LeapFrog® Leapster® Learning Game: Scholastic Math Missions Reviews

• My son's favorite Leapster cartridge

  
  By A1N7XQ54DJZPY6 on 2005-08-29
  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.
  
  

• Excellent Fun Game for Learning Math

  
  By A330BLLA32Y24X on 2007-07-12
  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.
  
  

• AWESOME

  
  By A1S7R6H4UGS03E on 2006-03-22
  Because my daughter excels exceptionally well in Math, the games are challenging her and this is what I lke about the games.
  
  

• Great learning game..and fun!

  
  By A3FHU0RRM34EYO on 2008-05-18
  We use this game along with the leapster TV. My daughter started using it at age 5, and she's now 6 and this is still her favorite game to play. When she was 5, she needed a little help with some of the math...I expected that since the game is rated ages 6-9. But, she is now finishing kindergarten and can play the games on her own.
  
  She loves playing the math games and "earning" money that she can then use to play the little arcade games. Truthfully, she doesn't play the arcade games very much, because she loves seeing her "dollar" amount increase and loves the math games. She doesn't seem to want to spend her "money" on the arcade games! I think this is great because it also teaches her about money and saving.
  
  I can't find a single thing wrong with this game...by far one of the most educational leapster games available.
  
  
  

• 7 year old daughter loves this

  
  By A3J0RREBLM9LC3 on 2008-01-04
  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.
  
  

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