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LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game: Scholastic Get Puzzled
 
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Product Description
Scholastic Get Puzzled

Product Details
  • Put your brain to the test as you work through multiple mind-bending puzzles!
  • Check your list and find each word hidden in a grid of letters.
  • Construct a building as high as the sky using your math skills.
  • Help the critter cross the river by correctly assembling the pieces of the bridge.
  • Teaches logic and reasoning, language skills and problem-solving skills.

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Customer Reviews
A Great Game!
 
Review Date: December 26, 2007
Reviewer: Yeehing Lam, Gaithersburg, MD United States
Well designed game. We got it right before X'mas weekend for my 6 year old. She beat it in 2 days(and we had a very quiet 2 days). She was so focused on playing with it!
However, it is definately not challenging enough for 7-8 year old kids.
The best game we've gotten so far!
 
Review Date: February 22, 2009
Reviewer: Shaunt A. Nigoghossian,
For Christmas I got my son the Leapster and 4 games. Thomas the Tank Engine, Wall-E (cause they're both brands that my son likes a lot), Sonic the Hedgehog (cause the reviews were great and it's closer to a real video game) and "Get Puzzled." Of all of these I thought Get Puzzled would be the last one he'd play. It was the one he gravitated towards right away and he absolutely loves it. All the games I bought got great reviews, but this was has by far held his interest. He's 4 1/2 years old..and pretty smart for his age. The game wasn't amazingly challenging for him (he skipped from level 1 to 3 most of the time) but it's been a couple months and he still prefers playing this game over the others.

I will completely disagree with the parent who said it has no educational value. It absolutely does. In fact, of all the games that I got, I think it has the most variety.

Their are many different games in "Get Puzzled"....the one my son likes the most is a game that uses logic/problem solving/comprehension skills and teaches patience. It's a space ship that you have to get from point to point on the screen until you get it to earth. There is a game that uses Math and shapes. A word search game that will show you 6 pictures (a drum, trumpet, piano, violin, guitar, etc.) and you'll try to find the corresponding words in the word search. If you don't know how to spell the word you can push on the picture and it'll spell it out for you.

Overall...even though my son blew through the game pretty quickly, he continues to enjoy it and he continues to learn things.

I would recommend this game over any other game...absolutely. Even the ones with the more name brand characters.
Great Fun!
 
Review Date: November 26, 2007
Reviewer: T. Gehring, Pearland, TX - USA
We just got this game about a month ago and my 5 year old can hardly put it down! He is only in Pre-K, so some of the math parts are a little over his head, but with the "help" button he can just keep right on zipping thru. And even though he has to get help on some of it, he is still hearing the math problems over and over. So he is learning while he is having a blast!
Most loved game
 
Review Date: July 1, 2009
Reviewer: Mom in Tampa,
This is the fifth game my four year old son received for his Leapster. Puzzled is all he has played for the last month and he LOVES it. I think the games were a bit of a challenge to him at first since he's only four but now he's up to level 3 in many of the games. There are six games in all on this cartridge and he enjoys every single one. Every kid is different, so you never truly know what will be a hit with your child. He also has Cars, Nemo, Pet Pals and WallE. This one has been his favorite by a long shot, followed by Pet Pals.
Wonderful games beloved by our son
 
Review Date: September 13, 2008
Reviewer: JB, Virginia, USA
Our not quite 3 year-old son loves this cartridge. He has been introduced to 10 Leapster cartridges so far, and his favorites are Letters on the Loose and Get Puzzled.

Get Puzzled's monster baker game is like putting together Mr. Potato head like figures of monsters, and when all the parts in the right places, the monster animates (different monsters have different animations), and the Leapster says "It's alive!" or "That's monsterous!" Our son says that right along with the Leapster with a big grin on his face, and then he often play-acts the same movements as the animation. That's how much he enjoys it.

Another excellent game on this cartridge is Sky High. In this game you see a block that is for example 6 units tall, and you have to choose 2 other blocks that together add up to 6 untis. Our son is too young to know addition, but the Hint button says "4 + 2 = 6" and he can then locate a block with a 4 on it and another block with a 2 on it. So it reinforces number recognition in a young child, and addition for an older child. And since he loves building blocks, he can relate to that too.

Critter Crossing is a bit more challenging in our opinion, since it involves placing different pieces of a bridge in such a way that they reach all the way accross the river. So it reinforces problem solving skills.

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