Cybiko's many functions: Users can chat wirelessly, play interactive games with friends orother Cybiko users, e-mail anyone on the Internet, and nurture the cyberpet, "CyLandia." The Cybiko alsohas a "Find a Friend" feature that can be utilized like personal classified ads. Tons of new games and internet software can be downloaded daily from Cybiko.com into the Cybiko unit. Also, it stores addresses,phone numbers, e-mails, and even offers a personal planner.

The Cybiko has a few minor limitations: It only downloads from personal computers, not Macintoshes; forinitial use, upgrading and "staying in the loop" depends on downloading vital information from Cybiko'sWeb site, including all Cybiko-compatible games; and users must plug into a hard drive to send and receivee-mails.

Included is one Cybiko unit, equipped with a stylus for keying tiny buttons; a rechargeable battery, an adapter for charging or plugging in; and an adapter cable for downloading to and from PCs. There's also adetailed user's manual to help with the initial programming. The Cybiko is 5.7 by 2.8 by .86 inches, weighsless than 5 ounces, and churns with a 32-bit, 11-MHz Hitachi main processor, and 512 KB of RAM. --Diane Beall ... Read more

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A Great Helper
I've had my Cybiko for about two weeks now, and it rocks!!! It can help you stayed organized, and do much more! I've known some grown-ups that have even purchased this item for orginization purposes! Lots of people say, "It limits you to a number of games and applications you can download" well, the amount of things it gives you is around 600 different downloads and their coming up with new ones every day! My friends are all getting one, so the communications will work. You can chat, email, and do lots of other stuff! I've known lots of people that say it's stupid, but they don't have one of their own! With a small, affordable adapter, you can connect it up to your Macintosh! If you have a windows, you don't even have to buy an adapter because it's included! My teachers at school don't mind me bringing it because I have an application called "Study Stools" where I can load all of my assignments for the day into my Cybiko! I also have a "Note Pad" where you can type things in and save them! Then, you can transfer them onto your "Big Computer" and print it out! Over 600 applications and games to choose of! This toy is very fun and useful, so please note that this is a great thing for you or your child!

FUN but later boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
worst toy i ever had first i liked it now it is a worthless peice of junk liying in the garbage.

sucks
THIS toy gets me so mad you charge is for 15 houres and 2 min's after you take it off the charger the battery died. I threw mine out the windows. I hate cybikos never buy one. I dont care if its free do not get one

SO far DEAD battery-MORE later
SO far DEAD battery-MORE later

Good for Electronics Projects
I bought 5 of this for my electronic projects and these work great. Just 1 of 5 had dead batteries.

I have one connected to my caller id box and when anyone calls me I can see his/her phone number and name on other cybikos located in different places in my house and receive, by mean of my TINI module connected to cybiko and internet, a SMS in my cellular phone.

I have another one connected to a network of temperature sensors located around my house and the temperatures can be seen on any cybiko.

Finally I have one connected to my TINI module and all this information can be seen from the internet.

Great purchase for electronics hobbiests. ... Read more